The Wednesday Play (1964)
The Wednesday Play (1964)
Plot.
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.
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Currently The Wednesday Play is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.

George Webb
Jim Ritchie

Edwin Brown
Chief Prison Officer

Sydney Newman
Creator

Ken Jones
Alec - Gravedigger

Michael Robbins
Albert Barking

Alec Coleman
Gambler

Paddy Joyce
Docker

Griffith Davies
Jackie Coulson

Alan Selwyn
Gambler

Ken Loach
Director

Christopher Morahan
Director

James Ferman
Director

John Gorrie
Director

Henric Hirsch
Director

Ronald Eyre
Director

Claude Whatham
Director

Moira Armstrong
Director

Don Taylor
Director

Carey Blyton
Original Music Composer

Jimmy O'Connor
Writer

Dennis Potter
Writer

Hugh Whitemore
Writer

David Mercer
Writer

John Hopkins
Writer

Lewis Carroll
Novel

John Brandon
Sergeant Musso

Robert Arden
Captain Danziger

Mary Holder
Mrs. Watmuff

Lionel Stander
General Burroughs

Trisha Noble
Francoise Clouet

Robert Raglan
Tom-Tom

Julian Glover
James

Alfred Lynch
Peter Young

Glenda Jackson
Cathy

Hal Galili
Wendell / Private First Class O'Brien

Joss Ackland
Cornelius / Tom Gorbet

Judy Parfitt
Dorothy Gorbet

Sheila Burrell
Liz

Diane Keen
Judy

David Ellison
Photographer

Ann Morrish
Mary

Barrie Ingham
Charlie / Colin

Caroline Blakiston
Matilda Boff

Donald Douglas
Adrian Brinton

Kenneth Colley
Bethold Florenberg

Arthur Lowe
Colonel Harrup

John Savident
Mr. Miller / Mr. Brummitt / Hans Von Dorring

Roland Culver
Arthur Maybury

Jeffrey Segal
Mr. Dumpton

Jeremy Child
2nd Man

Leo McKern
Robert Kelvin

Thorley Walters
Holland

Rosalind Knight
Barbara

Ray Brooks
Reg

Geoffrey Palmer
Property Agent

Noel Howlett
Dr. Evans / Lord Chief Justice

Tim Brooke-Taylor
(uncredited)

Pauline Collins
Joan Percival

Barry Jackson
Cossack / John Black / Rent Collector

Barbara Lott
Miss Hepworth

Michael Bates
Joe

Warren Clarke
Alec

George Layton
Pete

Michael Graham Cox
Bernard Davis

Steven Berkoff
Councillor

David McKail
Bruce Fairlight

John Gielgud
Gabriel Quantara

Felicity Kendal
The Girl

Timothy Bateson
Barnet

Nigel Stock
Elvet

Michael Jayston
Siegfried Sassoon

Ann Beach
Music Hall Artiste

Glynn Edwards
Bernie the Tweedler

Erik Chitty
Old Bailey Judge

Norman Rossington
Danny Fowler

Kenneth Griffith
Mr. Jones

Tony Selby
Harry / Dave

Michael Stainton
Policeman

Robert Ayres
Judge Webster Thayer

Hal Hamilton
Jeremiah McAnarney

Patrick Barr
David Lancaster / Joe / Producer

Daphne Heard
Nan / Mrs. Edgell

Deborah Watling
Alice Liddell

Tessa Wyatt
Lorina Liddell

John Moffatt
Mr. Stotman

John Bailey
Mad Hatter / Bartolomeo Vanzetti / Jack Hay / Humphrey Wiles, Counsel for Defence / Inspector Cardles

Michael Segal
1st Questioner

Aimée Delamain
Mrs. Morris

Percy Herbert
Colour Sergeant David Mackison

Dudley Sutton
Corporal Tom Oates

Nick Tate
Private Trevor James

Basil Henson
Major Andrew Carlyle / Inspector

Brenda Bruce
Mollie

Christian Rodska
Rufus

Keith Barron
Tom / Nigel Barton

David Kelly
Finbar / Miko

T. P. McKenna
John Joe Moran

Fionnula Flanagan
Mona

Geoffrey Chater
Richard Browning

Ballard Berkeley
First Committee Member

Robert Hardy
Nick Prockter / Pontius Pilate

Mona Bruce
3rd Investor / Matron

John Phillips
Forbes-Wainwright / Councillor Percival / Cardinal Runan

Jimmy Gardner
Stanley Wood

Frank Mills
Prison Gate Officer

Paul Angelis
Tristram

Richard Davies
Registrar / Mr. Black / Harry Jenkins

Michael Elwyn
Gareth Pownall

Roy Dotrice
Dad

Marius Goring
Reverend Harrup / Sir Hubert

Colin Farrell
Eric

Rosemary Leach
Jean Marfield / Katharine Elliott / Jess / Shelley Mitchell

Mary Webster
Val Selwyn

George Baker
Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson / Louie Summers

Angela Pleasence
Liz

Tariq Yunus
Student

Rupert Davies
Councillor Wally Cross

Scott Forbes
Paris Belmont

Arthur White
Tregembo

Cleo Sylvestre
Marge, in the Factory / Inmate: at Holm Lea / Rachel / Stephanie Ward

Clive Graham
David Lewis / Roman Centurion

Gemma Jones
Clarice

Barry Foster
Dan Sankey

Antony Carrick
Plunkett

Michael Brennan
Patient

Anneke Wills
Leda

Jerome Willis
Daniel

Stanley Lebor
Manny

Trevor Peacock
Hospital orderly

Michael Hordern
Sir Jocelyn Symonds / General Kokoshkin, Chief of Police

Alec McCowen
Private Secretary

Colin Jeavons
Barry Raines

Christopher Benjamin
Dan Royston

Bernard Hepton
Caiaphas

Brian Blessed
Peter

Edward Hardwicke
Judas

Gawn Grainger
Andrew

Denys Graham
Greatorix

Peter Graves
Sir Geoffrey

Sheila Steafel
Ella Macy

Donald Churchill
Harold

Patsy Rowlands
Trixie

Eileen Atkins
The Girl

Philip Anthony
Doctor

William Moore

Judy Geeson

Jack Gwillim

Victor Maddern

Edwin Richfield

William Gaunt

Wendy Richard

Guy Middleton

Alan Lake

John Carson

George Sewell

John Castle

Glyn Houston

Royston Tickner

Godfrey Quigley

Willoughby Goddard

Hywel Bennett

Angelo Muscat

Nicholas Smith

Joseph Fürst

Jack Watson

Philip Latham

Cyril Shaps

Charles Lloyd Pack

Freddie Jones

John Hollis

David Jackson

George Coulouris

Ian McShane

Annette Crosbie

John Stratton

Aubrey Richards

Richard Caldicot

Peter Forbes-Robertson

Cyril Luckham

Declan Mulholland

John Lee

Eric Thompson

Jo Rowbottom

Walter Sparrow
Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1964
StatusEnded
Seasons6
Episodes187
Running Time1h 15m
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Scripted
Wiki.
The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) 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.
Some of British television drama's most influential, and controversial, plays were shown in this slot, including Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home. The earliest television plays of Dennis Potter were featured in this slot.
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