BBC Play of the Month

Season 12

1976 · 7 episodes · 11h 53m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Picture of Dorian Gray

   19 Sept 1976 · 100 min

   A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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   2. London Assurance

   10 Oct 1976 · 90 min

   Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt Courtly in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else.

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   3. Look Back in Anger

   21 Nov 1976 · 90 min

   A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

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   4. The Winslow Boy

   16 Jan 1977 · 113 min

   In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

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   5. The Country Wife

   13 Feb 1977 · 110 min

   Pinchwife brings his simple young wife to London for his sister's wedding. Lest she falls prey to the town's temptations, he keeps her under lock and key.

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   6. The Ambassadors

   13 Mar 1977 · 90 min

   Strether is sent to Europe to rescue a young American from the charms of a mysterious French beauty. But he is soon under the liberating influence of Europe himself.

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   7. Heartbreak House

   19 May 1977 · 120 min

   On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye's infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father's a bumbling prig, and she's actually in love with Hector, Hesione's husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster.