Theatre 625
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964 5 Seasons 115 Episodes ⭐ 7.2 Drama

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Seekers: The Heretics

Three plays on the theme of man and belief by Ken Taylor.

EP 2

The Seekers: The Idealists

Three plays on the theme of man and belief by Ken Taylor.

EP 3

The Seekers: The Materialists

Three plays on the theme of man and belief by Ken Taylor.

EP 4

All the Conspirators: The Ides of March

The events leading up to the assassination of Julius Caesar.

EP 5

All the Conspirators: The Just

A group of revolutionaries plot a political assassination.

EP 1

Women in Crisis: Husband and Wife

The first of three plays by Colin Morris.

EP 2

Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

The second of three plays by Colin Morris.

EP 3

Women in Crisis: My Grandmother

The third of a trilogy by Colin Morris. Paintings by children of the Horncastle School, East Grinstead.

EP 4

Carried by Storm

EP 5

Parade's End: Some Do Not

A trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.

EP 6

Parade's End: No More Parades

A trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.

EP 7

Parade's End: A Man Could Stand Up

A trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.

EP 8

The Minister

EP 9

Poor Bitos

EP 10

The Physicists

Three patients in a lunatic asylum all claim to be famous physicists. One of them – but which? · actually is a famous

EP 11

Progress to the Park

Three plays by Alun Owen.

EP 12

No Trams to Lime Street

Three plays by Alun Owen.

EP 13

A Little Winter Love

Three plays by Alun Owen.

EP 14

Ironhand

16th-century mercenary knight Götz von Berlichingen loses his right hand in battle and has a prosthetic iron hand commi

EP 15

Try For White

EP 16

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

John Ebony begins a new career as a schoolteacher — and begins to suspect certain pupils of murder.

EP 17

Seek Her Out

Anne Follister witnesses an assassination on the London Underground and becomes the next would-be victim of the perpetra

EP 18

The Long House

Young couple Ben and Kathie buy the end house in a South London Terrace, only to discover that their neighbours have kno

EP 1

Esther's Altar

In 1916 Dublin is a story of love and hatred, engendered by the Irish Rebellion.

EP 2

David, Chapter 2

EP 3

Rosmersholm

The young and liberated Rebekka West wants Pastor Rosmer. However, will his pondering and his wife's suicide ruin their

EP 4

Miss Julie

Miss Julie has a torrid, strange relationship with her servant Jean.

EP 5

Hermit Crabs

EP 6

Enter Solly Gold

Con artist Solly Gold convinces a Jewish millionaire that he is the Messiah in order to steal his money.

EP 7

The Siege of Manchester

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.

EP 8

The World of George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Gordon Comstock dreams of being a great poet and giving up his dreary career in advertising. But advertising pays and po

EP 9

The World of George Orwell: Coming Up for Air

With war looming, middle-aged George Bowling reminisces about the lost world of his village upbringing.

EP 10

The World of George Orwell: 1984

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

EP 11

Portraits from the North: The Nutter

EP 12

Portraits from the North: Bruno

EP 13

Yob and Nabob

EP 14

Doctor Knock

After meeting the nefarious Doctor Knock, a number of respectable citizens in a French town become convinced that they a

EP 15

Focus

Towards the end of WWII, a Brooklyn man is mistaken for a Jew by anti-Semitic neighbours, forcing him to consider the na

EP 16

The Wesker Trilogy, Part 1: Chicken Soup with Barley

A Jewish family from in London strive to maintain their 1930s Communist beliefs, through the War and the rise of Stalin,

EP 17

The Wesker Trilogy, Part 2: Roots

A uneducated Norfolk girl matures into a confident woman.

EP 18

The Wesker Trilogy, Part 3: I'm Talking About Jerusalem

A London couple move to an isolated Norfolk cottage and try to live off the land.

EP 19

Kiss on a Grass Green Pillow

EP 20

A Man Like That

EP 21

Simon and Laura

An argumentative theatrical couple are persuaded to appear as harmonious versions of themselves in a television series f

EP 22

The Queen and Jackson

EP 23

A Month in the Country

In this rendering of the Turgenev play, a woman toys with a young admirer's affections while spending a month at a count

EP 24

The Seagull

Young playwright Konstantin is in love with aspiring actress Nina, who in turn is infatuated with his famous writer love

EP 25

Twelfth Hour

EP 26

The Queen and the Welshman

The story of Queen Katherine, widow of Henry V, and her affair with Welsh hero of Agincourt, Sir Owen Tudor.

