The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Season 1

34 Episodes

Catch As Catch Can
E1

1. Catch As Catch Can

Sep 30, 1964 · 75 min
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Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.

A Crack in the Ice
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2. A Crack in the Ice

Oct 28, 1964 · 75 min
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A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.

In Camera
E3

3. In Camera

Nov 4, 1964 · 85 min
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Three people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.

Pale Horse, Pale Rider
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4. Pale Horse, Pale Rider

Nov 11, 1964 · 85 min
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A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.

The Big Breaker
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5. The Big Breaker

Nov 18, 1964 · 90 min
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A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.

Mr. Douglas
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6. Mr. Douglas

Nov 25, 1964 · 70 min
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Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.

Malatesta
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7. Malatesta

Dec 2, 1964 · 95 min
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Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.

The July Plot
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8. The July Plot

Dec 9, 1964 · 95 min
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Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.

First Love
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9. First Love

Dec 16, 1964 · 85 min
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A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.

Tap on the Shoulder
E10

10. Tap on the Shoulder

Jan 6, 1965 · 75 min
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Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.

Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...
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11. Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...

Jan 13, 1965 · 75 min
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A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.

The Navigators
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12. The Navigators

Jan 20, 1965 · 75 min
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A tale of romance between two working class navvies.

Fable
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13. Fable

Jan 27, 1965 · 75 min
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In a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.

Dan, Dan the Charity Man
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14. Dan, Dan the Charity Man

Feb 3, 1965 · 75 min
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Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?

Ashes to Ashes
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15. Ashes to Ashes

Feb 10, 1965 · 75 min
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Barbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.

Wear a Very Big Hat
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16. Wear a Very Big Hat

Feb 17, 1965 · 75 min
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A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.

The Confidence Course
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17. The Confidence Course

Feb 24, 1965 · 61 min
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A trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.

Campaign for One
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18. Campaign for One

Mar 3, 1965 · 75 min
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Astronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.

Horror of Darkness
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19. Horror of Darkness

Mar 10, 1965 · 70 min
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Peter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.

A Little Temptation
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20. A Little Temptation

Mar 17, 1965 · 75 min
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A writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.

Moving On
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21. Moving On

Mar 24, 1965 · 75 min
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Cat's Cradle
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22. Cat's Cradle

Mar 31, 1965 · 75 min
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Three Clear Sundays
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23. Three Clear Sundays

Apr 7, 1965 · 75 min
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The Interior Decorator
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24. The Interior Decorator

Apr 14, 1965 · 75 min
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Auto-Stop
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25. Auto-Stop

Apr 21, 1965 · 75 min
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The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
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26. The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

Apr 28, 1965 · 75 min
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Cemented with Love
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27. Cemented with Love

May 5, 1965 · 75 min
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A Knight in Tarnished Armour
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28. A Knight in Tarnished Armour

May 12, 1965 · 75 min
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For the West
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29. For the West

May 26, 1965 · 75 min
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And Did Those Feet?
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30. And Did Those Feet?

Jun 2, 1965 · 75 min
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The Man Without Papers
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31. The Man Without Papers

Jun 9, 1965 · 75 min
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The Pistol
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32. The Pistol

Jun 16, 1965 · 75 min
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Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
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33. Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

Jun 23, 1965 · 75 min
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The Seven O'Clock Crunch
E34

34. The Seven O'Clock Crunch

Jun 30, 1965 · 75 min
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