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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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

John Gorrie
Director

Christopher Morahan
Director

Henric Hirsch
Director

Ronald Eyre
Director

James Ferman
Director

Claude Whatham
Director

Don Taylor
Director

Moira Armstrong
Director

Jimmy O'Connor
Writer

Lewis Carroll
Novel

John Hopkins
Writer

Dennis Potter
Writer

David Mercer
Writer

Hugh Whitemore
Writer

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
Private First Class O'Brien / Wendell

Joss Ackland
Cornelius / Tom Gorbet

Judy Parfitt
Dorothy Gorbet

Sheila Burrell
Liz

Diane Keen
Judy

David Ellison
Photographer

Ann Morrish
Mary

Barrie Ingham
Colin / Charlie

Caroline Blakiston
Matilda Boff

Donald Douglas
Adrian Brinton

Kenneth Colley
Bethold Florenberg

Arthur Lowe
Colonel Harrup

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

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

Noel Howlett
Lord Chief Justice / Dr. Evans

Geoffrey Palmer
Property Agent

Tim Brooke-Taylor
(uncredited)

Barry Jackson
John Black / Rent Collector / Cossack

Pauline Collins
Joan Percival

Barbara Lott
Miss Hepworth

Michael Bates
Joe

Warren Clarke
Alec

George Layton
Pete

Michael Graham Cox
Bernard Davis

David McKail
Bruce Fairlight

Steven Berkoff
Councillor

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
Joe / David Lancaster / Producer

Daphne Heard
Nan / Mrs. Edgell

Deborah Watling
Alice Liddell

Tessa Wyatt
Lorina Liddell

John Moffatt
Mr. Stotman

Michael Segal
1st Questioner

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

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
Nigel Barton / Tom

T. P. McKenna
John Joe Moran

David Kelly
Miko / Finbar

Fionnula Flanagan
Mona

Geoffrey Chater
Richard Browning

Ballard Berkeley
First Committee Member

Robert Hardy
Nick Prockter / Pontius Pilate

Mona Bruce
Matron / 3rd Investor

Jimmy Gardner
Stanley Wood

John Phillips
Councillor Percival / Cardinal Runan / Forbes-Wainwright

Frank Mills
Prison Gate Officer

Paul Angelis
Tristram

Michael Elwyn
Gareth Pownall

Richard Davies
Harry Jenkins / Mr. Black / Registrar

Roy Dotrice
Dad

Marius Goring
Reverend Harrup / Sir Hubert

Colin Farrell
Eric

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

Mary Webster
Val Selwyn

George Baker
Louie Summers / Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

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 / Stephanie Ward / Rachel

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

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

Trevor Peacock
Hospital orderly

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

David Jackson

Judy Geeson

Jack Gwillim

Victor Maddern

Edwin Richfield

William Gaunt

Wendy Richard

Guy Middleton

Alan Lake

John Carson

George Sewell

John Hollis

Freddie Jones

Charles Lloyd Pack

Cyril Shaps

Philip Latham

Jack Watson

Joseph Fürst

Nicholas Smith

Angelo Muscat

Hywel Bennett

Willoughby Goddard

Godfrey Quigley

Royston Tickner

Glyn Houston

John Castle

William Moore

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

Hannah Gordon
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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