An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
CreatorSydney Newman
Catch As Catch Can
Sep 30, 1964
Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
A Crack in the Ice
Oct 28, 1964
A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
In Camera
Nov 4, 1964
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
Nov 11, 1964
A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
The Big Breaker
Nov 18, 1964
A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
Mr. Douglas
Nov 25, 1964
Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
Malatesta
Dec 2, 1964
Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
The July Plot
Dec 9, 1964
Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
First Love
Dec 16, 1964
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
Jan 6, 1965
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...
Jan 13, 1965
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
Jan 20, 1965
A tale of romance between two working class navvies.
Fable
Jan 27, 1965
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
Feb 3, 1965
Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
Ashes to Ashes
Feb 10, 1965
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
Feb 17, 1965
A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
The Confidence Course
Feb 24, 1965
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
Mar 3, 1965
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
Mar 10, 1965
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
Mar 17, 1965
A writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
Moving On
Mar 24, 1965
A soldier faces a court-martial for killing his friend.
Cat's Cradle
Mar 31, 1965
A couple move to the country, but the wife feels isolated and finds companionship with her cat.
Three Clear Sundays
Apr 7, 1965
A dull witted young labourer from a criminal family is sent to gaol for a minor crime, leaving his pregnant girlfriend unmarried. But while there he is talked into attacking a guard, who later dies, so he's then sentenced to hang for his crime, despite a protest and newspaper campaign for leniency.
The Interior Decorator
Apr 14, 1965
An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
Auto-Stop
Apr 21, 1965
A young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.
The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
Apr 28, 1965
An account of the shocking Sacco-Vanzetti case of the 1920s, where two working-class Italian immigrants to the US were executed after seven years on Death Row.
Cemented with Love
May 5, 1965
It is general election night in a constituency in Northern Ireland.
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
May 12, 1965
Tom is a working class Scots teenager, but he dreams of much more.
For the West
May 26, 1965
White mercenary forces prepare to attack rebel, pro-Lumumbist troops in the Congo
And Did Those Feet?
Jun 2, 1965
Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
The Man Without Papers
Jun 9, 1965
Years ago, it was Roscoe who kept his friends alive in a Korean prison camp. Now, he's penniless and without papers in London - will his now-prosperous former friends help him?
The Pistol
Jun 16, 1965
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
Jun 23, 1965
No description available.
The Seven O'Clock Crunch
Jun 30, 1965
Martin has a mid-life crisis.
