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The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 8

Every episode of BBC Play of the Month Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 8!

The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 8

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 The Millionairess
    7.2/10(209 votes)

    #1 - The Millionairess

    S8:E1

    An Indian doctor meets a willful and arrogant heiress stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.

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  2. Background image for Hedda Gabler
    8.6/10(61 votes)

    #2 - Hedda Gabler

    S8:E2

    Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.

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  3. Background image for King Oedipus
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #3 - King Oedipus

    S8:E3

    Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.

    Director:Alan Bridges
    Writer:Sophocles
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  4. Background image for The Magistrate
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #4 - The Magistrate

    S8:E4

    A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.

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  5. Background image for The Adventures of Don Quixote
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #5 - The Adventures of Don Quixote

    S8:E5

    A self-proclaimed 'knight' and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking 'giants' that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.

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  6. Background image for Candide
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Candide

    S8:E6

    Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.

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  8. Background image for A Room with a View
    4.2/10(12 votes)

    #7 - A Room with a View

    S8:E7

    When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

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  9. Background image for The Caucasian Chalk Circle
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #8 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    S8:E8

    Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.

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  10. Background image for The Duchess of Malfi
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Duchess of Malfi

    S8:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Peer Gynt
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Peer Gynt

    S8:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Millionairess" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 8. It scored 7.2/10 based on 209 votes. Directed by William Slater and written by George Bernard Shaw, it aired on 9/25/1972. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "Hedda Gabler".