BBC Play of the Month
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
Direction
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Moira Armstrong
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Alan Bridges
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Stuart Burge
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Naomi Capon
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Rudolph Cartier
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James Cellan Jones
Alan Clarke
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Basil Coleman
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Alan Cooke
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Michael Darlow
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Gareth Davies
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Philip Dudley
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Terence Dudley
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Michael Elliott
Alan Gibson
David Giles
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John Glenister
Jack Gold
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John Gorrie
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Piers Haggard
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Bill Hays
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Jane Howell
Waris Hussein
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David Hugh Jones
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Robert Knights
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
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James MacTaggart
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Donald McWhinnie
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Raymond Menmuir
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Cedric Messina
Jonathan Miller
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Christopher Morahan
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James Ormerod
Anthony Page
Alvin Rakoff
Philip Saville
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Michael Simpson
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William Slater
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Claude Whatham
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Ronald Wilson
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Herbert Wise
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Don Taylor
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Peter Wood
Cast
Charles Gray
Adrian Blenderbland
Charles Gray
Antonio
Charles Gray
Field-Marshall Allenby
Eric Porter
Arthur Winslow
Eric Porter
Councillor Albert Parker
Eric Porter
Cyrano De Bergerac
Jeremy Brett
Basil Hallward
Jeremy Brett
Berowne
Jeremy Brett
Captain Jack Absolute
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Lally Bowers
Miss Lavish
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Lally Bowers
Miss Prism
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Lally Bowers
Mrs. Higgins
John Gielgud
Captain Shotover
John Gielgud
Charles II
John Gielgud
Chorus
Alan Rowe
Ambassador from Corinth
Alan Rowe
Decius Brutus
Alan Rowe
Filips
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Donald Pickering
George Farrant
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Donald Pickering
Hotel Manager
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Donald Pickering
Monty Cave
Michael Hordern
God
Michael Hordern
King Lear
Michael Hordern
Mr. Posket
Robert Stephens
Grigory Rasputin
Robert Stephens
Mark Antony
Robert Stephens
Oberon
Ronald Hines
Dirk Stroeve
Ronald Hines
Lord Windermere
Ronald Hines
Ronny Heaslop