"BBC Play of the Month" (1965) TV series 1965-1983

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | unknown

Release Date:

19 October 1965 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

4 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Charles Gray	...	Adrian Blenderbland / ... (10 episodes, 1967-1976)
John Gielgud	...	Captain Shotover / ... (6 episodes, 1967-1982)
Eric Porter	...	Arthur Winslow / ... (6 episodes, 1968-1977)
Jeremy Brett	...	Basil Hallward / ... (6 episodes, 1969-1982)
Lally Bowers	...	Miss Lavish / ... (6 episodes, 1969-1974)
Robert Stephens	...	Grigory Rasputin / ... (5 episodes, 1968-1978)
Alan Rowe	...	Ambassador from Corinth / ... (5 episodes, 1966-1979)
Ronald Hines	...	Dirk Stroeve / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1974)
Michael Gambon	...	Gregory / ... (5 episodes, 1967-1978)
Alan Badel	...	Father / ... (5 episodes, 1966-1982)
Celia Johnson	...	Eloise / ... (5 episodes, 1968-1971)
Michael Hordern	...	God / ... (5 episodes, 1971-1976)
Edward Fox	...	Captain Dancy, DSO / ... (5 episodes, 1970-1979)
Richard Pearson	...	Herbert Soppitt / ... (5 episodes, 1970-1977)
Donald Pickering	...	George Farrant / ... (5 episodes, 1969-1977)
Derek Godfrey	...	Gregers Werle / ... (5 episodes, 1969-1974)

Series Directed by
Cedric Messina		(8 episodes, 1970-1977)
John Gorrie		(7 episodes, 1968-1979)
Rudolph Cartier		(6 episodes, 1965-1976)
Waris Hussein		(6 episodes, 1965-1975)
Alan Cooke		(6 episodes, 1965-1971)
Donald McWhinnie		(6 episodes, 1967-1977)
Alan Bridges		(5 episodes, 1966-1972)
Basil Coleman		(5 episodes, 1968-1975)
James MacTaggart		(5 episodes, 1968-1974)
William Slater		(5 episodes, 1968-1974)
Herbert Wise		(4 episodes, 1968-1972)
James Cellan Jones		(4 episodes, 1971-1978)
Bill Hays		(3 episodes, 1966-1973)
Christopher Morahan		(3 episodes, 1970-1973)
David Giles		(3 episodes, 1973-1977)
Michael Darlow		(3 episodes, 1975-1983)
Don Taylor		(3 episodes, 1977-1982)
Anthony Page		(2 episodes, 1968-1974)
Alvin Rakoff		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Alan Clarke		(2 episodes, 1973-1978)
Michael Lindsay-Hogg		(2 episodes, 1974-1978)
Piers Haggard		(2 episodes, 1976)
Claude Whatham		(2 episodes, 1979-1983)
James Ormerod		(2 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Writing credits
George Bernard Shaw		(11 episodes, 1968-1977)
William Shakespeare		(8 episodes, 1967-1975)
Anton Chekhov		(7 episodes, 1968-1978)
Terence Rattigan		(5 episodes, 1970-1977)
E.M. Forster		(4 episodes, 1965-1973)
Henrik Ibsen		(4 episodes, 1968-1982)
Oscar Wilde		(4 episodes, 1969-1976)
Hugh Whitemore		(4 episodes, 1970-1976)
J.B. Priestley		(4 episodes, 1974-1983)
John Osborne		(3 episodes, 1965-1976)
Michael Meyer		(3 episodes, 1968-1982)
Noel Coward		(3 episodes, 1968-1979)
Henry James		(3 episodes, 1969-1979)
Richard B. Sheridan		(3 episodes, 1970-1982)
Arthur Wing Pinero		(3 episodes, 1972-1983)
John Galsworthy		(3 episodes, 1974-1976)
Rudolph Cartier		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
David Mercer		(2 episodes, 1968-1978)
Sophocles		(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
George Farquhar		(2 episodes, 1973-1978)
James MacTaggart		(2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Denis Constanduros		(2 episodes, 1977-1979)
Harley Granville-Barker		(2 episodes, 1977-1979)

