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The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 15

Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 15!

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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 15 Episode 1 - I Have Been Here Before
    8.4/10(21 votes)

    #1 - I Have Been Here Before

    S15:E1

    Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 15 Episode 2 - On Approval
    9.0/10(86 votes)

    #2 - On Approval

    S15:E2

    Wealthy widow Maria invites long-time dinner companion Richard to spend a month at her house in Scotland. If she still likes him after a month together, they will marry. Mutual friends George, Duke of Bristol and his companion Helen decide to make it a foursome.

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 15 Episode 3 - Little Eyolf
    7.1/10(57 votes)

    #3 - Little Eyolf

    S15:E3

    Writer Alfred is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to wealthy Rita. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

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  4. BBC Play of the Month Season 15 Episode 4 - The Critic
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #4 - The Critic

    S15:E4

    Foppish, would-be playwright-critic Mr Puff invites his literary-minded associates to a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he's written a hit.

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 15 Episode 5 - The White Guard
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #5 - The White Guard

    S15:E5

    In late 1918 Ukraine, the various armies of the Ukrainian War of Independence (the White Army, the Red Army, the Imperial German Army and Ukrainian nationalists) fight over the city of Kiev, leaving the fate of the Turbin family in ambiguity.

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Season 15 Ratings Summary

"I Have Been Here Before" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 15. It scored 8.4/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by James Ormerod and written by J. B. Priestley, it aired on 5/24/1982. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "On Approval".