BBC Play of the Month

Season 3

1967 · 11 episodes · 6h 52m in all · 10.0/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Girls in Uniform

   15 Oct 1967

2. 2

   2. The Moon and Sixpence

   12 Nov 1967

   Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

3. 3

   3. Romeo and Juliet

   3 Dec 1967 · 125 min

   Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

4. 4

   4. The Parachute

   21 Jan 1968 · 77 min · 10.0/10

   As the Nazis grow ever more powerful, Werner Roger grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.

5. 5

   5. Cyrano de Bergerac

   11 Feb 1968

   Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.

6. 6

   6. Ghosts

   17 Mar 1968

   A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish Stockholm apartment building, only to find that it a nest of betrayal and sickness.

7. 7

   7. The Corn Is Green

   14 Apr 1968 · 120 min

   A schoolteacher mentors a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.

8. 8

   8. The Tempest

   12 May 1968

   The magician Prospero, once Duke of Milan, now rules a small, enchanted island – but a storm brings visitors from the past.

9. 9

   9. The Old Ladies

   9 Jun 1968

   A trio of middle-aged women set up housekeeping together.

10. 10

    10. Man and Superman

    7 Jul 1968

    John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.

11. 11

    11. Hay Fever

    4 Aug 1968 · 90 min

    Weekend guests of the Bliss family finds their hosts distinctly eccentric.