BBC Play of the Month - Season 1
1 - Luther
Air Date: October 19, 1965
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
2 - A Passage to India
Air Date: November 16, 1965
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
3 - The Joel Brand Story
Air Date: December 14, 1965
4 - Gordon of Khartoum
Air Date: January 18, 1966
The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.
5 - Where Angels Fear to Tread
Air Date: February 15, 1966
After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.
6 - Lee Oswald: Assassin
Air Date: March 15, 1966
The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.
7 - Make Me an Offer
Air Date: April 12, 1966
Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.
8 - Death of a Salesman
Air Date: May 24, 1966
Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.
9 - The Devil's Eggshell
Air Date: June 28, 1966
The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...