Episodes cast for
"Centre Play" (1973) More at IMDbPro »

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Year: 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Places Where They Sing

19 July 1973

	Gordon Jackson
	Patrick Murray
	Richard Williams

Season 1, Episode 2: The Museum Attendant

2 August 1973
A black museum attendant struggles with domestic problems and racist colleagues.

	David Battley	...	Dennis
	Joseph Greig	...	Regan
	Horace James	...	Howard
	Kwesi Kay	...	John
	Bill Mills	...	American
	John Moore	...	Bill
	Robin Parkinson	...	Frank
	Tony Selby	...	Flynn

Season 1, Episode 3: The Cornet Lesson

24 December 1973

	Gerald James	...	Bandmaster
	Sandy Ratcliff	...	Girl

Season 1, Episode 4: The Illumination of Mr. Shannon

31 December 1973

Season 1, Episode 5: Dummy Run

18 January 1974

	Dennis Burgess	...	Philip
	Brinley Jenkins	...	Emrys
	David Lyn	...	Derryk
	Glyn Owen	...	Henry
	Hubert Rees	...	Jack
	John Rees	...	Ray
	Gareth Thomas	...	Commentator

Season 1, Episode 6: Sweetheart

25 January 1974

Season 1, Episode 7: My Last Duchess

1 February 1974

Season 1, Episode 8: Hurt Hawks

8 February 1974

	David Dodimead
	Robert Lindsay
	Martin Phillips
	Wendy Williams

Season 1, Episode 9: Albert and the Mayor's Tree

8 July 1974

	Robin Baldwin
	John Barrett
	Trevor Baxter
	Ellis Dale
	Peter Hill

Season 1, Episode 10: God Bless Thee, Jacky Maddison

15 July 1974

	David Daker	...	Jacky Maddison
	Lyn Douglas	...	1st Fishwife
	James Garbutt	...	Priest
	Mary Healey	...	2nd Fishwife
	Kathleen Helme	...	Jacky's ma
	Jean Heywood
	Anne Raitt	...	Ann

Season 1, Episode 11: Is It Something I Said?

22 July 1974

	Michael Bryant	...	Arthur
	Nigel Stock	...	Wallace

Season 1, Episode 12: Mutinies

29 July 1974

	Anita Carey	...	Lorraine
	Isabel Dean	...	Fay Casaubon
	John Duttine	...	Leach
	George Innes	...	Turton
	Reginald Marsh	...	Gerald Casaubon

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: Initiation

30 December 1974

	Jo Beadle	...	Lorna
	Peter Bourke	...	Hector
	Margaret Flint	...	Doreen (as Maggie Flint)
	Joe Gladwin	...	Ted
	Brian Glover	...	Nobby

Season 2, Episode 2: The Saliva Milkshake

6 January 1975

	Rosalind Ayres	...	Joan
	John Beardmore	...	Dinner guest
	Edmond Bennett	...	Sir Robert
	Julian Curry	...	Rafferty
	David Delve	...	Student
	Michael N. Harbour	...	Martin
	Petricia Leventon	...	Dinner guest
	Clifford Norgate	...	Dinner guest
	Donald Sumpter	...	Johnny

Season 2, Episode 3: Snooker

13 January 1975

	Michael Cadman
	John Franklyn-Robbins	...	Alec
	Julian Holloway
	Freddie Jones	...	Tiny
	William Squire	...	Humphrey

Season 2, Episode 4: The House on the Hill

20 January 1975

	Elisabeth Bergner	...	Ellen
	Edwin Brown	...	Foster
	Charles Collingwood	...	Charteris
	Tom Criddle	...	Judge
	Frederick Farley	...	Boyd
	Bernard Hepton	...	Psychiatrist
	Roger Milner	...	Chairman
	Dennis Waterman	...	Peter
	Kenneth Watson	...	Prestwick

