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Premiered

Wednesday, August 21, 1968

Ended: Wednesday, April 30, 1969

When does The Wednesday Play Season 5 come out?

The Wednesday Play Season 5 premiered Wednesday, August 21, 1968 on BBC One and ended Wednesday, April 30, 1969. The season has 27 episodes.

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The Wednesday Play Season 5 release schedule

The Wednesday Play Season 5 episode release dates
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1. Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It

When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

2. Spoiled

A schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

3. The Gorge

A teenage boy reluctantly accompanies his ghastly family on a coarse bank-holiday day out to local beauty spot and tourist trap, the Cheddar Gorge.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

4. A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka

A lonely bachelor, seeking his long-lost sweetheart at a boarding house, meets a serial divorcée.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

5. Charlie

James has come in search of his feckless older brother, Charlie, to ask him to come home and settle down.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

6. Anyone For Tennis?

Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances leading to his downfall?

Wednesday · 58 years ago

7. Mooney and his Caravans

A couple move to a caravan park, where the owner is a petty dictator.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

8. The Lower Largo Sequence

A man seeks his inner island.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

9. Hello, Good Evening and Welcome

A talk-show host is required to examine his conscience and also the ethics of "good television".

Wednesday · 58 years ago

10. A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

A doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

11. Nothing Will be The Same

A family becomes increasingly suspicious of the relationship between the mother and a mysterious stranger who starts to follow her around.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

12. A Beast With Two Backs

An isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.

Wednesday · 58 years ago

13. On the Eve of Publication

An author hosts a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his new novel.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

14. The Fabulous Frump

A fashion editor competes for the affections of a designer with their new male model.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

15. Smoke Screen

A successful advertising executive who promotes a brand of cigarettes is reproached by his family when his mother contracts terminal lung cancer.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

16. Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter

After a year as a Volunteer Service Overseas worker, a young woman returns home in search of love and understanding.

Tuesday · 57 years ago

17. The Apprentices

A portrait of the life of some Northern apprentices.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

18. Birthday

A woman unwittingly springs a surprise at her sister's 27th birthday party.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

19. The Big Flame

Dock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

20. A Serpent in Putney

An off-beat romance in bed-sitter land.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

21. Bami Powl Zapl

A young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

22. Cathy Come Home

A play about a British woman's descent into poverty and homelessness because of her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

Friday · 57 years ago

23. Sling Your Hook

A group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

24. A Child and a Half

A man enters into a correspondence with his colleague's eight-year-old daughter.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

25. Son of Man

Dennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than fight all the time, but who is racked by self doubt as to whether or not he is the popularly anticipated Messiah.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

26. The Exiles

Three Trinidadians consider what it means to be exiles in an essentially white society.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

27. Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage Finale

The daughter of a religious Welsh family becomes the centrepiece of a bizarre student festival.

Wednesday · 57 years ago

The Wednesday Play Season 5 guest stars

  • Barrie Ingham

    Barrie Ingham

    Charlie

  • Julian Glover

    Julian Glover

    James

  • Arthur Lowe

    Arthur Lowe

    Colonel Harrup

  • Daphne Heard

    Mrs. Edgell

  • John Savident

    John Savident

    Mr. Miller

  • Leo McKern

    Leo McKern

    Robert Kelvin

  • Thorley Walters

    Thorley Walters

    Holland

  • Rosalind Knight

    Rosalind Knight

    Barbara

  • Barry Jackson

    Barry Jackson

    John Black

  • Pauline Collins

    Pauline Collins

    Joan Percival

  • Barbara Lott

    Barbara Lott

    Miss Hepworth

  • John Phillips

    John Phillips

    Councillor Percival

  • Ray Brooks

    Ray Brooks

    Reg

  • Geoffrey Palmer

    Geoffrey Palmer

    Property Agent

  • Michael Bates

    Michael Bates

    Joe

  • Warren Clarke

    Warren Clarke

    Alec

The Wednesday Play Season 5 FAQ

When does The Wednesday Play Season 5 come out?

The Wednesday Play Season 5 premiered Wednesday, August 21, 1968 on BBC One.

How many episodes are in The Wednesday Play Season 5?

The Wednesday Play Season 5 has 27 episodes.

Are new episodes of The Wednesday Play Season 5 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the The Wednesday Play Season 5 finale?

The The Wednesday Play Season 5 finale (Episode 27) aired Wednesday, April 30, 1969.

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