BBC Play of the Month

Season 15

1982 · 5 episodes · 9h 10m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. I Have Been Here Before

   24 May 1982 · 90 min

   Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.

2. 2

   2. On Approval

   21 Jun 1982 · 120 min

   Wealthy widow Maria invites long-time dinner companion Richard to spend a month at her house in Scotland. If she still likes him after a month together, they will marry. Mutual friends George, Duke of Bristol and his companion Helen decide to make it a foursome.

3. 3

   3. Little Eyolf

   19 Jul 1982 · 100 min

   Writer Alfred is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to wealthy Rita. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

4. 4

   4. The Critic

   23 Aug 1982 · 120 min

   Foppish, would-be playwright-critic Mr Puff invites his literary-minded associates to a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he's written a hit.

5. 5

   5. The White Guard

   20 Sept 1982 · 120 min

   In late 1918 Ukraine, the various armies of the Ukrainian War of Independence (the White Army, the Red Army, the Imperial German Army and Ukrainian nationalists) fight over the city of Kiev, leaving the fate of the Turbin family in ambiguity.