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COLLECTION · Series · 1973

Centre Play

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Source: TMDB
* 7.0 (1)DramaUnited Kingdom
Creators
Anne Head
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC One · BBC
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
19/07/1973
Score
7.0 / 10 (1)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
13 episodes · 1973
Episode 1. Places Where They Sing
1973-07-19

No synopsis

Episode 2. The Girls in Their Summer Clothes
1973-07-26

A husband's wandering eye, ogling every passing woman he sees, makes his wife feel unappreciated and unloved. This leads to an uncomfortable and frank discussion.

Episode 3. The Museum Attendant
1973-08-02

A Black museum attendant struggles with domestic problems and racist colleagues.

Episode 4. The Cornet Lesson
1973-12-24

No synopsis

Episode 5. The Illumination of Mr Shannon
1973-12-31

No synopsis

Episode 6. Dummy Run
1974-01-18

No synopsis

Episode 7. Sweetheart
1974-01-21

No synopsis

Episode 8. My Last Duchess
1974-02-01

No synopsis

Episode 9. Hurt Hawks
1974-02-08

No synopsis

Episode 10. Albert and the Mayor's Tree
1974-07-08

No synopsis

Episode 11. God Bless Thee, Jacky Maddison
1974-07-15

No synopsis

Episode 12. Is It Something I Said?
1974-07-22

No synopsis

Episode 13. Mutinies
1974-07-29

No synopsis

Series 2
19 episodes · 1974
Episode 1. Initiation
1974-12-30

An apprentice book-binder turns the tables on his bullying foreman.

Episode 2. The Saliva Milkshake
1975-01-06

No synopsis

Episode 3. Snooker
1975-01-13

Two men have a confrontation in an exclusive London gentlemen's club.

Episode 4. The House on the Hill
1975-01-20

No synopsis

Episode 5. A Helping Hand
1975-01-27

Tricia returns home one evening to find her husband Guy sitting in the wreckage of their flat. What happened?

Episode 6. The Trip to Jerusalem
1975-02-03

No synopsis

Episode 7. Suggest Tuesday
1975-02-13

No synopsis

Episode 8. Tea at Four
1975-02-20

No synopsis

Episode 9. Letter from a Soldier
1975-02-27

No synopsis

Episode 10. Gambit's Move
1975-03-06

No synopsis

Episode 11. Post Mortem
1975-07-07

Her boss may be dead, but his secretary Helen is determined that his company should continue to make money.

Episode 12. The Flight Fund
1975-07-14

Married couple Tony and Angie go to stay with Tony's uncle Edward in his vast manor. Angie develops a fondness for Uncle Edward and the pair eventually run off together.

Episode 13. Hanging On
1975-07-21

No synopsis

Episode 14. Our Terry
1975-07-28

No synopsis

Episode 15. The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace
1975-08-11

No synopsis

Episode 16. The Stick Insect
1975-08-18

No synopsis

Episode 17. The Water Baby
1975-08-25

No synopsis

Episode 18. Judge the Bloody City
1975-09-01

No synopsis

Episode 19. Grace
1975-09-09

No synopsis

Series 3
13 episodes · 1975
Episode 1. Brent Geese
1975-12-06

Old friends gather in the hope of seeing a rare bird, but tensions begin to rise between two of them.

Episode 2. Hoodwink
1975-12-13

No synopsis

Episode 3. The Imp of the Perverse
1975-12-20

An nameless student commits the perfect murder and then confesses due to an irresistible, irrational impulse to do wrong for its own sake.

Episode 4. You Talk Too Much
1976-01-10

A mother believes she may have logorrhoea

Episode 5. Mirror, Mirror
1976-01-17

No synopsis

Episode 6. Grease Monkey
1976-01-24

No synopsis

Episode 7. England, Summer, Sunday
1976-01-31

No synopsis

Episode 8. The Weekend
1976-02-07

No synopsis

Episode 9. In the Labyrinth
1976-02-14

No synopsis

Episode 10. Two Men from Derby
1976-02-21

Derby County scouts come to visit Freda's footballing husband with an attractive offer. But where is he?

Episode 11. Piano Lessons
1976-08-08

No synopsis

Episode 12. A Wily Couple
1976-08-15

Elderly couple Nancy and Wullie decide if a young arrival named Ruth would make a suitable wife for their son Ian. Ruth's visit with the couple becomes increasingly unnerving as skeletons in the closet begin to emerge.

Episode 13. Sisters
1976-08-22

No synopsis

Series 4
6 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. Commonwealth Season: New Zealand – Old Man March Is Dead
1976-05-15

No synopsis

Episode 2. Commonwealth Season: Trinidad – Home Sweet India
1976-05-22

No synopsis

Episode 3. Commonwealth Season: Nigeria – A Kind of Marriage
1976-05-29

No synopsis

Episode 4. Commonwealth Season: Australia – Sweeping Plains
1976-05-29

No synopsis

Episode 5. Commonwealth Season: India – Apply, Apply, No Reply
1976-06-05

No synopsis

Episode 6. Commonwealth Season: Canada – For the Whales
1976-06-12

No synopsis

Series 5
7 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. Showcase: Riding South
1976-08-06

No synopsis

Episode 2. Showcase: A Man of Morality
1976-08-13

No synopsis

Episode 3. Showcase: The Squad
1976-08-20

Belfast. Four men meet -'for a drink', says Denis. The car is ready in the back alley. The youngest, Terry, isn't drinking. He's begun to have doubts about his new company – and they about him.

Episode 4. Showcase: Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground
1976-08-27

A Roma family take matters into their own hands to get their son back from Social Services.

Episode 5. Showcase: Only Looking
1976-09-03

No synopsis

Episode 6. Showcase: Sea Change
1976-09-10

No synopsis

Episode 7. Showcase: City of Fear!
1976-09-17

No synopsis

Series 6
10 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. William Wilson
1976-12-19

Throughout his life, William Wilson finds himself being shadowed by another William Wilson, who seems to resemble him in more than just name.

Episode 2. The Emperor's New Hat
1977-02-07

For 51 years, the Comtesse has bought a new hat to celebrate her wedding anniversary. This year, she invites her granddaughter Sylvie to the ceremony, where she will meet her grandfather at long last.

Episode 3. Kipper
1977-02-13

No synopsis

Episode 4. Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
1977-02-14

No synopsis

Episode 5. Talkin' Blues
1977-02-20

No synopsis

Episode 6. The Tip
1977-06-22

An aging eccentric and a young loner become friends as they collect scrap metal on a garbage heap.

Episode 7. The Sniffler and the Pug
1977-06-28

No synopsis

Episode 8. Risking It
1977-07-05

No synopsis

Episode 9. A Passage to Inverness
1977-07-12

A male stripper – his aunt on her deathbed, a memsahib from the Raj.

Episode 10. Rehearsal
1977-07-19

No synopsis

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