The Wednesday Play

Season 5

Groundbreaking one-off plays in late 1960s, launching careers of Potter, Loach, Mercer and Hopkins. Notable works like "Cathy Come Home" and "Up the Junction" tackled social issues like homelessness and abortion.

Where to Watch The Wednesday Play • Season 5

27 Episodes

  • Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It
    E1
    Mrs Lawrence Will Look After ItWhen an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.
  • Spoiled
    E2
    SpoiledA schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.
  • The Gorge
    E3
    The GorgeA teenage boy reluctantly accompanies his ghastly family on a coarse bank-holiday day out to local beauty spot and tourist trap, the Cheddar Gorge.
  • A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka
    E4
    A Night with Mrs. Da TankaA lonely bachelor, seeking his long-lost sweetheart at a boarding house, meets a serial divorcée.
  • Charlie
    E5
    CharlieJames has come in search of his feckless older brother, Charlie, to ask him to come home and settle down.
  • Anyone For Tennis?
    E6
    Anyone For Tennis?Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances leading to his downfall?
  • Mooney and his Caravans
    E7
    Mooney and his CaravansA couple move to a caravan park, where the owner is a petty dictator.
  • The Lower Largo Sequence
    E8
    The Lower Largo SequenceA man seeks his inner island.
  • Hello, Good Evening and Welcome
    E9
    Hello, Good Evening and WelcomeA talk-show host is required to examine his conscience and also the ethics of "good television".
  • A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
    E10
    A Bit of Crucifixion, FatherA doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.
  • Nothing Will be The Same
    E11
    Nothing Will be The SameA family becomes increasingly suspicious of the relationship between the mother and a mysterious stranger who starts to follow her around.
  • A Beast With Two Backs
    E12
    A Beast With Two BacksAn isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
  • On the Eve of Publication
    E13
    On the Eve of PublicationAn author hosts a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his new novel.
  • The Fabulous Frump
    E14
    The Fabulous FrumpA fashion editor competes for the affections of a designer with their new male model.
  • Smoke Screen
    E15
    Smoke ScreenA successful advertising executive who promotes a brand of cigarettes is reproached by his family when his mother contracts terminal lung cancer.
  • Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter
    E16
    Dr. Aitkinson's DaughterAfter a year as a Volunteer Service Overseas worker, a young woman returns home in search of love and understanding.
  • The Apprentices
    E17
    The ApprenticesA portrait of the life of some Northern apprentices.
  • Birthday
    E18
    BirthdayA woman unwittingly springs a surprise at her sister's 27th birthday party.
  • The Big Flame
    E19
    The Big FlameDock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.
  • A Serpent in Putney
    E20
    A Serpent in PutneyAn off-beat romance in bed-sitter land.
  • Bami Powl Zapl
    E21
    Bami Powl ZaplA young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.
  • Cathy Come Home
    E22
    Cathy Come HomeA play about a British woman's descent into poverty and homelessness because of her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.
  • Sling Your Hook
    E23
    Sling Your HookA group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.
  • A Child and a Half
    E24
    A Child and a HalfA man enters into a correspondence with his colleague's eight-year-old daughter.
  • Son of Man
    E25
    Son of ManDennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than fight all the time, but who is racked by self doubt as to whether or not he is the popularly anticipated Messiah.
  • The Exiles
    E26
    The ExilesThree Trinidadians consider what it means to be exiles in an essentially white society.
  • Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage
    E27
    Blodwen, Home from Rachel's MarriageThe daughter of a religious Welsh family becomes the centrepiece of a bizarre student festival.

 

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