The Wednesday Play

Overview

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were 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.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

September 30, 1964

Last aired

August 6, 1989

Episodes

406

Network

BBC One

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english