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BBC Play of the Month

Season 9 1973 - 1974

  • 1973-09-15T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 1h
  • 10h (9 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.

9 episodes

Season Premiere

1973-09-15T23:00:00Z

9x01 The Love Girl and the Innocent

Season Premiere

9x01 The Love Girl and the Innocent

  • 1973-09-15T23:00:00Z1h

1973-10-26T23:00:00Z

9x02 The Common

9x02 The Common

  • 1973-10-26T23:00:00Z1h

1973-10-17T23:00:00Z

9x03 The Recruiting Officer

9x03 The Recruiting Officer

  • 1973-10-17T23:00:00Z1h

1973-12-16T00:00:00Z

9x04 Pygmalion

9x04 Pygmalion

  • 1973-12-16T00:00:00Z2h

A play by George Bernard Shaw, starring James Villiers as the egotistical Professor Henry Higgins and Lynn Redgrave as the east end flower girl Eliza Doolittle

9x05 The Importance of Being Earnest

  • 1974-02-17T00:00:00Z1h

1974-01-20T00:00:00Z

9x06 The Changeling

9x06 The Changeling

  • 1974-01-20T00:00:00Z1h

Beatrice-Joanna is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo but is in love with Alsemero. She hires her father's manservant, De Flores, to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.

Stanley Baker and Helen Mirren in the lead roles.

1974-03-17T00:00:00Z

9x07 The Deep Blue Sea

9x07 The Deep Blue Sea

  • 1974-03-17T00:00:00Z1h

1974-04-20T23:00:00Z

9x08 Mrs. Warren's Profession

9x08 Mrs. Warren's Profession

  • 1974-04-20T23:00:00Z1h

Written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam, who attempts to come to terms with her disapproving daughter.

Season Finale

1974-05-18T23:00:00Z

9x09 The Skin Game

Season Finale

9x09 The Skin Game

  • 1974-05-18T23:00:00Z1h

The rivalry between a wealthy businessman and his lower-class, self-made rival gets very personal indeed.

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