UK Title Author Producer Director Performers Notes AS/A Series One 19 Oct 1965 Luther John Osborne Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Alec McCowen ,Patrick Magee ,Geoffrey Bayldon ,Ray Barrett ,Jerold Wells ,Philip Stone ,Fulton Mackay ,James Cairncross ,Douglas Ditta ,Peter Purves ,Rex Robinson Adapted from the play . Survives 16 Nov 1965 A Passage to India E. M. Forster Santha Rama Rau (play); Peter Luke Waris Hussein Sybil Thorndike ,Virginia McKenna ,Zia Mohyeddin ,Cyril Cusack Ishaq Bux ,Saeed Jaffrey ,John Bryans ,Doreen Mantle Adapted from the play of the novel . [3] Repeated on BBC2 29 Jun 1992. Survives 14 Dec 1965 The Joel Brand Story Heinar Kipphardt Alex Weissberg ; adapted from German by Rudolph Cartier Peter Luke Rudolph Cartier Cyril Shaps ,Zia Mohyeddin ,Anton Diffring ,Martin Benson ,Michael Godfrey ,Harold Goldblatt ,Pat Gorman ,Gertan Klauber ,Tutte Lemkow ,Peter Howell Adapted from the book. Lost 18 Jan 1966 Gordon of Khartoum Robin Maugham David Benedictus (adaptation) Peter Luke Rudolph Cartier Alan Badel ,Charles Carson ,John Franklyn-Robbins ,Gladys Spencer ,Cyril Shaps ,Roy Stewart Adapted from the play The Last Hero . Lost 15 Feb 1966 Where Angels Fear to Tread E. M. Forster Cedric Messina Naomi Capon Anna Massey ,Wendy Hiller ,Alec McCowen ,Nora Swinburne , Adapted from the novel . Lost 15 Mar 1966 Lee Oswald - Assassin Felix Lützkendorf Rudolph Cartier &Reed De Rouen Peter Luke Rudolph Cartier Tony Bill ,Robert Ayres ,John Alderson ,Donald Sutherland ,Callen Angelo ,David Bauer ,Glenn Beck ,Reed De Rouen ,David Graham ,David Healy ,Paul Maxwell ,Warren Mitchell ,Shane Rimmer ,Tony Sibbald Adapted from the play. [4] Survives 12 Apr 1966 Make Me an Offer Wolf Mankowitz Cedric Messina Bill Hays Diana Coupland ,Peter Gilmore ,Meier Tzelniker ,James Grout ,Ivor Salter ,Patrick O'Connell ,Timothy Bateson Adapted from the novel. [5] [6] Lost 24 May 1966 Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Rod Steiger ,Betsy Blair ,Joss Ackland ,Tony Bill ,Kenneth J. Warren , Adapted from the play . lost 28 Jun 1966 The Devil's Eggshell David Weir Alex Comfort . Cedric Messina Gareth Davies Leonard Rossiter ,Keith Barron ,David Langton ,John Phillips ,Nicholas Pennell ,Bernard Hepton ,Burt Kwouk ,Michael Culver ,Stephanie Bidmead ,Anthony Jacobs ,Basil Moss ,Peter Copley ,Godfrey James Survives Series Two 27 Sep 1966 Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov Donald Bull Michael Bialoguski . Cedric Messina Bill Hays Nigel Stock ,Lee Montague ,Charles Tingwell ,Jerome Willis ,Colin Jeavons ,James Bree ,Willoughby Gray ,George Roubicek ,George Pastell ,Walter Sparrow ,Peter van Dissel Based on the book The Petrov Story . Survives 25 Oct 1966 Days to Come H. G. Wells Ken Taylor (adaptation) Cedric Messina Alan Bridges Dinsdale Landen ,Judi Dench ,Bernard Archard ,John Quentin ,Michael Gough ,Alan Rowe ,Michael Brennan ,Norman Mitchell ,Richard Coe ,Peter Birrel ,Yvonne Antrobus ,John Caesar ,Geoffrey Cheshire ,Martin King , Adapted from the novella. Lost 22 Nov 1966 Corridors of Power C. P. Snow John Elliot Cedric Messina Raymond Menmuir Patrick Allen ,Alec Clunes ,William Mervyn ,Sarah Lawson Joseph Fürst ,Tenniel Evans ,John Tate ,Martin Friend ,Donald Pickering ,Kenneth Waller ,Michael Guest ,Morris Perry ,Andrew Lodge ,Eric Elliott ,Peter Thompson Adapted from the novel. Lost 20 Dec 1966 The Making of Jericho Alun Owen Cedric Messina Bill Hays John Thaw ,Neville Smith ,Pauline Collins ,Peter Jeffrey ,Wendy Richard ,Donald Gee ,John Scott Martin ,Reg Lever ,Geoffrey Hughes Lost 14 Mar 1967 The Cabinet Papers Maurice Edelman Anthony Steven (adaptation) Cedric Messina Waris Hussein Maxine Audley ,Griffith