
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · 2 seasons · 38 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Drama, Comedy
TMDB 7.0 · 1 votes
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Episodes
- S01E01Professional Foul1977-09-2185m
Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he meets a former student unexpectedly, and must consider putting his philosophical ideas into practice.
- S01E02Exiles1977-09-2890m
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.
- S01E03Abie's Will1977-10-05
A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.
- S01E04The Sinking of HMS Victoria1977-10-12
A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.
- S01E05True Patriot1977-10-1960m
A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.
- S01E06Shooting the Chandelier1977-10-26
Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.
- S01E07The Kitchen1977-11-02
A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.
- S01E08Arnhem: The Story of an Escape1977-11-16
Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded.
- S01E09Forgotten Love Songs1978-01-0455m
A man seeks the perfect relationship.
- S01E10A Visit from Miss Prothero1978-01-1137m
Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.
- S01E11Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat1978-01-18
Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.
- S01E12Foreign Affairs1978-01-25
Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.
- S01E13The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman1978-02-01
Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopkeeper, and brings up their son as best she can.
- S01E14The O'Hooligan File1978-02-08
A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.
- S01E15The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill1978-02-15
Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their friend Bill.
- S01E16Flayed1978-02-22
A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.
- S01E17She Fell Among Thieves1978-03-0178m
France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau. Tongue-in-cheek 1978 TV film based on the novel by Dornford Yates.
- S01E18Stargazy on Zummerdown1978-03-1580m
In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy.
- S01E19Liza1978-03-2280m
Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.
- S01E20For Tea on Sunday1978-03-29
Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.
- S01E21When the Actors Come1978-05-03
In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a private performance. But the actors are also revolutionaries, and they have another agenda.
- S01E22Ice Age1978-05-17
An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. A young partisan plots his assassination, while others advocate handing him over for trial for collaboration.
- S01E23The Copyist1978-05-24
A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.
Cast
Ian HolmJ.M. Barrie, The Man- Ann BellSylvia Llewelyn Davies
Maureen O'BrienMary Barrie
Tim Pigott-SmithArthur Llewelyn Davies
Anna CropperMary Hodgson
Bernard HillBroadbent, Carson
Frederick TrevesHarry, Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour- David QuilterCaptain Richard, John Forbes
Roger MilnerMasters, Arthur Herbert Moore
John ShrapnelMcKendrick, Robert
Clive SwiftFrank, Adamson
David de KeyserAxel Reich, Captain
