BBC Play of the Month: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of BBC Play of the Month Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov
Sep 27, 1966 · 100 min
A dramatisation of the defection of Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Petrov, who, fueled by disillusionment with the Soviet system and his fear of returning, led to a Royal Com
Days to Come
Oct 25, 1966 · 95 min
Set in a future where people peacefully coexist in a sealed bubble, they are divided into four levels — Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and deviants unable to conform. Elizabeth hails from a B
Corridors of Power
Nov 22, 1966
Concerns the attempts of an English MP to influence the country's policy on nuclear weapons in the 1950s.