BBC Play of the Month
Season 3
196711 episodes
Episode 1
Girls in Uniform
Oct 15, 1967
Episode 2
The Moon and Sixpence
Nov 12, 1967
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
Episode 3
Romeo and Juliet
Dec 3, 19672h 5m
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Episode 4
The Parachute
Jan 21, 19681h 17m
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As the Nazis grow ever more powerful, Werner Roger grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.
Episode 5
Cyrano de Bergerac
Feb 11, 1968
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Episode 6
Ghosts
Mar 17, 1968
A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish Stockholm apartment building, only to find that it a nest of betrayal and sickness.
Episode 7
The Corn Is Green
Apr 14, 19682h
A schoolteacher mentors a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.
Episode 8
The Tempest
May 12, 1968
The magician Prospero, once Duke of Milan, now rules a small, enchanted island – but a storm brings visitors from the past.
Episode 9
The Old Ladies
Jun 9, 1968
A trio of middle-aged women set up housekeeping together.
Episode 10
Man and Superman
Jul 7, 1968
John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.
Episode 11
Hay Fever
Aug 4, 19681h 30m
Weekend guests of the Bliss family finds their hosts distinctly eccentric.