| 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 – 27 May 1970 |
| Related | |
| Play for Today | |
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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.