Season 1

BBC Play of the MonthSeason 1

1965
9 Episodes

Episodes

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S01E01

Luther

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

19 Oct 1965
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S01E02

A Passage to India

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

16 Nov 1965110m
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S01E03

The Joel Brand Story

14 Dec 196590m
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S01E04

Gordon of Khartoum

The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

18 Jan 1966
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S01E05

Where Angels Fear to Tread

After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

15 Feb 1966
Lee Oswald: Assassin
S01E06

Lee Oswald: Assassin

The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

15 Mar 196690m
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S01E07

Make Me an Offer

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

12 Apr 1966
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S01E08

Death of a Salesman

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

24 May 1966
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S01E09

The Devil's Eggshell

The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...

28 Jun 1966