Episodes
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1. The Love Girl and the Innocent
16 Sept 1973 · 127 min
Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
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2. The Common
27 Oct 1973
An exploration of the relationship between two couples from different social classes: one wealthy and Conservative, one poor and socialist.
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3. The Recruiting Officer
18 Oct 1973
Scoundrels are put on notice and women (literally) wear the pants in this uproarious comedy. Recruiting officers travel from port to port wooing men into service at sea, and women into their beds. Two such men, Worthy and Plume, land in Shrewsbury each in love with a woman who lives there.
4. Pygmalion
16 Dec 1973 · 120 min
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
5. The Changeling
20 Jan 1974 · 103 min
A woman falls in love with a sea captain, and plots to kill her fiance.
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6. The Importance of Being Earnest
17 Feb 1974 · 100 min
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
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7. The Deep Blue Sea
17 Mar 1974
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
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8. The Skin Game
19 May 1974
The rivalry between a wealthy businessman and his lower-class, self-made rival gets very personal indeed.
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10. Mrs. Warren's Profession
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BBC Play of the Month Season 9: quick answers
How many episodes are in BBC Play of the Month Season 9?
Season 9 of BBC Play of the Month has 9 episodes, about 8 hours in total.
When did BBC Play of the Month Season 9 come out?
Season 9 premiered on 16 Sept 1973.