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The Wednesday Play Episodes

  1. A Tap on the Shoulder

    A group of criminals plan a robbery with the aid of a wealthy society acquaintance.

  2. The Vortex

    A mother and son face the truth about one another during a weekend house party.

  3. Rank and File

    A strike threatens the lives and of those caught up in the political turmoil.

  4. The Big Flame

    10,000 men threaten an unofficial strike of labour in the Liverpool docks.

  5. In Two Minds

    The trials and tribulations of a young girl trying to become herself .

  6. Cathy Come Home

    A young couple are led into an unrelenting trap of debt, homelessness and poverty.

  7. Where the Buffalo Roam

    Willy Turner and his cowboy world - all fantasy, except for the gun he carries.

  8. Vote,Vote,Vote for Nigel Barton

    An important by-election looms which could put Nigel on the road to a cabinet post.

  9. Stand Up, Nigel Barton

    Nigel is a working class lad who wins a scholarship to Oxford in this Dennis Potter play.

  10. The End of Arthur's Marriage

    A man who loves his daughter, tries to live life to the full.

  11. Up the Junction

    Classic play about three working-class young women who live, work and play in Battersea.

  12. Three Clear Sundays

    A series of events unfolds leading to the imprisonment of a young man for murder.

  13. Horror of Darkness

    A play by John Hopkins that takes an original look at the eternal triangle.

  14. The Coming Out Party

    12-year old Scimpy learns that both his mum and dad are in prison.

  15. The Boy Who Wanted Peace

    Two underprivileged Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare.

  16. Son of Man

    A play by Dennis Potter about Jesus and the world he lived in.

  17. Fable

    A reversal of African apartheid is introduced in Great Britain.

  18. Alice

    Dennis Potter's take on Alice in Wonderland and the private world of its creator.

  19. A Beast with Two Backs

    A woman is attacked in the Forest of Dean, in Dennis Potter's play set in the 1890s.