The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)

Cast

Series cast summary:
	Edwin Brown	...	Chief Prison Officer (9 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Neville Smith	...	Eddie (8 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Tony Selby	...	Brother Malachay (7 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Ken Jones	...	Arthur (7 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Michael Robbins	...	Albert Barking (7 episodes, 1966-1970)
	Alec Coleman	...	Gambler (7 episodes, 1965-1967)
	George Sewell	...	Barny the tallyman, in the washhouse (6 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Paddy Joyce	...	Docker (6 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Griffith Davies	...	Jackie Coulson (6 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Alan Selwyn	...	Gambler (6 episodes, 1965-1967)
	William Moore	...	Constable Howell (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Wally Patch	...	Grandad (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
	John Bailey	...	Humphrey Wiles (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
	John Kidd	...	Auctioneer (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Will Stampe	...	Boat Proprietor (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Julie May	...	Inmate at Cumbermere Lodge (5 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Tommy Godfrey	...	Plantaganet King (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Keith Campbell	...	American (5 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Eric Mason	...	Policeman (5 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Peter Jeffrey	...	Charles (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Keith Barron	...	Nigel Barton (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Eileen Atkins	...	Joan (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Rosemary Leach	...	Jean Marfield (4 episodes, 1967-1970)
	Derek Francis	...	Cornelius Shafton (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
	James Maxwell	...	Captain Miller (4 episodes, 1964-1966)
	Elizabeth Begley	...	Auntie (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Geraldine Moffat	...	Jo (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Dennis Golding	...	Boy (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
	John Nettleton	...	Captain (4 episodes, 1967-1970)
	Jo Rowbottom	...	Christine (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
	Alec Ross	...	Jon Anson (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Llewellyn Rees	...	Arnold (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Walter Hall	...	Henry Cooper (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Michael Wynne	...	Arthur (4 episodes, 1966-1970)
	Godfrey James	...	Bert (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
	Yvonne Antrobus	...	Girl (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
	Frank Littlewood	...	Judge (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
	George Tovey	...	Little George (4 episodes, 1965)
	John Phillips	...	Cardinal Runan (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Isobel Black	...	Annabel Tranter-Percy (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Barbara Couper	...	Agnes Kinsale (4 episodes, 1966-1967)
	Geraldine Sherman	...	Mary (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
	Bryan Pringle	...	Trumper (4 episodes, 1966-1969)
	Christine Hargreaves	...	Doreen (4 episodes, 1967-1970)
	Yootha Joyce	...	Miriam Green (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Winifred Dennis	...	Mrs. Ward (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	John Woodnutt	...	Albert Stamp (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Alan Lake	...	Arthur (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Basil Henson	...	Brigadier Terence O'Brian (4 episodes, 1964-1968)
	Andrea Lawrence	...	Gambler (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Eileen Way	...	Aunt Erika (4 episodes, 1966-1969)
	Fanny Carby	...	Connie (4 episodes, 1965-1970)
	Lucy Griffiths	...	Bishop's wife (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
	Eileen Colgan	...	Dora (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Lionel Wheeler	...	Mr. Gray (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Eunice Black	...	Audrey (4 episodes, 1965-1967)
	Frank Jarvis	...	Customer (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	David Hutcheson	...	Blecker (4 episodes, 1966-1969)
	James Appleby	...	Bushey (4 episodes, 1965-1968)
	Cleo Sylvestre	...	Inmate at Holm Lea (4 episodes, 1965-1969)

Storyline

Series of one-off plays made by BBC television which gave breaks a wide range of writers and directors in the late 60s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, John Hopkins. Famous plays include 'Up the Junction' , 'Cathy Come Home' , 'Stand Up Nigel Barton' , 'Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton', 'On the Eve of Publication' and 'Son of Man'. The series often addressed controversial issues such as homelessness and abortion. Written by D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>  

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