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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!

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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 8 Episode 8 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    S8:E8

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

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writers:Margarete Steffin, Eric Bentley

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 2 - Hedda Gabler
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    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.

    Director:Waris Hussein
    Writer:Michael Meyer

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 3 - King Oedipus
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    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. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 4 - The Magistrate
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    S8:E4

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

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Arthur Wing Pinero

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 6 - Candide
    7.6/10(14 votes)

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    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.

    Director:James MacTaggart
    Writer:James MacTaggart

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  6. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 5 - The Adventures of Don Quixote
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alvin Rakoff
    Writer:Hugh Whitemore

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  7. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 1 - The Millionairess
    7.3/10(218 votes)

    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.

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:George Bernard Shaw

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  8. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 7 - A Room with a View
    4.1/10(12 votes)

    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?

    Director:Donald McWhinnie
    Writer:Pauline Macaulay

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  9. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 9 - The Duchess of Malfi
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S8:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. BBC Play of the Month Season 8 Episode 10 - Peer Gynt
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S8:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month" season 8. It scored 8.4/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Bill Hays and written by Margarete Steffin, Eric Bentley, it aired on 5/16/1973. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Hedda Gabler".