The Wednesday Play (TV series)

The Wednesday Play (United Kingdom)

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Rating: awaiting 3 votes IMDb

Director:

Gilchrist Calder, Ken Loach, James Ferman, Gareth Davies, Waris Hussein, James MacTaggart, Alan Bridges, Charles Jarrott, Brian Parker, Peter Duguid, Christopher Morahan, Alan Cooke, John Gorrie, Toby Robertson, Michael Hayes, Geoffrey Nethercott, Pharic Maclaren, John Mackenzie, Claude Whatham, Moira Armstrong, Raymond Menmuir, Herbert Wise, Philip Saville, David Benedictus, Henric Hirsch, Don Taylor, Alan Gibson, Rex Tucker, Jack Gold, John Glenister, Peter Hammond, Donald McWhinnie, Alan Clarke, Michael Tuchner, Rudolph Cartier, Ronald Eyre, Mario Prizek, Eric Till, Stuart Burge, Michael Leeston-Smith, Vivian Matalon, Anthony Page, Mary Ridge, Robin Midgley, Peter Sasdy, Michael Simpson, Basil Coleman, Robert Fleming, Roderick Graham, John Robins, John Schlesinger, Franz Josef Wild, Lionel Harris, Bill Bain, Philip Dudley, Bill Hays, John McGrath, Marc Miller, William Slater, Barry Bermange, Piers Haggard, Desmond McCarthy

Year:

1964

Release:

1964 September, 30

Country:

United Kingdom

Runtime:

75 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Production Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Review Also known as

Series of one-off plays made by BBC television which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 60s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer and John Hopkins. Famous plays include 'Up the Junction', 'Cathy Come Home' , 'Stand Up Nigel Barton', 'Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton', 'On the Eve of Publication' and 'Son of Man'. The series often addressed controversial issues such as homelessness and abortion. - IMDb

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Children's Cast:

	Richard Beaumont [9]	Little Boy (TV Episode: The Cellar and the Almond Tree) (1970)
	Anthony Kemp [14]	Torquil (TV Episode: Toggle) (1968)
	Jack Wild [14]	Peter (TV Episode: A Game, Like, Only a Game) (1966)
	Janina Faye [17]	Sheila (TV Episode: Tomorrow, Just You Wait) (1965)
	Ian Ellis	Mark (TV Episode: The End of Arthur's Marriage) (1965)
	Robin Langford [13]	The Boy (TV Episode: The Head Waiter) (1966)
	Peter Newby	O'Hara (TV Episode: Moving On) (1965)
	Howard Knight [17]	(TV Episode: Who's Going to Take Me On?) (1967)
	Robert Hamilton [13]	Bernie / Confidential man (TV Episode: Jamie, on a Flying Visit) (1968)

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