BBC Play of the Month

Season 1

1965 · 9 episodes · 4h 50m in all · 8.0/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Luther

   19 Oct 1965

   During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

2. 2

   2. A Passage to India

   16 Nov 1965 · 110 min

   Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

3. 3

   3. The Joel Brand Story

   14 Dec 1965 · 90 min

4. 4

   4. Gordon of Khartoum

   18 Jan 1966

   The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

5. 5

   5. Where Angels Fear to Tread

   15 Feb 1966

   After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

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   6. Lee Oswald: Assassin

   15 Mar 1966 · 90 min · 8.0/10

   The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

7. 7

   7. Make Me an Offer

   12 Apr 1966

   Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

8. 8

   8. Death of a Salesman

   24 May 1966

   Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

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   9. The Devil's Eggshell

   28 Jun 1966

   The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...