BBC Play of the Month Season 4

BBC Play of the Month Season 4 is currently streaming on , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. With 8 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. The cast brings a seriousness the material deserves. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

BBC Play of the Month Season 4 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. BBC Play of the Month Season 4 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 4 of BBC Play of the Month includes 9 episodes. It aired from September 1968 to May 1969. Episodes include "St. It was aired in 1968. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with BBC Play of the Month Season 4. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. The performances stay controlled even in the biggest moments. The kind of drama that stays with you well after the finale.

🎬 BBC Play of the Month Season 4 — Episode Guide

St. Joan

1968-09-01

In 15th century France, a teenage peasant leads the army to victories against the English after claiming she has heard the voices of saints.

The Male Animal

1968-10-13

The Midwestern University trustees have forced three teachers out for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild-mannered English professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he...

The Seagull

1968-11-17

Aging actress Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Sorin and son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings with her Trigorin, a successful novelist. Meanwhile, Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls for Trigorin.

Waters of the Moon

1968-12-24

Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.

Mary, Queen of Scots

1969-01-12

Mary Stuart, named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She's imprisoned at 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later, Mary's life is to end on the scaffold and with her execution, the l...

Maigret at Bay

1969-02-09

Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.

Relatively Speaking

1969-03-02

Ginny plots to keep her affair with the much older (and married) Philip from her regular boyfriend Greg.

Julius Caesar

1969-04-13

Highly-placed Romans plot the murder of Julius Caesar.

An Ideal Husband

1969-05-11

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his fat...

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