The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 1
Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 1!
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 1 is "Luther", rated 7.9/10 from 13 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Luther" aired on 10/19/1965 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "A Passage to India".
7.9/10 13 votes#1 - Luther
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/1965
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 48 votes
#2 - A Passage to India
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/1965
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 12 votes
#3 - The Joel Brand Story
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/1965
No description available
Director: James Cellan Jones, Rudolph Cartier
Writer: N/A
- 9.4/10 12 votes
#4 - Gordon of Khartoum
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/1966
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/10 13 votes
#5 - Where Angels Fear to Tread
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/15/1966
No description available
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 20 votes#6 - Lee Oswald - Assassin
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/1966
'The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.' (BFI Screenonline)
Director: Rudolph Cartier
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 12 votes
#7 - Make Me an Offer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/12/1966
No description available
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 17 votes
#8 - Death of a Salesman
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1966
No description available
Director: Alan Clarke
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10 14 votes
#9 - The Devil's Eggshell
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/28/1966
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A