Jones ,Richard Leech ,Gerald Sim ,Richard Vernon ,Llewellyn Rees ,David Garth ,Iréna Mayeska ,Alan Haywood ,John Baker Adapted from the book. Lost Series Three 15 Oct 1967 Girls in Uniform Christa Winsloe Cedric Messina Waris Hussein Virginia McKenna,Sonia Dresdel ,Rachel Kempson ,Francesca Annis ,Anna Calder-Marshall ,Petra Markham ,Jan Chappell ,Sally Faulkner , Adapted from the play/film . Repeated 6 Jul 1969. Lost 12 Nov 1967 The Moon and Sixpence W. Somerset Maugham Clive Exton (adaptation) Cedric Messina Donald McWhinnie Charles Gray ,Ronald Hines ,Sylvia Kay ,Elisabeth Welch Adapted from the novel . Lost 3 Dec 1967 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Hywel Bennett ,Kika Markham ,John Gielgud ,Thora Hird ,Michael Gambon ,Ronald Pickup ,Charles Kay ,Edward Burnham ,Brian Badcoe ,David Griffin ,Derrick Gilbert Adapted from the play . Survives 21 Jan 1968 The Parachute David Mercer Tony Garnett Anthony Page Alan Badel,Jill Bennett ,Isabel Dean ,Esmond Knight ,Barry Jackson ,Norman Jones ,Royston Farrell ,Stephen Whittaker ,Drewe Henley , Repeated as The Wednesday Play 6 Aug 1969, on BBC2 1 Sep 1976 and 29 Nov 1980, and on BBC1 23 Jun 1988. Survives 11 Feb 1968 Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Cedric Messina James MacTaggart Eric Porter ,Peter Jeffrey ,Suzanne Neve ,Harold Innocent ,Joseph Greig ,Steve Peters Adapted from the play . Lost [7] 17 Mar 1968 Ghosts Henrik Ibsen Michael Meyer Cedric Messina Michael Elliott Celia Johnson ,Tom Courtenay ,Donald Wolfit ,Vickery Turner Adapted from the play . Lost 14 Apr 1968 The Corn Is Green Emlyn Williams Cedric Messina Philip Dudley Wendy Hiller,Ronald Fraser ,Glyn Houston John Ogwen ,Glyn Owen ,Mona Bruce Adapted from the play Lost 12 May 1968 The Tempest William Shakespeare Cedric Messina Basil Coleman Michael Redgrave ,Keith Michell ,Tessa Wyatt ,John Woodvine ,Donald Eccles , Adapted from the play . Lost 9 Jun 1968 The Old Ladies Rodney Ackland Hugh Walpole (source novel) Cedric Messina William Slater Flora Robson ,Athene Seyler ,Katina Paxinou Adapted from the play of the novel. Lost 7 Jul 1968 Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina James MacTaggart Eric Porter,Maggie Smith ,Adrienne Corri ,Cyril Luckham ,Angharad Rees ,Tony Selby ,Godfrey Quigley Adapted from the play . seq 4 Aug 1968 Hay Fever Noël Coward Cedric Messina John Gorrie Celia Johnson,Richard Briers ,Dennis Price ,Ian McKellen ,Vickery Turner ,Lucy Fleming Adapted from the play . Repeated 3 Aug 1969. Lost Series Four 1 Sep 1968 St. Joan George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina Waris Hussein Janet Suzman ,Hugh Walters ,Richard Hampton ,Murray Melvin ,Michael Craig ,Maurice Denham ,Jack Watson ,Philip Bond , Adapted from the play . Repeated 8 Jun 1969. Lost 13 Oct 1968 The Male Animal James Thurber Elliott Nugent . Cedric Messina Alan Bridges Lee Montague ,Anthony Perkins ,Toby Robins ,Alan Gifford ,Jumoke Debayo ,Christopher Benjamin Adapted from the play . Lost 17 Nov 1968 The Seagull Anton Chekhov George Calderon Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Pamela Brown ,Robert Stephens ,Gemma Jones ,Robin Phillips ,Niall MacGinnis , Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Theatre 625 , 27 Mar 1966. Survives 24 Dec 1968 Waters of the Moon N. C. Hunter Cedric Messina Herbert Wise Athene Seyler,Vivien Merchant ,Kathleen Harrison ,Michael Gwynn ,Roland Culver ,Margaret Leighton Adapted from the play . Lost 12 Jan 1969 Mary, Queen of Scots Friedrich Schiller Stephen Spender Cedric Messina Basil Coleman Virginia McKenna,Derek Godfrey ,Peter Cellier ,Fanny Rowe ,Walter Fitzgerald ,John Harvey ,Tony Steedman Adapted from the play Mary Stuart . Lost 9 Feb 1969 Maigret at Bay Georges Simenon Cedric Messina William Slater Rupert Davies ,Helen Shingler ,Neville Jason ,Gillian Hills ,Yootha Joyce ,Clive Cazes ,Tony Harwood ,Geoffrey Morris ,Martin Miller ,Hans De Vries ,Murray Evans ,Kenneth Benda ,Ann Tirard ,Robin Scott Adapted from the novel Maigret se défend . Survives 2 Mar 1969 Relatively Speaking Alan Ayckbourn Cedric Messina Herbert Wise Celia Johnson,Donald Sinden ,John Stride ,Judy Cornwell , Adapted from the play . Lost 13 Apr 1969 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Cedric Messina Alan Bridges Robert Stephens,Frank Finlay ,Edward Woodward ,Anthony Bate ,Jon Rollason ,John Abineri ,Terence De Marney ,Christopher Guard ,Christopher Timothy ,Trevor Martin ,Brian Vaughan ,Christopher Denham ,Christopher Timothy ,Andrew Johns ,Duncan Preston Adapted from the play . Repeated 5 Jul 1970. Survives 11 May 1969 An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde Cedric Messina Rudolph Cartier Jeremy Brett ,Dinah Sheridan ,Susan Hampshire ,Penelope Lee ,Erik Chitty Adapted from the play . Repeated 26 Jul 1970. Survives [8] Series Five 12 Oct 1969 The Heiress Ruth and Augustus Goetz , from a novel by Henry James Cedric Messina Terence Dudley Vincent Price ,Eileen Atkins ,Lally Bowers ,Shirley Dixon ,David Allister Adapted from the novel Washington Square . Lost 23 Nov 1969 Charley's Aunt Brandon Thomas Richard Waring (adaptation) Cedric Messina John Gorrie Danny La Rue ,Ronnie Barker ,Coral Browne ,John Standing ,Robert Coote ,Royce Mills ,Reginald Barratt ,George Giles Adapted from the play . Co-production between the BBC and Keep Films. Repeated 30 Aug 1970. Survives 14 Dec 1969 The Marquise Noël Coward Cedric Messina Alan Gibson Celia Johnson,Philip Latham ,Ciaran Madden ,Nigel Terry ,Wensley Pithey Adapted from the play . Lost 18 Jan 1970 Three Sisters Anton Chekhov Gerald Savory Cedric Messina Eileen Atkins,Michele Dotrice ,Anthony Hopkins ,Sarah Badel ,Michael Bryant , Adapted from the play . Repeated 22 Aug 1971. Survives [9] 15 Feb 1970 In Good King Charles's Golden Days George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina Basil Coleman John Gielgud,Barbara Jefford ,Elisabeth Bergner Adapted from the play . Repeated 25 Jul 1971. Lost 15 Mar 1970 Separate Tables Terence Rattigan Hugh Whitemore (adaptation) Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Eric Porter,Annette Crosbie ,Geraldine McEwan ,Cathleen Nesbitt , Adapted from the plays . Survives [10] 19 Apr 1970 Howards End E. M. Forster Cedric Messina Donald McWhinnie Leo Genn ,Glenda Jackson ,Andrew Ray ,Geraldine Sherman ,Christopher Gable ,Tessa Shaw ,Daphne Heard ,Mary Healey ,John Tordoff ,Caroline Hunt Adapted from the novel . Repeated on BBC2 2 Dec 1970. seq 17 May 1970 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan Cedric Messina Basil Coleman Andrew Cruickshank ,Beryl Reid ,Jennie Linden ,John Alderton ,T. P. McKenna ,Susan Penhaligon ,Lynn Farleigh Adapted from the play . Survives Series Six 20 Sep 1970 Macbeth William Shakespeare Cedric Messina John Gorrie Eric Porter,John Alderton ,Michael Goodliffe ,Tony Caunter ,Sylvia Coleridge ,Hilary Mason ,Geoffrey Palmer ,Wolfe Morris ,Donald Douglas ,John Bailey ,David Spenser ,Leon Eagles ,Paul Greenhalgh Adapted from the play . Repeated 20 Jun 1971. Survives 18 Oct 1970 Ross Terence Rattigan William Emms (adaptation) Gerald Savory Cedric Messina Ian McKellen,Barrie Ingham ,John Bennett ,Martin Jarvis ,Edward Fox ,Brian Rawlinson ,Michael Robbins ,Kim Fortune ,Simon Lack ,Robert Luckham ,Victor Pemberton , Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 28 Jul 1971. Lost 8 Nov 1970 Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Cedric Messina Christopher Morahan Freddie Jones ,Anthony Hopkins ,Ann Bell ,Roland Culver ,John Baskcomb ,Richard Beale ,Stacey Tendeter Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 11 Aug 1971. Survives [9] 24 Dec 1970 Five Finger Exercise Peter Shaffer Cedric Messina John Gorrie Margaret Lockwood ,Paul Rogers ,Gary Bond ,Sally Thomsett ,Timothy Dalton Adapted from the play. Lost 3 Jan 1971 Act of Betrayal Hugh Whitemore Cedric Messina William Slater Zena Walker ,Mary Wimbush ,Stanley Meadows ,Deborah Lavin ,Alan MacNaughtan ,Nicholas Smith ,Jay Neill Repeated 23 Mar 1972. Survives 21 Feb 1971 Candida George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina Alan Cooke George Baker ,Jeremy Bulloch ,Clive Revill Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 14 Jul 1971. Lost 21 Mar 1971 The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen Cedric Messina Alan Bridges Denholm Elliott ,Mark Dignam ,Rosemary Leach ,John Robinson ,Jenny Agutter , Adapted from the play . Repeated 19 Mar 1972. Survives [11] 25 Apr 1971 Don Juan in Hell George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina Basil Coleman Michael Hordern,Christopher Plummer ,Michael Redgrave , Adapted from the play . Lost 23 May 1971 Platonov Anton Chekhov John Elliot Cedric Messina Christopher Morahan Rex Harrison ,Patsy Byrne ,Siân Phillips ,Willoughby Goddard ,John Gill ,Kevin Stoney ,Neil McCarthy Adapted from the play . Repeated 8 Mar 1973. Survives [9] Series Seven 26 Sep 1971 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Cedric Messina James Cellan Jones Eileen Atkins,Lynn Redgrave ,Amanda Barrie ,Jeremy Clyde ,Eleanor Bron ,Paul Henry ,John Laurie ,Clifford Rose ,John Glyn-Jones ,Pam Ferris ,Ken Parry Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 7 Aug 1973. Survives 24 Oct 1971 Rasputin Ronald Eyre Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Robert Stephens,Peter Barkworth ,Andrew Robertson ,Reg Lye ,Leonard Trolley ,Derrick Gilbert ,John Savident ,Harry Waters Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 17 Oct 1972. Survives 28 Nov 1971 Tartuffe Molière (play)Richard Wilbur (translator/adaption) Cedric Messina Basil Coleman Michael Hordern,David Nettheim ,Mary Morris ,Patricia Routledge Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 9 Oct 1973. Lost 19 Dec 1971 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Gerald Savory Cedric Messina Celia Johnson,Ray Brooks ,Cyril Shaps , Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 24 Oct 1972. bw 16mm 23 Jan 1972 Summer and Smoke Tennessee Williams Cedric Messina Alvin Rakoff Lee Remick ,David Hedison ,Barry Morse ,Bruce Clark Adapted from the play . Lost 20 Feb 1972 Stephen D James Joyce Hugh Leonard Cedric Messina Donald McWhinnie Donal McCann ,David Kelly ,Brendan Price ,Brenda Fricker Adapted from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Stephen Hero . [12] Repeated on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 31 Oct 1972. Survives 16 Apr 1972 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Gerald Savory Cedric Messina Maggie Smith,Malcolm Stoddard ,Nerys Hughes ,John Moffatt ,Alan Tucker , Adapted from the play . Survives [13] 14 May 1972 Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde Cedric Messina Rudolph Cartier Coral Browne,Judy Geeson ,Liza Goddard ,James Villiers ,Judy Geeson ,Siân Phillips Adapted from the play . Lost 11 Jun 1972 The Playboy of the Western World J.M. Synge Cedric Messina Alan Gibson John Hurt ,Sinéad Cusack ,Joe Lynch ,Gerard Murphy Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 21 Jul 1971. Survives 23 Jul 1972 She Stoops to Conquer Oliver Goldsmith Cedric Messina Michael Elliott Tom Courtenay ,Thora Hird ,Juliet Mills ,Ralph Richardson ,Elaine Taylor ,Terry Bale ,Geoffrey Bateman Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 4 Aug 1971. Survives 13 Aug 1972 Trelawny of the 'Wells' Arthur Wing Pinero Cedric Messina Herbert Wise John Alderton,Graham Crowden ,Ian Ogilvy ,Anthony Ainley ,Lila Kaye ,John Dearth ,John Cater ,Stephanie Turner ,Henry Woolf Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 7 Jul 1971. Survives Series Eight 15 Sep 1972 The Millionairess George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina William Slater Maggie Smith,Tom Baker ,Priscilla Morgan ,John Garrie , Adapted from the play . Repeated 13 Jun 1973. Survives [13] [14] 20 Oct 1972 Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Michael Meyer Cedric Messina Waris Hussein Janet Suzman,Jane Asher ,Dorothy Reynolds ,Tom Bell Adapted from the play . Repeated 14 Jul 1974 and on BBC2 5 Nov 1986. Survives [15] 24 Nov 1972 King Oedipus Sophocles , translated by E. F. Watling Cedric Messina Alan Bridges Ian Holm,Sheila Allen ,Alan Webb ,Sydney Tafler ,George Coulouris ,Edward Kelsey ,Ahmed Khalil ,Philip Ryan ,Sidney Kean Adapted from the play Oedipus Rex . Repeated on BBC2 2 Jul 1974. Survives 20 Dec 1972 The Magistrate Arthur Wing Pinero Cedric Messina Bill Hays Michael Hordern,Peter Firth ,Jan Francis ,Dudley Jones Adapted from the play . Repeated 9 Jun 1974. Lost 7 Jan 1973 The Adventures of Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Hugh Whitemore (adaptation) Gerald Savory Alvin Rakoff Rex Harrison,Roger Delgado ,Robert Eddison ,Paul Whitsun-Jones ,John Hollis , Adapted from the novel . Co-production between the BBC and Universal Pictures Television. Survives 16 Feb 1973 Candide Voltaire , translated and adapted by James MacTaggart Cedric Messina James MacTaggart Frank Finlay,Emrys James ,Clifton Jones ,Angela Richards ,Leonard Maguire ,John Woodnutt ,Johnnie Wade Adapted from the novel . Repeated on BBC2 19 Mar 1974. Survives 15 Apr 1973 A Room with a View E. M. Forster Cedric Messina Donald McWhinnie Judy Geeson,Tom Chadbon ,John Sharp ,Robert Coote , Adapted from the novel . Repeated on BBC2 16 Jul 1974. seq 16 May 1973 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht Eric Bentley Cedric Messina Bill Hays Leo McKern ,Sara Kestelman ,Fanny Carby ,Peter Halliday ,Terrence Hardiman ,Declan Mulholland ,James Mellor ,Edmund Pegge ,Robert Powell ,Linda Thorson Adapted from the play . Lost 18 Jul 1973 The Duchess of Malfi John Webster Cedric Messina James MacTaggart Eileen Atkins ,Michael Bryant ,T. P. McKenna ,Gary Bond ,Jerome Willis ,Robert James ,Roy Evans ,Michael Lynch ,Talfryn Thomas ,Tim Curry ,Nick Brimble ,Dallas Cavell ,Peter Spraggon Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 10 Oct 1972. Survives 22 Aug 1973 Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen Cedric Messina Alan Cooke Colin Blakely ,Wendy Hiller ,Francesca Annis ,Ray Barrett ,Aubrey Morris ,Lois Baxter ,Dudley Foster ,Terence Bayler ,Helen Blatch ,Claire Davenport ,Elroy Josephs ,Andrew Lane ,Mark McManus Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 26 Sep 1972. Survives Series Nine 16 Sep 1973 The Love-Girl and the Innocent Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Cedric Messina Alan Clarke David Leland ,Richard Durden ,Patrick Stewart ,Allan Surtees ,John Kane ,Alan Gerrard ,Forbes Collins ,Reg Pritchard ,Eric Mason ,Edwin Finn ,John Herrington ,George Cormack ,Trevor Lawrence ,Carl Forgione ,Brian Grellis Adapted from the play . Repeated 11 Aug 1974. Survives 21 Oct 1973 The Common Peter Nichols Cedric Messina Christopher Morahan Vivien Merchant,Dennis Waterman ,Gwen Taylor ,Shelagh Fraser ,Trevor Baxter , Repeated 