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Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Drama
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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
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Season list for BBC Play of the Month
Helen Mirren
Orinthia, Beatrice-Joanna, Margery Pinchwife, Babbie
Anthony Hopkins
Astrov, Andrey, Edmund Kean, Alfred Allmers
Arthur Lowe
Sir Oliver Surface
Jonathan Scott-Taylor
Ronnie Winslow
Jeremy Irons
Edward Voysey
Sybil Thorndike
Mrs Moore
Barry Morse
Rev. Winemiller
Brian Glover
Angela Pleasence
Julia
John Carson
Charles Winsor
Keith Chegwin
David Hedison
John Buchanan
Tom Chadbon
George Emerson
Jennie Linden
Lydia Languish
Kevin McNally
Michael Bates
Professor Godbole
Saeed Jaffrey
Mr. Hamidullah
Zia Mohyeddin
Bandi Grosz, Dr. Aziz
Edward Woodward
Caius Cassius, Lopakhin
Rex Harrison
Don Quixote, Mikhail Platonov
