TV series / 1964-1970

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play is a TV series from 1964-1970. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 8 seasons and 47 rated episodes.

8 seasons 47 rated episodes 7.5 average 3,237 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 12346789
1 4.5 6.6 7.6 6.9 7.9 6.7
2
3 7.3 7.9 7.9
4 7.1 7.0 8.0 9.0 8.8
5 7.0 7.0
6 6.1 8.7
7 6.8
8 8.3 6.9
9 7.9 6.7
10 7.4 7.8
11 7.0
12 7.5
13 8.2 7.1 6.9
14 7.5
15
16 6.8 7.6
17 7.3 8.8
18 8.3
19 7.4
20 6.6 6.8
21 7.5 7.4
22 8.3
23 7.0
24 8.4
25 7.8 9.2 8.0

Series summary

About The Wednesday Play

The rated episodes of The Wednesday Play have an average IMDb rating of 7.5 based on 3,237 episode votes. Season 7 has the highest average rating at 8.4 across 4 rated episodes. Season 1 has the lowest average rating at 5.9.

Genre
Drama
Runtime
75 minute episodes
Principal cast
Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, and Tony Selby
Writers
Dennis Potter, David Mercer, and Thomas Clarke
Directors
Gilchrist Calder, Ken Loach, and James Ferman

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S6E25: Message for Posterity The best episode of The Wednesday Play is S6E25: Message for Posterity with a 9.2 rating / 15 votes
  2. S7E4: Pitchi Poi 9.0 rating / 18 votes
  3. S9E4: Close the Coalhouse Door 8.8 rating / 18 votes
  4. S7E17: The Drummer and the Bloke 8.8 rating / 17 votes
  5. S4E6: Who's a Good Boy Then? 8.7 rating / 24 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S1E1: Catch as Catch Can The worse episode of The Wednesday Play is S1E1: Catch as Catch Can with a 4.5 rating / 10 votes
  2. S3E6: The End of Arthur's Marriage 6.1 rating / 68 votes
  3. S2E1: Tap on the Shoulder 6.6 rating / 12 votes
  4. S4E20: Ape and Essence 6.6 rating / 9 votes
  5. S9E1: The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel 6.7 rating / 92 votes