Season 2, Episode 5: A Helping Hand

27 January 1975

Season 2, Episode 6: The Trip to Jerusalem

3 February 1975

Michael Gough

Season 2, Episode 7: Suggest Tuesday

13 February 1975

Bryan Pringle

Season 2, Episode 8: Tea at Four

20 February 1975

Season 2, Episode 9: Letter from a Soldier

27 February 1975

Season 2, Episode 10: Gambit's Move

6 March 1975

Season 2, Episode 11: Post Mortem

7 July 1975
Her boss may be dead, but his secretary Helen is determined that his company should continue to make money.

	Judy Parfitt	...	Helen Anstey
	Michael Boothe	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	Alan Cullen	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	Patricia Franklin	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	Michael Gover	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	David Hargreaves	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	Colin McCormack	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	Dorothy Vernon	...	Telephone Caller (voice)
	Geoffrey Wearing	...	Telephone Caller (voice)

Season 2, Episode 12: The Flight Fund

14 July 1975
Husband and wife Tony and Angie go to stay with Tony's uncle Edward in his manor house. Angie develops a fondness for Uncle Edward and the pair eventually run off together.

	Frederick Alexander	...	Farnley (as Piers Flint-Shipman)
	Harold Bennett	...	Blades
	Jeremy Clyde	...	Tony
	Barbara Flynn	...	Angie
	John Le Mesurier	...	Uncle Edward

Season 2, Episode 13: Hanging On

21 July 1975

Season 2, Episode 14: Our Terry

28 July 1975

	John Comer	...	Arnold
	Pat Heywood	...	Hilda
	Hilary Lord	...	Barbara
	David Warwick	...	Malcolm

Season 2, Episode 15: The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace

11 August 1975

	John Barrard	...	J.M. Barrie
	Sheila Brennan	...	Leonora Lennox
	Betty Cardno	...	Barrie's mother
	Lindsay Ingram	...	Chrissie
	Georgina Melville	...	Carrie
	Joseph O'Conor	...	George Bernard Shaw
	George Tovey	...	Chanting Charlie

Season 2, Episode 16: The Stick Insect

18 August 1975

	Robert Lang	...	Robert
	Gary Watson	...	Stranger
	Frances White	...	Beatrice

Season 2, Episode 17: The Water Baby

25 August 1975

Colin Jeavons

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Charles Kingsley

Season 2, Episode 18: Judge the Bloody City

1 September 1975

	Mark Colleano	...	Giddy Yadin
	Pip Donaghy	...	Israel Yolan (as Philip Donaghy)
	Aharon Ipalé	...	Dov Sneh
	Freda Knorr	...	Helen Rosen
	Ioan Meredith	...	Sgt. Manning
	Amos Mokadi	...	David Gruner
	Lee Montague	...	Avraham Grumberg
	Michael Turner	...	British diplomat
	Kenneth Watson	...	Sgt. Johnson
	Gordon Whiting	...	Dr. Santos

Season 2, Episode 19: Grace

9 September 1975

Edward Hardwicke

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: Brent Geese

6 December 1975

Season 3, Episode 2: Hoodwink

13 December 1975

	James Cossins
	Michael Robbins
	Robin Sachs
	Lalla Ward

Season 3, Episode 3: The Imp of the Perverse

20 December 1975

	Gerald Cross	...	The Beggar
	Milton Johns	...	The Servant
	Michael Kitchen	...	The Student
	Philip Stone	...	The Philosopher
	Lalla Ward	...	The Daughter

Season 3, Episode 4: You Talk Too Much

10 January 1976

	Joss Ackland	...	Doctor
	Virginia Balfour	...	Doctor's wife
	Colin Farrell	...	Charlie
	Patricia Hayes	...	Mum
	Cheryl Kennedy	...	Rose

Season 3, Episode 5: Mirror, Mirror

17 January 1976

	John Cater	...	George
	Susan Jameson	...	Daphne
	Joanna Tope	...	Emma

Season 3, Episode 6: Grease Monkey

24 January 1976

	Peter Armitage	...	Len
	Ken Barrie
	Joan Baxter
	Alan Lynton
	Jane Marlow

Season 3, Episode 7: England, Summer, Sunday

31 January 1976

	Rennee Goddard	...	Helen
	John Horsley	...	Colonel
	Will Knightley	...	John
	Charles Pemberton	...	Sergeant
	Robert Urquhart	...	Morris

