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The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 10

Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 10!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 1 - The Linden Tree
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    #1 - The Linden Tree

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    In 1947 England, in the home of Professor Robert Linden, chair of modern history at the provincial University of Burmanley, rationing and austerity seem to have fostered opportunism, escapism and confrontation within the Linden family, gathered to celebrate Robert's 65th birthday and each of whom is struggling with their own crises.

    Director:Moira Armstrong
    Writer:J. B. Priestley

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 2 - Electra
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    #2 - Electra

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    In the city of Mycenae, a few years after the Trojan War, a bitter struggle for justice is undertaken by Electra and her brother Orestes for the murder of their father Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and their stepfather Aegisthus.

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 3 - The Wood Demon
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    #3 - The Wood Demon

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    A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen.

    Director:Donald McWhinnie
    Writer:Ronald Hingley

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  4. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 4 - Robinson Crusoe
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    #4 - Robinson Crusoe

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    An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.

    Director:James MacTaggart
    Writer:James MacTaggart

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 5 - The Apple Cart
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    #5 - The Apple Cart

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    King Magnus's position as monarch is in danger – can he 'upset the apple cart' and preserve his throne?

    Director:Cedric Messina
    Writer:George Bernard Shaw

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  6. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 6 - The School for Scandal
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    #6 - The School for Scandal

    S10:E6

    Scandalmonger Lady Sneerwell controls a nest of gossipy vipers, and young Lady Teazle, bored by her elderly husband Sir Peter, has been lured into the circle too.

    Director:Stuart Burge
    Writer:Richard B. Sheridan

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  7. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 7 - King Lear
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    #7 - King Lear

    S10:E7

    An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

    Director:Jonathan Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 8 - Strife
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    #8 - Strife

    S10:E8

    A personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a troublesome tin mining company.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:John Galsworthy

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  9. BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode 10 - The Shadow of a Gunman
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    #9 - The Shadow of a Gunman

    S10:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"The Linden Tree" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 10. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Moira Armstrong and written by J. B. Priestley, it aired on 9/8/1974. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Electra".