The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play
Cathy Come Home (1966)
Genre	Drama, Anthology, television plays, social realism, kitchen sink realism
Created by	Sydney Newman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Original release
Network	BBC 1
Release	28 October 1964 (1964-10-28) – 27 May 1970 (1970-05-27)
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The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.

Some of British television drama's most influential, and controversial, plays were shown in this slot, including Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home. The earliest television plays of Dennis Potter were featured in this slot.