The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 12

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.2/10(272 votes)

   #1 - The Picture of Dorian Gray

   S12:E19/19/1976

   A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

   Director:John Gorrie

   Writer:John Osborne

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   Director:John Gorrie

   Writer:John Osborne
2. 

   8.0/10(12 votes)

   #2 - London Assurance

   S12:E210/10/1976

   Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt Courtly in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else.

   Director:Ronald Wilson

   Writer:Gerald Savory

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   Director:Ronald Wilson

   Writer:Gerald Savory
3. 

   9.2/10(11 votes)

   #3 - Look Back in Anger

   S12:E311/21/1976

   A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

   Director:John Glenister

   Writer:John Osborne

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   Director:John Glenister

   Writer:John Osborne
4. 

   7.9/10(43 votes)

   #4 - The Winslow Boy

   S12:E41/16/1977

   In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

   Director:David Giles

   Writer:Terence Rattigan

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   Director:David Giles

   Writer:Terence Rattigan
5. 

   7.1/10(71 votes)

   #5 - The Country Wife

   S12:E52/13/1977

   Pinchwife brings his simple young wife to London for his sister's wedding. Lest she falls prey to the town's temptations, he keeps her under lock and key.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:William Wycherley

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:William Wycherley
6. 

   7.7/10(41 votes)

   #6 - The Ambassadors

   S12:E63/13/1977

   Strether is sent to Europe to rescue a young American from the charms of a mysterious French beauty. But he is soon under the liberating influence of Europe himself.

   Director:James Cellan Jones

   Writer:Denis Constanduros

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   Director:James Cellan Jones

   Writer:Denis Constanduros
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7. 

   6.7/10(56 votes)

   #7 - Heartbreak House

   S12:E75/19/1977

   On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye's infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father's a bumbling prig, and she's actually in love with Hector, Hesione's husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster.

   Director:Cedric Messina

   Writer:George Bernard Shaw

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   Director:Cedric Messina

   Writer:George Bernard Shaw