BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 2 Seasons 38 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Drama Comedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Professional Foul

Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he me

EP 2

Exiles

In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped

EP 3

Abie's Will

A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the fa

EP 4

The Sinking of HMS Victoria

A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22

EP 5

True Patriot

A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassi

EP 6

Shooting the Chandelier

Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of st

EP 7

The Kitchen

A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.

EP 8

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With

EP 9

Forgotten Love Songs

A man seeks the perfect relationship.

EP 10

A Visit from Miss Prothero

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One af

EP 11

Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat

Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.

EP 12

Foreign Affairs

Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.

EP 13

The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman

Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopke

EP 14

The O'Hooligan File

A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.

EP 15

The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill

Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their fri

EP 16

Flayed

A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man

EP 17

She Fell Among Thieves

France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau

EP 18

Stargazy on Zummerdown

In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and

EP 19

Liza

Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.

EP 20

For Tea on Sunday

Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmin

EP 21

When the Actors Come

In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a

EP 22

Ice Age

An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the

EP 23

The Copyist

A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.

EP 1

Langrishe Go Down

In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Otto Be

EP 2

Fairies

How could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's un

EP 3

Fearless Frank

The outrageous – and not entirely reliable – memoirs of Irish writer Frank Harris, sometime cowboy in the Old West,

EP 4

The Lost Boys: Part 1 – We Set Out to Be Wrecked

1897: A quiet afternoon in Kensington Gardens. A little boy in a red tam-o'-shanter realises he is being watched by a sm

EP 5

The Lost Boys: Part 2 – Dark and Sinister Man

1906: Arthur is gravely ill. Sylvia turns more and more to Barrie for help. A wealthy man following the huge success of

EP 6

The Lost Boys: Part 3 – An Awfully Big Adventure

1913: Three years have passed since Sylvia's death. George is now a man and Michael, 13 years old. For the Llewelyn Davi

EP 7

Return Fare

A man adjusts to freedom after years incarcerated.

EP 8

Another Day

Abandoned by her husband, Eileen tries to make the best of bringing up her children in a rundown bed-sit. A man called G

EP 9

The Vanishing Army

The promotion of an ambitious, decorated NCO is put in jeopardy when he marries an unconventional wife and faces the sno

EP 10

Night People

A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in the early hours. Among the people they meet are a football support

EP 11

Renoir, My Father

A dramatisation of the life and work of the artist Auguste Renoir, based on the book by his filmmaker son, Jean Renoir.

EP 12

On Giant's Shoulders

A middle-aged childless couple on a remote farm adopt a Black boy with no limbs due to the effects of Thalidomide. They

EP 13

Stepping Out

A middle-aged woman who enjoys making lavish ballgowns wishes her daughter would visit more often.

EP 14

A Light That Shines

At a teaching Order, Conroy is asked to mentor promising student Stephen, who is feeling pressured.

EP 15

In England's Green and Pleasant Land

Authorities must decide if the repentance of a reformed convicted murderer is genuine so he can be prepared for release.

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