BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Drama, Comedy · 2 Seasons · 38 Episodes ·
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Episodes
17. She Fell Among ThievesFrance, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau. Tongue-in-cheek 1978 TV film based on the novel by Dornford Yates.E1818. Stargazy on ZummerdownIn the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy.E1919. LizaLavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.E2020. For Tea on SundaySome young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.E2121. When the Actors ComeIn 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a private performance. But the actors are also revolutionaries, and they have another agenda.E2222. Ice AgeAn unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. A young partisan plots his assassination, while others advocate handing him over for trial for collaboration.E2323. The CopyistA fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.
