The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 11

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(39 votes)

   #1 - Love's Labour's Lost

   S11:E312/14/1975

   A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

   Director:Basil Coleman

   Writer:Unknown

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2. 

   8.5/10(13 votes)

   #2 - Trilby

   S11:E51/24/1976

   Trilby, a young Irish girl in Paris, falls under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali.

   Director:Piers Haggard

   Writer:Hugh Whitemore

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   Director:Piers Haggard

   Writer:Hugh Whitemore
3. 

   8.0/10(14 votes)

   #3 - When We Are Married

   S11:E412/29/1975

   At the turn of the 20th century, a set of long-married couples discover that due to a bureaucratic quirk they have never actually been married.

   Director:David Giles

   Writer:J. B. Priestley

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   Director:David Giles

   Writer:J. B. Priestley
4. 

   7.9/10(15 votes)

   #4 - Chips with Everything

   S11:E19/28/1975

   Pip is a socialist who has seen the squalor of the East End, typified by greasy cafés offering 'chips with everything'. Pip is also the only privately-educated recruit in a draft of other National Service recruits. He's tried to buck the system by not applying for an officer's commission.

   Director:Waris Hussein

   Writer:Arnold Wesker

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   Director:Waris Hussein

   Writer:Arnold Wesker
5. 

   7.6/10(13 votes)

   #5 - Loyalties

   S11:E62/28/1976

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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:John Galsworthy

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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:John Galsworthy
6. 

   6.8/10(14 votes)

   #6 - The Chester Mystery Cycle

   S11:E74/18/1976

   A quartet of mystery plays originally based in Chester.

   Director:Piers Haggard

   Writer:Maurice Hussey

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   Director:Piers Haggard

   Writer:Maurice Hussey
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7. 

   6.8/10(26 votes)

   #7 - French Without Tears

   S11:E85/16/1976

   The romantic and comic adventures of a quintet of young Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.

   Director:John Gorrie

   Writer:Anatole de Grunwald

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   Director:John Gorrie

   Writer:Anatole de Grunwald
8. 

   6.7/10(71 votes)

   #8 - The Little Minister

   S11:E211/2/1975

   In rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new 'little minister' of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems, and they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and--worst of all--Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.

   Director:Cedric Messina

   Writer:J.M. Barrie

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   Director:Cedric Messina

   Writer:J.M. Barrie