Series Produced by
Cedric Messina	....	producer (81 episodes, 1965-1983)
David E. Jones	....	producer (9 episodes, 1977-1979)
Louis Marks	....	producer (8 episodes, 1979-1983)
Peter Luke	....	producer (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Alan Shallcross	....	producer (4 episodes, 1975-1979)
Gerald Savory	....	producer (3 episodes, 1971-1973)

Series Original Music by
Herbert Chappell		(4 episodes, 1965-1972)
Elizabeth Poston		(2 episodes, 1970-1973)

Series Cinematography by
John Baker		(1 episode, 1971)
Peter Bartlett		(1 episode, 1973)
Brian Tufano		(1 episode, 1974)
Nigel Walters		(1 episode, 1978)

Series Film Editing by
Dave King		(2 episodes, 1973)

Series Production Design by
Eileen Diss		(16 episodes, 1965-1977)
Tony Abbott		(13 episodes, 1968-1978)
Natasha Kroll		(10 episodes, 1969-1975)
Fanny Taylor		(5 episodes, 1968-1977)
Spencer Chapman		(5 episodes, 1969-1978)
Sally Hulke		(4 episodes, 1968-1977)
Richard Wilmot		(3 episodes, 1965-1970)
Stuart Walker		(3 episodes, 1966-1978)
Roger Andrews		(2 episodes, 1969-1972)
Don Homfray		(2 episodes, 1974-1978)
Vic Symonds		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Austen Spriggs		(2 episodes, 1975-1983)
Don Taylor		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
Colin Shaw		(2 episodes, 1976-1979)

Series Costume Design by
Odette Barrow		(6 episodes, 1973-1976)
John Bloomfield		(5 episodes, 1970-1974)
Juanita Waterson		(5 episodes, 1971-1982)
Rita Reekie		(4 episodes, 1971-1977)
Betty Aldiss		(4 episodes, 1972-1982)
Dorothea Wallace		(4 episodes, 1972-1977)
Elizabeth Waller		(3 episodes, 1973-1976)
Joyce Mortlock		(3 episodes, 1977-1983)
Olive Harris		(2 episodes, 1965-1969)
Joyce Hammond		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Charles Knode		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Raymond Hughes		(2 episodes, 1971-1976)
Robin Fraser-Paye		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Joan Ellacott		(2 episodes, 1972-1975)
Michael Burdle		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Makeup Department
Maureen Winslade	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1972-1977)
Ann Ferriggi	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1965-1971)
Toni Chapman	....	makeup artist / hair stylist (2 episodes, 1969-1976)
Sylvia James	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Elizabeth Moss	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1974)
Jan Harrison Shell	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1975)

Series Production Management
Fraser Lowden	....	unit production manager (3 episodes, 1975-1977)

Series Art Department
Bob Blagden	....	graphics (1 episode, 1975)
Fen Jackson	....	graphics (1 episode, 1975)
Liz Friedman	....	graphics (1 episode, 1977)

Series Sound Department
Colin Dixon	....	sound (5 episodes, 1971-1977)
Chick Anthony	....	sound (3 episodes, 1974-1978)
Norman Bennett	....	sound (2 episodes, 1972)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Barclay	....	lighting technician / lighting (10 episodes, 1968-1982)
Robert Wright	....	lighting technician / lighting (9 episodes, 1970-1973)
Dennis Channon	....	lighting technician (7 episodes, 1969-1978)
Peter Catlett	....	lighting technician / lighting (3 episodes, 1969-1974)
John Treays	....	lighting technician / lighting (3 episodes, 1970-1978)
John Summers	....	lighting technician (3 episodes, 1976-1982)
Tommy Thomas	....	lighting / lighting technician (2 episodes, 1975)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Caroline Hutchings	....	assistant costume designer (1 episode, 1973)

Series Editorial Department
John Barclay	....	vision mixer (6 episodes, 1975-1977)

Series Music Department
Tom McCall	....	musician: piano (2 episodes, 1972-1974)

Series Other crew
Rosemary Hill	....	script editor (20 episodes, 1968-1972)
Stuart Griffiths	....	script editor (10 episodes, 1977-1982)
Alan Shallcross	....	script editor (7 episodes, 1974-1977)
Geraldine Stephenson	....	choreographer (2 episodes, 1971-1975)
Terence Banks	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1975)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1965-1983) (UK) (TV)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV) (one episode only)

Runtime:

120 min (119 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)