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BBC Play of the Month Season 10 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Sunday, September 8, 1974

Ended: Sunday, April 20, 1975

When does BBC Play of the Month Season 10 come out?

BBC Play of the Month Season 10 premiered Sunday, September 8, 1974 on BBC One and ended Sunday, April 20, 1975. The season has 9 episodes.

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BBC Play of the Month Season 10 release schedule

BBC Play of the Month Season 10 episode release dates
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1. The Linden Tree

In 1947 England, in the home of Professor Robert Linden, chair of modern history at the provincial University of Burmanley, rationing and austerity seem to have fostered opportunism, escapism and confrontation within the Linden family, gathered to celebrate Robert's 65th birthday and each of whom is struggling with their own crises.

Sunday · 52 years ago

2. Electra

In the city of Mycenae, a few years after the Trojan War, a bitter struggle for justice is undertaken by Electra and her brother Orestes for the murder of their father Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and their stepfather Aegisthus.

Thursday · 52 years ago

3. The Wood Demon

A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen.

Thursday · 52 years ago

4. Robinson Crusoe

An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.

Friday · 51 years ago

5. The Apple Cart

King Magnus's position as monarch is in danger – can he 'upset the apple cart' and preserve his throne?

Sunday · 51 years ago

6. The School for Scandal

Scandalmonger Lady Sneerwell controls a nest of gossipy vipers, and young Lady Teazle, bored by her elderly husband Sir Peter, has been lured into the circle too.

Sunday · 51 years ago

7. King Lear

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Sunday · 51 years ago

8. Strife Finale

A personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a troublesome tin mining company.

Sunday · 51 years ago

10. The Shadow of a Gunman

Sunday · 51 years ago

BBC Play of the Month Season 10 guest stars

  • Helen Mirren

    Helen Mirren

    Orinthia

  • Arthur Lowe

    Arthur Lowe

    Sir Oliver Surface

  • Angela Pleasence

    Angela Pleasence

    Julia

  • Stanley Baker

    Stanley Baker

    Robinson Crusoe

  • Bernard Lee

    Bernard Lee

    Sir Peter Teazle

  • Pauline Collins

    Pauline Collins

    Lady Teazle

  • Ronald Fraser

    Ronald Fraser

    Serebryakov

  • Colin Jeavons

    Colin Jeavons

    Snake

  • Edward Fox

    Edward Fox

    Charles Surface

  • Russell Hunter

    Russell Hunter

    Crabtree

  • Ian Holm

    Ian Holm

    Khrushchov

  • Geoffrey Bayldon

    Geoffrey Bayldon

    Dyadin

  • Jerome Willis

    Jerome Willis

    The Sea Captain

  • Jeremy Brett

    Jeremy Brett

    Joseph Surface

  • Eileen Atkins

    Eileen Atkins

    Electra

  • Andrew Cruickshank

    Andrew Cruickshank

    Prof. Robert Linden

BBC Play of the Month Season 10 FAQ

When does BBC Play of the Month Season 10 come out?

BBC Play of the Month Season 10 premiered Sunday, September 8, 1974 on BBC One.

How many episodes are in BBC Play of the Month Season 10?

BBC Play of the Month Season 10 has 9 episodes.

Are new episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 10 released weekly?

Episodes are released on a mixed schedule; check the dates below.

When is the BBC Play of the Month Season 10 finale?

The BBC Play of the Month Season 10 finale (Episode 8) aired Sunday, May 18, 1975.

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