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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.
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Episode 1 - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Release Date: 1976-09-19 -
Episode 2 - London Assurance
Release Date: 1976-10-10 -
Episode 3 - Look Back in Anger
Release Date: 1976-11-21 -
Episode 4 - The Winslow Boy
Release Date: 1977-01-16A play by Terence Rattigan. The term at Osborne Naval College is not yet over. Why, therefore, has cadet Ronnie Winslow returned home? And why is he hiding in the garden?
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Episode 5 - The Country Wife
Release Date: 1977-02-13Play by William Wycherley. Pinchwife brings his simple young wife Margery to London for his sister's wedding.
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Episode 6 - The Ambassadors
Release Date: 1977-03-13 -
Episode 7 - Heartbreak House
Release Date: 1977-05-19