BBC Play of the Month - Season 12

First aired: 9/19/1976 7 episodes

Episodes

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray

Aired: 9/19/1976

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

2. London Assurance

Aired: 10/10/1976

Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt Courtly in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else.

3. Look Back in Anger

Aired: 11/21/1976

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

4. The Winslow Boy

Aired: 1/16/1977

In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

5. The Country Wife

Aired: 2/13/1977

Pinchwife brings his simple young wife to London for his sister's wedding. Lest she falls prey to the town's temptations, he keeps her under lock and key.

6. The Ambassadors

Aired: 3/13/1977

Strether is sent to Europe to rescue a young American from the charms of a mysterious French beauty. But he is soon under the liberating influence of Europe himself.

7. Heartbreak House

Aired: 5/19/1977

On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye's infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father's a bumbling prig, and she's actually in love with Hector, Hesione's husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster.