BBC2 Play of the Week

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BBC2 Play of the Week

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An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Sep 21, 19772 seasons38 episodesEndedEN

Seasons

Season 1

23 episodes

Premiered Sep 21, 1977

Season 2

15 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 1978

Episodes

1–6 of 23

Professional Foul

Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he meets a former student unexpectedly, and must consider putting his philosophical ideas into practice.

Exiles

In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.

Abie's Will

A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.

The Sinking of HMS Victoria

A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.

True Patriot

A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.

Shooting the Chandelier

Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.

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