BBC Play of the Month: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
The Moon and Sixpence
Nov 12, 1967
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has al
Romeo and Juliet
Dec 3, 1967 · 125 min
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer
The Parachute
Jan 21, 1968 · 77 min
As the Nazis grow ever more powerful, Werner Roger grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Feb 11, 1968
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Ghosts
Mar 17, 1968
A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish Stockholm apartment building, only to find that it a nest of betrayal and sickness.
The Corn Is Green
Apr 14, 1968 · 120 min
A schoolteacher mentors a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.
The Tempest
May 12, 1968
The magician Prospero, once Duke of Milan, now rules a small, enchanted island – but a storm brings visitors from the past.
Man and Superman
Jul 7, 1968
John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.
Hay Fever
Aug 4, 1968 · 90 min
Weekend guests of the Bliss family finds their hosts distinctly eccentric.