BBC2 Play of the Week
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Season 1 Episodes
Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he me…
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped …
A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the fa…
A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 …
A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassi…
Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of st…
A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.
Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With …
A man seeks the perfect relationship.
Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One af…
Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.
Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.
Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopke…
A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.
Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their fri…
A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man…
E17
France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau…
In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and th…
Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.
Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmin…
In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a …
An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the …
A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.
