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The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 14

Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 14!

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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 3 - The Voysey Inheritance
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    S14:E3

    Edward Voysey's highly principled world upturns when he discovers the family business he's inheriting has been defrauding its clients for years because his father has been illegally speculating with their money. To compound matters, he quickly discovers his large, scandal-fearing family knew of the crime but allowed it to continue rather than face the shame of public disclosure.

    Director:Robert Knights
    Writer:Harley Granville-Barker

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 2 - Marya
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    S14:E2

    A portrait of the sordid underbelly of Soviet society during the Russian Civil War.

    Director:Jack Gold
    Writer:Christopher Hampton

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 1 - Kean
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    S14:E1

    The great actor Edmund Kean is involved in a variety of romantic and other entanglements and wonders where acting ends and real life begins.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 6 - Design for Living
    7.1/10(45 votes)

    S14:E6

    A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

    Director:Philip Saville
    Writer:Noël Coward

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 4 - Hello and Goodbye
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    S14:E4

    Siblings Johnnie and Hester delay the responsibility of becoming adults to the point they lose the purpose of existence.

    Director:Claude Whatham
    Writer:Athol Fugard

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  6. BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 5 - The Wings of the Dove
    6.8/10(68 votes)

    S14:E5

    Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:Denis Constanduros

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  7. BBC Play of the Month Season 14 Episode 7 - The Kitchen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S14:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 14 Ratings Summary

"The Voysey Inheritance" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 14. It scored 8.3/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Robert Knights and written by Harley Granville-Barker, it aired on 2/4/1979. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Marya".