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BBC Play of the Month: Season 1

9 episodes Premiered Oct 19, 1965 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (5): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Luther

Oct 19, 1965

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

S1·E2 Core

A Passage to India

Nov 16, 1965 · 110 min

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English edu

S1·E4 Core

Gordon of Khartoum

Jan 18, 1966

The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

S1·E5 Mytharc

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Feb 15, 1966

After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

S1·E6 Core

Lee Oswald: Assassin

Mar 15, 1966 · 90 min

The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

S1·E7 Core

Make Me an Offer

Apr 12, 1966

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

S1·E8 Mytharc

Death of a Salesman

May 24, 1966

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and

S1·E9 Mytharc

The Devil's Eggshell

Jun 28, 1966

The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a c

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