The Wednesday Play

(1964–70)

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| TV Programme | Drama
| Stars: Carol White, Joan Greenwood, Margaret Leighton

Anthology series of British television plays, made by BBC Television in the late ‘60s

Featured series cast

(46)
Carol White
Cathy
(1 episode)
A new picture of the talented and lovely British actress Joan Greenwood under contract to the J. Arthur Rank Organisation.
Mrs Suez
(1 episode)
Margaret Leighton, British actress, pictured in 1948
Florence Lancaster
(1 episode)
Willoughby Goddard
Sir Jumbo Tewksbury
(1 episode)
Ray Brooks
Reg
(1 episode)
Richard Warwick
Nicky Lancaster
(1 episode)
Roy Holder
Cass
(1 episode)
Winifred Dennis
Mrs Ward
(1 episode)
Patrick Barr
David Lancaster
(1 episode)
Hazel Hughes
Mabel Trench MP
(1 episode)
Alan Melville
Pawnie
(1 episode)
Screenshot from the 1966 ‘Cathy Come Home’ episode of The Wednesday Play (1964-1970) (1) featuring Wally Patch
Grandad
(1 episode)
Peter Jones
Cyril Kitsch
(1 episode)
Adrienne Frame
Eileen
(1 episode)
Jennifer Daniel
Helen Saville
(1 episode)
Helen Fraser
Polly
(1 episode)
Emmett Hennessy
Johnny
(1 episode)
Felicity Gibson
Bunty Mainwaring
(1 episode)
Russell Hunter
Arny Carnaby
(1 episode)
Alec Coleman
Wedding Guest
(1 episode)
Barry Justice
Tom Veryan
(1 episode)
Yvonne Antrobus
Teeny Mordern
(1 episode)
Geoffrey Palmer
Property Agent
(1 episode)
Nancie Jackson
Clara Hibbert
(1 episode)
Gabrielle Hamilton
Welfare Officer
(1 episode)
David McKail
Bruce Fairlight
(1 episode)
Phyllis Hickson
Mrs Alley
(1 episode)
Patricia Mort
Preston
(1 episode)
Frank Veasey
Mr Hodge
(1 episode)
Barry Jackson
Rent Collector
(1 episode)
James Benton
Man at Eviction
(1 episode)
Ruth Kettlewell
Judge
(1 episode)
John Baddeley
Housing Officer
(1 episode)
Kathleen Broadhurst
Landlady
(1 episode)
Ralph Lawton
Health Inspector
(1 episode)
Gladys Dawson
Mrs Penfold
(1 episode)
Ron Pember
Mr Jones
(1 episode)
Paddy Joyce
Mr Abercander
(1 episode)
Liz McKenzie
Mrs Jones
(1 episode)
Maureen Ampleford
Pauline Jones
(1 episode)
Anne Ayres
Anne Jones
(1 episode)
Lennard Pearce
The ratepayer
(1 episode)
David Crane
The ratepayer / Barrister
(1 episode)
Alan Selwyn
The ratepayer
(1 episode)
Will Stampe
Sleeping rough / Boat Proprietor
(1 episode)
Geraldine Moon
Sleeping rough / Girl in Derelict House
(1 episode)
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Partial episode guide (3 episodes)

Season 1 (2 episodes)

  • Episode Episode title Transmitted
    S1 E72 Cathy Come Home 16 Nov 66
    The Fat of the Land 27 Dec 67

    • Season 9 (1 episode)

  • Episode Episode title Transmitted
    S9 E11 The Vortex 10 Dec 69

    • Pictures

    (1)
    Screenshot from the 1966 ‘Cathy Come Home’ episode of The Wednesday Play (1964-1970) (1) featuring Wally Patch

    Production

    (8)
    Tony Garnett
    Producer
    (1 episode)
    Graeme MacDonald
    Producer
    (2 episodes)
    Irene Shubik
    Producer
    (1 episode)
    Toby Robertson
    Director
    (1 episode)
    Philip Dudley
    Director
    (1 episode)
    Jack Russell
    Writer
    (1 episode)
    Main title from the 2015 ‘Noel Coward’ episode of Talking Pictures (2013)
    Noël Coward
    Writer
    (2 episodes)
    Jeremy Sandford
    Writer (story)
    (1 episode)

    Companies

    (1)
    BBC
    Production company