8 Jun 1975. Survives 18 Nov 1973 The Recruiting Officer George Farquhar Cedric Messina David Giles Ian McKellen,Prunella Ransome ,Brian Blessed ,Bryan Marshall ,John Welsh ,John Flint ,Eileen Helsby ,Mitzi McKenzie ,Graham Weston Adapted from the play . seq 16 Dec 1973 Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw Christopher Morahan Cedric Messina James Villiers,Angela Baddeley ,Sheila Grant ,John Cannon Adapted from the play . Survives [14] 20 Jan 1974 The Changeling Thomas Middleton William Rowley Cedric Messina Anthony Page Stanley Baker ,Helen Mirren ,Brian Cox ,Frances Tomelty ,Christopher Saul Adapted from the play . Survives [16] 17 Feb 1974 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Cedric Messina James MacTaggart Michael Jayston ,Julian Holloway ,Celia Bannerman ,Richard Pearson ,Arthur Hewlett Adapted from the play . Survives [17] 17 Mar 1974 The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan Cedric Messina Rudolph Cartier Virginia McKenna,Peter Egan ,Stephen Murray ,Vladek Sheybal ,Joseph Blatchley ,Jon Croft Adapted from the play . Repeated 27 Jul 1975. Lost 21 Apr 1974 Mrs Warren's Profession George Bernard Shaw Cedric Messina Herbert Wise Coral Browne ,Penelope Wilton ,Robert Powell ,James Grout ,Richard Pearson Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 3 Oct 1972. Survives [14] 19 May 1974 The Skin Game John Galsworthy Cedric Messina William Slater Paul Rogers,Bernard Lee ,John Collin ,Simon MacCorkindale ,David Garfield ,Edward Evans Adapted from the play . Survives Series Ten 8 Sep 1974 The Linden Tree J. B. Priestley Cedric Messina Moira Armstrong Andrew Cruikshank,Margaret Tyzack ,Joanna Van Gyseghem ,Marilyn Taylerson ,Michael Craze Adapted from the play . Repeated 15 Aug 1976. Survives 24 Oct 1974 Electra Sophocles , translated by E. F. Watling Cedric Messina Michael Lindsay-Hogg Eileen Atkins,Rosalie Crutchley ,Julian Glover ,Georgina Hale ,Martin Shaw Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 15 Sep 1976. Survives 17 Nov 1974 The Wood Demon Anton Chekhov Ronald Hingley Cedric Messina Donald McWhinnie Ian Holm,Angela Pleasence , Adapted from the play . Survives [9] 27 Nov 1974 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe James MacTaggart (adaptation) Cedric Messina James MacTaggart Stanley Baker,Ram John Holder , Adapted from the novel . [18] Survives 19 Jan 1975 The Apple Cart George Bernard Shaw Alan Shallcross Cedric Messina Nigel Davenport ,Bill Fraser , Adapted from the play . Survives [14] [16] 16 Feb 1975 The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan Cedric Messina Stuart Burge Jeremy Brett,Pauline Collins ,Arthur Lowe ,Russell Hunter ,John Rhys-Davies ,Richard Kane ,David Kincaid ,Willie Shearer Adapted from the play . Survives 23 Mar 1975 King Lear William Shakespeare Cedric Messina Jonathan Miller Michael Hordern,Angela Down ,Frank Middlemass ,Anthony Nicholls ,Penelope Wilton ,Benjamin Whitrow ,Glen Murphy ,David Neal ,Alec Sabin ,Terry Wright Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 9 Mar 1977. Survives 20 Apr 1975 The Shadow of a Gunman Sean O'Casey Cedric Messina Alvin Rakoff Hilary Minster , Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Stage 2 , 25 Sep 1973. Lost 18 May 1975 Strife John Galsworthy Cedric Messina James Cellan Jones Colin Blakely ,Clifford Evans ,Angela Down ,Nerys Hughes ,Trevor Cooper ,John Bennett ,Mostyn Evans ,Hayden Jones ,John Ogwen ,Aubrey Richards ,Clifford Rose ,George Waring Adapted from the play . Survives Series Eleven 28 Sep 1975 Chips with Everything Arnold Wesker Cedric Messina Waris Hussein David Daker ,Lloyd McGuire ,Karl Johnson ,Donald Hewlett ,David Troughton ,Leslie Schofield Adapted