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The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 7

Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 7!

The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 7

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...
  1. Background image for A Midsummer Night's Dream
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #1 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

    S7:E1

    Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

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  2. Background image for Rasputin
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Rasputin

    S7:E2

    In early 20th century Russia, a peasant monk exerts great influence upon the superstitious wife of the Russian Tsar.

    Director:Alan Cooke
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  3. Background image for Tartuffe
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Tartuffe

    S7:E3

    Orgon is a man of property duped by the false piety of the penniless Tartuffe. Orgon takes him into his house, believing him a paragon of virtue. Orgon orders his daughter to reject her fiancé and marry Tartuffe.

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  4. Background image for The Cherry Orchard
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    #4 - The Cherry Orchard

    S7:E4

    Madamr Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who returns from Paris to face the loss of her magnificent cherry orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the repossessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.

    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Summer and Smoke
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Summer and Smoke

    S7:E5

    A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

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  6. Background image for Stephen D
    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Stephen D

    S7:E6

    Stephen Dedalus comes of age in a Dublin changing radically as the 20th century nears.

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  8. Background image for The Merchant of Venice
    7.3/10(68 votes)

    #7 - The Merchant of Venice

    S7:E7

    Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Lady Windermere's Fan
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Lady Windermere's Fan

    S7:E8

    Lady Windermere suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.

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  10. Background image for The Playboy of the Western World
    9.1/10(12 votes)

    #9 - The Playboy of the Western World

    S7:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for She Stoops to Conquer
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #10 - She Stoops to Conquer

    S7:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Trelawny of the "Wells"
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    #11 - Trelawny of the "Wells"

    S7:E11

    A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she elopes with a wealthy young man from the other side of town.

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 7. It scored 8.3/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by James Cellan Jones and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1971. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Rasputin".