BBC Play of the Month
Season 11
19758 episodes
Episode 1
Chips with Everything
Sep 28, 1975
Pip is a socialist who has seen the squalor of the East End, typified by greasy cafés offering 'chips with everything'. Pip is also the only privately-educated recruit in a draft of other National Service recruits. He's tried to buck the system by not applying for an officer's commission.
Episode 2
The Little Minister
Nov 2, 19751h 42m
In rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new 'little minister' of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems, and they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and--worst of all--Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.
Episode 3
Love's Labour's Lost
Dec 14, 19752h
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Episode 4
When We Are Married
Dec 29, 19751h 15m
At the turn of the 20th century, a set of long-married couples discover that due to a bureaucratic quirk they have never actually been married.
Episode 5
Trilby
Jan 24, 1976
Trilby, a young Irish girl in Paris, falls under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali.
Episode 6
Loyalties
Feb 28, 1976
Episode 7
The Chester Mystery Cycle
Apr 18, 19761h 30m
A quartet of mystery plays originally based in Chester.
Episode 8
French Without Tears
May 16, 19761h 34m
The romantic and comic adventures of a quintet of young Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.