from the play . Survives 2 Nov 1975 The Little Minister J. M. Barrie Alan Shallcross Cedric Messina Ian Ogilvy,Bill Simpson ,Anne Kristen ,Nicholas Jones ,David Bailie , Adapted from the play. Survives [16] 14 Dec 1975 Love's Labour's Lost William Shakespeare Cedric Messina Basil Coleman Martin Shaw ,David Gwillim ,Martin C. Thurley ,Jeremy Brett ,Maurice Denham ,Victoria Plucknett ,Lorna Heilbron ,Clifford Rose ,Jan Francis ,Tony Haygarth ,Hugh Ross ,David Bailie Adapted from the play . Survives 29 Dec 1975 When We Are Married J. B. Priestley Cedric Messina David Giles Stuart Wilson ,John Stratton ,Mel Martin ,Sheila Reid Adapted from the play . Survives 25 Jan 1976 Trilby George du Maurier Hugh Whitemore (adaptation) Cedric Messina Piers Haggard Alan Badel,Sinéad Cusack ,Stuart Fox ,Bruce Purchase ,Chris Gannon Adapted from the novel . Repeated on BBC2 14 Sep 1977. Survives 29 Feb 1976 Loyalties John Galsworthy Cedric Messina Rudolph Cartier Edward Fox,Polly Adams ,John Carson ,Peter Dyneley ,Roger Hammond ,Steve Plytas , Adapted from the play . Survives 18 Apr 1976 The Chester Mystery Plays Maurice Hussey Cedric Messina Piers Haggard Tom Courtenay,Alun Armstrong ,Hilda Braid ,Keith Chegwin ,Kenneth Colley ,Paul Copley ,Brian Glover ,David Jackson ,Kevin McNally ,John Normington ,Terry Scully ,Nina Thomas ,Raymond Westwell Adapted from the cycle of Chester Mystery Plays . Repeated 7 Aug - 11 Sep 1977. Survives 16 May 1976 French Without Tears Terence Rattigan Cedric Messina John Gorrie Nigel Havers ,David Robb ,Anthony Andrews ,Barbara Kellerman Vernon Dobtcheff ,Nicola Pagett Adapted from the play . Survives [10] Series Twelve 19 Sep 1976 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde John Osborne (play adaptation) Cedric Messina John Gorrie John Gielgud,Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies ,Michael Barrington ,Judi Bowker ,Nicholas Ball ,Lawrence Davidson , Adapted from the novel . Survives [8] 10 Oct 1976 London Assurance Dion Boucicault Gerald Savory (adaptation) Cedric Messina Ronald Wilson Anthony Andrews,George Raistrick ,Nat Pearn Adapted from the play . Survives 21 Nov 1976 Look Back in Anger John Osborne Cedric Messina John Glenister James Hazeldine ,Thorley Walters Adapted from the play . Survives 16 Jan 1977 The Winslow Boy Terence Rattigan Cedric Messina David Giles Jonathan Scott-Taylor ,Simon Chandler ,Ann Beach ,Michele Dotrice , Adapted from the play . Repeated on BBC2 10 May 1978. Survives [10] 13 Feb 1977 The Country Wife William Wycherley Cedric Messina Donald McWhinnie Helen Mirren,Bernard Cribbins ,Michael Cochrane ,Phil Daniels Adapted from the play . Survives [16] 13 Mar 1977 The Ambassadors Henry James Denis Constanduros Cedric Messina James Cellan Jones Paul Scofield ,Delphine Seyrig ,David Huffman ,Gayle Hunnicutt ,Don Fellows ,William Hootkins Adapted from the novel . Survives 19 May 1977 Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw Alan Shallcross Cedric Messina John Gielgud,Siân Phillips ,Barbara Murray ,Daniel Massey ,Lesley-Anne Down ,David Waller , Adapted from the play . Survives [14] Series Thirteen 30 Oct 1977 You Never Can Tell George Bernard Shaw David Jones James Cellan Jones Robert Powell,Ernest Clark ,Warren Clarke ,Judy Parfitt , Adapted from the play . Survives [14] 4 Dec 1977 Waste Harley Granville-Barker David Jones Don Taylor Paul Daneman ,Hannah Gordon ,Joyce Carey ,Heather Chasen ,Robert Lang ,André Morell ,Michael Cashman Adapted from the play . Survives 15 Jan 1978 Flint David Mercer David Jones Peter Wood John Le Mesurier ,Julie Covington ,Peter Bowles ,Dandy Nichols , Adapted from the play . Survives 5 Feb 1978 The Seagull Anton Chekhov Ronald Hingley David Jones