The Wednesday Play: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Wednesday Play (1969): Drama. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
The Wednesday Play was an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. Every week's play was usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
Series details
- Title: The Wednesday Play
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama
- Premiere date: 1969-10-29
- Final broadcast date listed: 1971-05-20
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 28861
- IMDb ID: tt0058853
- TVDB ID: 71836
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1964-10-28; final listed air date 1971-05-20; episode order: 173.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Wednesday Play on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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