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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!

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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 7 Episode 9 - The Playboy of the Western World
    9.2/10(12 votes)

    S7:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 4 - The Cherry Orchard
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    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.

    Director:Cedric Messina
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 2 - Rasputin
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    S7:E2

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

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:Ronald Eyre

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  4. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 3 - Tartuffe
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    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.

    Director:Basil Coleman
    Writer:Richard Wilbur

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 8 - Lady Windermere's Fan
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S7:E8

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

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Oscar Wilde

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  6. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 1 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    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.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 7 - The Merchant of Venice
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    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.

    Director:Cedric Messina
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 5 - Summer and Smoke
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    S7:E5

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

    Director:Alvin Rakoff
    Writer:Tennessee Williams

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  9. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 6 - Stephen D
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    S7:E6

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

    Director:Donald McWhinnie
    Writer:Hugh Leonard

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  10. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 10 - She Stoops to Conquer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. BBC Play of the Month Season 7 Episode 11 - Trelawny of the "Wells"
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    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.

    Director:Herbert Wise
    Writer:Arthur Wing Pinero

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The Playboy of the Western World" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 7. It scored 9.2/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/11/1972. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Cherry Orchard".