Michael Lindsay-Hogg Anthony Bate,Zoe Caldwell ,Georgina Hale ,Stephen Rea , Adapted from the play . Survives [9] 5 Mar 1978 The Sea Edward Bond David Jones Jane Howell Judy Campbell ,Victor Spinetti Adapted from the play . Survives 2 Apr 1978 The Beaux' Stratagem George Farquhar James Cellan Jones David Jones Brenda Bruce ,Tom Conti ,Estelle Kohler ,Julie Peasgood ,Zoë Wanamaker ,Malcolm Terris ,Souad Faress ,Norman Rodway ,Ray Callaghan Adapted from the play . Survives 23 Apr 1978 Danton's Death Georg Büchner Alan Clarke & David Jones Alan Clarke Norman Rodway,Ian Richardson ,Felicity Gibson ,Don Henderson ,Michael Bilton ,Nigel Lambert ,Michael Pennington , Adapted from the play . Survives Series Fourteen 26 Nov 1978 Kean Jean-Paul Sartre Frank Hauser . David Jones James Cellan Jones Anthony Hopkins,Cherie Lunghi ,George Tovey ,Harry Fielder Adapted from Sartre's play about Edmund Kean . Survives 14 Jan 1979 Marya Isaac Babel Michael Glenny and Harold Shckman, adapted by Christopher Hampton David Jones Jack Gold Trevor Peacock ,Paddy Joyce ,Michael Byrne ,Lisa Harrow ,Paul Freeman Adapted from the play . Survives 4 Feb 1979 The Voysey Inheritance Harley Granville-Barker David Jones Robert Knights Jeremy Irons ,Brewster Mason ,Jeremy Child ,Julie Covington ,Dulcie Gray ,Barbara Leigh-Hunt Adapted from the play . Survives 4 Mar 1979 Hello and Goodbye Athol Fugard Louis Marks Claude Whatham Yvonne Bryceland ,Bill Flynn Adapted from the play . Survives 8 Apr 1979 The Wings of the Dove Henry James Alan Shallcross John Gorrie Elizabeth Spriggs,John Castle ,Suzanne Bertish ,Lisa Eichhorn , Adapted from the novel . Survives 6 May 1979 Design for Living Noël Coward Louis Marks Philip Saville Rula Lenska ,John Steiner ,John Bluthal , Adapted from the play . Survives [19] 1 Jul 1979 The Kitchen Arnold Wesker Ann Kirch Alvin Rakoff Peter Egan Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC2 under Play of the Week , 2 Nov 1977. Survives Series Fifteen 24 May 1982 I Have Been Here Before J. B. Priestley Louis Marks James Ormerod Herbert Lom ,Anthony Valentine ,Leslie Sands , Adapted from the play . Survives 21 Jun 1982 On Approval Frederick Lonsdale Cedric Messina David Giles Penelope Keith ,Lindsay Duncan , Adapted from the play . First shown 27 Dec 1980. Survives 19 Jul 1982 Little Eyolf Henrik Ibsen Michael Meyer Louis Marks Michael Darlow Anthony Hopkins,Diana Rigg ,Peggy Ashcroft ,Charles Dance , Adapted from the play . Survives [11] [20] 23 Aug 1982 The Critic Richard Brinsley Sheridan Don Taylor (additional dialogue) Louis Marks Don Taylor John Gielgud,Nigel Hawthorne ,Rodney Bewes ,Christopher Biggins Adapted from the play . Survives 20 Sep 1982 The White Guard Mikhail Bulgakov Michael Glenny Louis Marks Don Taylor Michael Pennington,Charles Keating ,John Shrapnel ,Gordon Gostelow ,Michael Graham Cox ,Michael N. Harbour ,Martin Clunes ,John Ringham ,Oliver Smith ,Andrew Burt ,Geoffrey Beevers Adapted from the novel . Survives Series Sixteen 22 May 1983 Dangerous Corner J. B. Priestley Cedric Messina James Ormerod Anthony Valentine,Daniel Day-Lewis ,Elvi Hale ,Susan Fleetwood Adapted from the play . Survives 13 Jun 1983 The Gay Lord Quex Arthur Wing Pinero Louis Marks Claude Whatham Hannah Gordon,Evelyn Laye ,Rosalind Ayres ,Lucy Gutteridge ,Anton Rodgers ,Geraldine Alexander Adapted from the play . Survives 11 Jul 1983 The Misanthrope Molière Louis Marks Michael Simpson Ian Holm, Adapted from the play . First shown on BBC1 under Festival , 27 Jan 1980. Survives 12 Sep 1983 Infidelities Pierre de Marivaux Louis Marks Michael Darlow Charlotte Rampling ,Robin Askwith ,James Aubrey ,Leonie Mellinger Adapted from the play Double Inconstancy Survives 
