The Wednesday Play

Season 6

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 6

34 Episodes

  • The Parachute
    E1
    The ParachuteWritten by David Mercer. Repeat of Play of the Month 21 January 1968. Repeated also 1 September 1976 on BBC2 and 29 November 1980 on BBC2, on 23 June 1988.
  • Pitchi Poi
    E2
    Pitchi Poi
  • The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel
    E3
    The Last Train through Harecastle TunnelA shy clerk suffers from his colleagues petty office politics and contemptuous treatment of him, but this weekend, as a deeply involved train spotter, the closing of an old tunnel is his big adventure. On the way up, he encounters a well off couple with a daughter that hates them, and an Army Sergeant whose men hate him. The hotel he stays at is run by a fellow railway enthusiast, with a gay son that hates him, and he meets a famous signal designer with a daughter that hates him.
  • Patterson O.K.
    E4
    Patterson O.K.A story about growing up, falling in love and settling old scores in the unfriendly environment of a big city.
  • The Mark II Wife
    E5
    The Mark II WifeA woman who suspects her husband of having an affair reveals her suspicions at a party.
  • Close the Coalhouse Door
    E6
    Close the Coalhouse DoorThe history of the mining industry in the northeast of England is told through family drama, comedy sketches and song.
  • The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury
    E7
    The Sad Decline of Arthur MayburyA schoolmaster takes to drink.
  • All Out for Kangaroo Valley
    E8
    All Out for Kangaroo ValleyTwo young Australians on holiday in London find that the "old country" has its problems.
  • Happy
    E9
    HappyThe story of an up-and-coming businessman.
  • There Is Also Tomorrow
    E10
    There Is Also TomorrowThe commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student demonstration.
  • The Compartment/Playmates
    E11
    The Compartment/PlaymatesIn the first part, an insane man boards a quiet railway coach and starts to annoy a patient man trying to read a paper with incessant small talk in an increasingly menacing manner until he finally pulls out a gun and screaming class hatred bile, humiliates the man until his stop is reached. In part two he breaks into a lonely house and proceeds to terrorise a spinster woman who lives ther
  • Blood of the Lamb
    E12
    Blood of the LambA student architect and his black girlfriend set out from South Africa to Britain. On the voyage, the student shares a cabin with an enigmatic Austrian.
  • The Vortex
    E13
    The VortexYoung Nicky Lancaster must cope with the discovery that his socialite mother is a drug addict.
  • It Wasn't Me
    E14
    It Wasn't MeA couple seek a desperate remedy to the problem of a burdensome parent.
  • The Season of the Witch
    E15
    The Season of the WitchA young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.
  • Mille Miglia
    E16
    Mille Miglia
  • The Hunting of Lionel Crane
    E17
    The Hunting of Lionel CraneAn army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
  • Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
    E18
    Rest in Peace, Uncle FredA tragi-comic study of a Northern funeral.
  • Mad Jack
    E19
    Mad JackSecond Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men's lives in the First World War
  • Nathan and Tabileth
    E20
    Nathan and TabilethA young man befriends an elderly couple, claiming to be their grandson.
  • The Italian Table
    E21
    The Italian TableA junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture.
  • The Boy Who Wanted Peace
    E22
    The Boy Who Wanted PeaceTwo Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare.
  • The Cellar and the Almond Tree
    E23
    The Cellar and the Almond TreeA former poet, now a Communist Party official in the German Democratic Republic, becomes entangled in the political machinery of a state about to plunge into a succession of Stalinist purges.
  • The Year of the Sex Olympics
    E24
    The Year of the Sex Olympics
  • No Trams to Lime Street
    E25
    No Trams to Lime StreetThree young merchant seamen from Liverpool take shore leave in their home city after three years away.
  • To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law
    E26
    To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law
  • To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins
    E27
    To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins
  • To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is
    E28
    To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is
  • Wine of India
    E29
    Wine of IndiaIn the year 2050, advances in medicine have resulted in a need for population control. People reaching the age of 100 must submit to a government controlled euthanasia program. The story centres around a 100-year old couple who must now make plans for their funeral.
  • Sovereign's Company
    E30
    Sovereign's CompanyA young man from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction goes to a military academy as an officer cadet and finds himself temperamentally unsuited to the life.
  • Party Games
    E31
    Party Games
  • Emma's Time
    E32
    Emma's TimeEmma, who lived with an author for the last two years of his life, is involved in a television film about him.
  • Chariot of Fire
    E33
    Chariot of FireA prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
  • Wind Vs. Polygamy
    E34
    Wind Vs. Polygamy

 

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