Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | January 2024 | 1 | |
| Season 1 | October 1965 | September 1983 | 121 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Season 1 | October 1965 | June 1966 | 9 |
| Season 2 | October 1966 | March 1967 | 5 |
| Season 3 | October 1967 | August 1968 | 11 |
| Season 4 | September 1968 | May 1969 | 9 |
| Season 5 | October 1969 | May 1970 | 8 |
| Season 6 | September 1970 | May 1971 | 9 |
| Season 7 | September 1971 | August 1972 | 9 |
| Season 8 | September 1972 | May 1973 | 8 |
| Season 9 | October 1972 | May 1974 | 9 |
| Season 10 | September 1974 | May 1975 | 8 |
| Season 11 | September 1975 | May 1976 | 8 |
| Season 12 | September 1976 | May 1977 | 7 |
| Season 13 | October 1977 | April 1978 | 7 |
| Season 14 | November 1978 | May 1979 | 6 |
| Season 15 | May 1982 | September 1982 | 5 |
| Season 16 | May 1983 | September 1983 | 3 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 1 |
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| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolph Cartier | 8 | 12/04/1965 - 02/29/1976 | |
| John Gorrie | 7 | 08/04/1968 - 04/08/1979 | |
| Cedric Messina | 5 | 01/18/1970 - 01/19/1975 | |
| James MacTaggart | 4 | 02/16/1973 - 12/29/1974 | |
| Waris Hussein | 4 | 11/16/1965 - 10/20/1972 | |
| Alan Cooke | 4 | 10/19/1965 - 10/24/1971 | |
| William Slater | 3 | 02/09/1969 - 09/25/1972 | |
| Basil Coleman | 3 | 05/12/1968 - 11/28/1971 | |
| Terence Rattigan | 3 | 10/18/1970 - 05/16/1976 | |
| Oscar Wilde | 3 | 05/11/1969 - 09/19/1976 | |
| David Giles | 3 | 11/18/1973 - 06/21/1982 | |
| Herbert Wise | 3 | 03/02/1969 - 10/03/1972 | |
| James Cellan Jones | 3 | 09/26/1971 - 11/26/1978 | |
| Henry James | 2 | 03/13/1977 - 04/08/1979 | |
| Alan Bridges | 2 | 10/25/1966 - 03/21/1971 | |
| Donald McWhinnie | 2 | 04/15/1973 - 11/17/1974 | |
| Michael Darlow | 2 | 05/18/1975 - 07/19/1982 | |
| E.M. Forster | 2 | 11/16/1965 - 04/15/1973 | |
| Bill Hays | 2 | 04/12/1966 - 12/20/1972 | |
| John McGrath | 2 | 05/16/1973 | |
| Michael Lindsay-Hogg | 2 | 10/24/1974 - 02/05/1978 | |
| Claude Whatham | 2 | 03/04/1979 - 06/13/1983 | |
| Alan Clarke | 2 | 09/16/1973 - 04/23/1978 | |
| Bertolt Brecht | 1 | 05/16/1973 | |
| Daniel Defoe | 1 | 12/29/1974 | |
| Moira Armstrong | 1 | 09/08/1974 | |
| Misha Williams | 1 | 02/13/1977 | |
| Gareth Davies | 1 | 06/28/1966 | |
| Michael Elliott | 1 | 03/17/1968 | |
| Anthony Page | 1 | 01/21/1968 | |
| Georg Buchner | 1 | 04/23/1978 | |
| Georges Simenon | 1 | 02/09/1969 | |
| Stuart Burge | 1 | 02/16/1975 | |
| Piers Haggard | 1 | 04/18/1976 | |
| Felix Lutzkendorf | 1 | 03/10/1966 | |
| Peter Wood | 1 | 01/15/1978 | |
| Alvin Rakoff | 1 | 01/07/1973 | |
| Robert Knights | 1 | 02/04/1979 | |
| William Wycherley | 1 | 02/13/1977 | |
| Christopher Morahan | 1 | 11/08/1970 | |
| Robin Maugham | 1 | 01/18/1966 | |
| Don Taylor | 1 | 09/20/1982 | |
| Voltaire | 1 | 02/16/1973 | |
| Jonathan Miller | 1 | 03/23/1975 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Shakespeare | 6 | 12/03/1967 - 03/23/1975 | |
| Anton Chekhov | 5 | 01/18/1970 - 02/05/1978 | |
| George Bernard Shaw | 4 | 09/01/1968 - 01/19/1975 | |
| Henrik Ibsen | 4 | 03/17/1968 - 07/19/1982 | |
| Arthur Wing Pinero | 3 | 08/13/1972 - 06/13/1983 | |
| Michael Meyer (II) | 2 | 10/20/1972 - 07/19/1982 | |
| John Osborne | 2 | 10/19/1965 - 09/19/1976 | |
| Richard B. Sheridan | 2 | 05/17/1970 - 02/16/1975 | |
| Hugh Whitemore | 2 | 01/03/1971 - 01/07/1973 | |
| David Mercer | 2 | 01/21/1968 - 01/15/1978 | |
| J.B. Priestley | 2 | 09/08/1974 - 12/29/1975 | |
| John Galsworthy | 2 | 05/18/1975 - 02/29/1976 | |
| Moura Budberg | 1 | 01/18/1970 | |
| Maurice Hussey | 1 | 04/18/1976 | |
| David Weir | 1 | 06/28/1966 | |
| Sophocles | 1 | 10/24/1974 | |
| Noël Coward | 1 | 08/04/1968 | |
| Arthur Miller | 1 | 05/24/1966 | |
| Frederick Lonsdale | 1 | 06/21/1982 | |
| Alexandre Dumas | 1 | 11/26/1978 | |
| Alexander Solzhenitsyn | 1 | 09/16/1973 | |
| George Farquhar | 1 | 11/18/1973 | |
| Kenneth Taylor | 1 | 10/25/1966 | |
| H.G. Wells | 1 | 10/25/1966 | |
| Santha Rama Rau | 1 | 11/16/1965 | |
| E.F. Watling | 1 | 10/24/1974 | |
| Alan Ayckbourn | 1 | 03/02/1969 | |
| Wolf Mankowitz | 1 | 04/12/1966 | |
| Mikhail Bulgakov | 1 | 09/20/1982 | |
| Frank Hauser | 1 | 11/26/1978 | |
| Stuart Griffiths | 1 | 04/23/1978 | |
| Reed De Rouen | 1 | 03/10/1966 | |
| Ronald Eyre | 1 | 10/24/1971 | |
| Harley Granville-Barker | 1 | 02/04/1979 | |
| Athol Fugard | 1 | 03/04/1979 | |
| Rolf Fjelde | 1 | 03/21/1971 | |
| Peter Shaffer | 1 | 12/24/1970 | |
| Pauline MacCaulay | 1 | 04/15/1973 | |
| Molière | 1 | 11/28/1971 | |
| Heinar Kipphardt | 1 | 12/04/1965 | |
| Donald Bull | 1 | 02/09/1969 | |
| David Benedictus | 1 | 01/18/1966 | |
| Jean-Paul Sartre | 1 | 11/26/1978 | |
| William Emms | 1 | 10/18/1970 | |
| John Maynard | 1 | 11/16/1965 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Shallcross | 1 | 01/19/1975 |
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