EP 27

Final Demand

EP 28

Semi-Detached

EP 29

She Stoops to Conquer

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage

EP 30

Up and Down

EP 31

Marianne

EP 32

The Melody Suit

EP 33

On the March to the Sea

During the American Civil War, a Southern patriarch finds his house occupied by enemy soldiers.

EP 34

How to Get Rid of Your Husband

EP 35

Girl of My Dreams

EP 1

Talking to a Stranger, Part 1: Anytime You're Ready I'll Sparkle

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

EP 2

Talking to a Stranger, Part 2: No Skill or Special Knowledge is Required

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

EP 3

Talking to a Stranger, Part 3: Gladly My Cross-Eyed Bear

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

EP 4

Talking to a Stranger, Part 4: The Innocent Must Suffer

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

EP 5

Conquest: The Encounter

EP 6

Conquest: The Leopard and the Dragon

EP 7

Amerika

After a minor scandal involving a servant girl, young Karl is packed off to America, a land he finds distinctly strange.

EP 8

The Family Reunion

Dark secrets emerge when a family gathers for a birthday party at their country house.

EP 9

Anatol

EP 10

Sword of Honour, Part 1: Men at Arms

Prevented by his strict Roman Catholicism from divorcing his faithless wife, Guy Crouchback prepares for war in 1939.

EP 11

Sword of Honour, Part 2: Officers and Gentlemen

As he journeys through the Second World War, Crouchback undergoes various grotesque adventures, both comic and tragic.

EP 12

Sword of Honour, Part 3: Unconditional Surrender

At the end of the war, Crouchback ponders his future.

EP 13

A Slight Ache

Married couple Edward and Flora explore their dreams and desires, primarily Edward's fears of the unknown, of aging, and

EP 14

A Night Out

Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for 'a night out' with his workmates

EP 15

The Basement

An uneasy friendship between an introspective loner and a more gregarious man is renewed when the latter turns up at the

EP 16

Hotel Torpe

EP 17

As a Man Grows Older

EP 18

Kain

Brothers Kain and Rattler Sutherland live on a Northern Territory station. The unstable Kain clashes with the more laid-

EP 19

The Loser

EP 20

The Winner

EP 21

The Fantasist

EP 22

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

EP 23

The Blood Knot

EP 24

Henry IV

In twentieth-century Italy, a man insists that he is Enrico Quattro, an Italian monarch from centuries before. Obviously

EP 25

Firebrand

EP 26

The Plough and the Stars

A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army.

EP 27

Tickle Times

EP 28

55 Columns

EP 29

Stan's Day Out

EP 30

The Cupboard

EP 1

The Memorandum

EP 2

The Lost Years of Brian Hooper

EP 3

The Magicians: Dr Dee, Kelly and the Spirits

EP 4

The Magicians: The Incantation of Casanova

EP 5

The Magicians: Edmund Gurney and the Brighton Mesmerist

EP 6

The Single Passion

EP 7

The Burning Bush

EP 8

Kittens Are Brave

EP 9

Lieutenant Tenant

EP 10

Play with a Tiger

EP 11

To See How Far It Is: Murphy's Law

Murphy is a humble pen-pusher in a cardboard box factory who tries to brighten his life with home movies, tape-recording

EP 12

To See How Far It Is: The Curse of the Donkins

EP 13

To See How Far It Is: To See How Far It Is

EP 14

Albinos in Black

EP 15

The Swallow's Nest

EP 16

The Lady Is a Liar

EP 17

To the Frontier

EP 18

Party Games

A German businessman develops an obsessive passion for a girl he picks up in an East End pub. But she, and her brother,

EP 19

The Fall of Kelvin Walker

EP 20

The Fanatics

An account of the famous 'Calas case', in which Voltaire managed, at great personal risk, to set right an injustice.

EP 21

Home, Sweet Honeycomb

Anyone who doesn't conform to bourgeois norms in a post-apocalyptic world is ritually executed.

EP 22

The Pistol Shot

EP 23

The Life Class

EP 24

All's Well That Ends Well

A woman is given in marriage to the man she longs for, but, because she's of lower rank, he refuses to accept. It become

EP 25

Wind Versus Polygamy

When Councillor Ogidi and Mr Madu come to Chief Ozuomba's court, both wanting to marry Elina, the Chief sees his chance

EP 26

The Year of the Sex Olympics

In a future where the world is dominated and run by television, where language has become almost redundant and all 'tens

EP 27

Mille Miglia

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