BBC Play of the Month: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Macbeth
Sep 20, 1970 · 120 min
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays
Ross
Oct 18, 1970
Ross, it seems, is just an ordinary airman in the RAF, albeit more private, more of a loner, than most. But why is he so alarmingly scarred, and who is he, really?
Uncle Vanya
Nov 8, 1970 · 125 min
A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother
Five Finger Exercise
Dec 24, 1970 · 120 min
A long-married couple are at war with each other and with their teenage son and daughter. The presence of a handsome young tutor complicates and sensitizes the savage domestic tens
Act of Betrayal
Jan 3, 1971 · 85 min
Mr. Norton asks the Jacksons to let someone be a lookout for a mystery man. When Gordon Lonsdale is seen visiting the Krogers across the road, MI5 decides to use the Jacksons' home
Candida
Feb 21, 1971
Idealistic Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.
The Wild Duck
Mar 21, 1971
A loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.
Don Juan in Hell
Apr 25, 1971
In Hell, Don Juan argues with the Devil, and confronts a woman from his past.
Platonov
May 23, 1971 · 120 min
A brilliant fellow, Platonov, and he might be a good husband, too — if only women would let him.