Season 3, Episode 8: The Weekend

7 February 1976

	Michael Cadman	...	Anthony
	Katherine Fahey	...	Ruth
	Ann Zelda	...	Mary (as Anne Zelda)

Season 3, Episode 9: In the Labyrinth

14 February 1976

	Christopher Banks	...	Husband
	Jeni Barnett	...	1st Nurse
	Michael Gambon	...	Edith Harrison
	Dandy Nichols	...	Duncan Harrison
	Peggy Phango	...	2nd Nurse
	May Warden	...	Miss Harrison

Season 3, Episode 10: Two Men from Derby

21 February 1976

	Charles Booth	...	Stanley
	Terence Davies	...	Joe Kenny
	Sharon Duce	...	Freda Hayes
	Raymond Westwell	...	George Hirst
	Kathleen Worth	...	Winnie

Season 3, Episode 11: Piano Lessons

8 August 1976

	Tony Caunter	...	George
	Ann Curthoys	...	Sally
	Briony Hodge	...	Madge
	Lala Lloyd	...	Mum
	Raymond Mason	...	Arthur

Season 3, Episode 12: A Wily Couple

15 August 1976

	Bill Gavin	...	Wullie
	Lesley Mackie	...	Ruth
	Marjorie Thompson	...	Nancy

Season 3, Episode 13: Sisters

22 August 1976

	Frances Cox	...	Ada
	Gwen Harris	...	Millie

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: Commonwealth Season: New Zealand - Old Man March Is Dead

15 May 1976

	Terence Bayler	...	Major Woods
	Ed Devereaux	...	March
	Paul Haley	...	Dr. Chisholm
	James Laurenson	...	Bert
	Maryann Turner	...	Ellen

Season 4, Episode 2: Commonwealth Season: Trinidad - Home Sweet India

22 May 1976

	Clive Arrindell	...	Dr. Wilkins
	Janet Bartley	...	Ethel
	Stefan Kalipha	...	Lalla
	Mercia Mansfield	...	Seeta
	Vikki Richards	...	Kayshee
	Dino Shafeek	...	Demonstrator
	Madhav Sharma	...	Govind
	Peter Straker	...	Taj

Season 4, Episode 3: Commonwealth Season: Nigeria - A Kind of Marriage

29 May 1976

	Jumoke Debayo
	Jeillo Edwards
	Olu Jacobs
	Willie Jonah

Season 4, Episode 4: Commonwealth Season: Australia - Sweeping Plains

29 May 1976

	Barry Donnelly	...	Sportscaster
	Ginette McDonald	...	Jill
	Stephen O'Rourke	...	David
	Warwick Sims	...	Mike
	Gai Smith	...	Jo

Season 4, Episode 5: Commonwealth Season: India - Apply, Apply, No Reply

12 June 1976

	Robert Ashby	...	Tarun Bose
	Dev Sagoo	...	Subodh Nayak
	Roshan Seth	...	Anil Roy

Season 4, Episode 6: Commonwealth Season: Canada - For the Whales

20 June 1976

	Valerie Colgan	...	Kim
	Michael Fawkes	...	Hunter
	Peter Marinker	...	Richard
	Jeremy Newson	...	Jeremy
	Liza Ross	...	Susan Dunfry
	Tony Sibbald	...	Harding
	Eric Young	...	Kiamura

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 1: Showcase: Riding South

6 August 1976

	Johnny Allan
	Ashley Barker
	Lynne Perrie
	John Pickles

Season 5, Episode 2: Showcase: A Man of Morality

13 August 1976

	Steven Beard	...	1st Student
	Joyce Grant	...	Miss Dickin
	James Grout	...	James Johns
	Alec McCowen	...	Finn
	Sheila Ruskin	...	Iris
	Chet Townsend	...	2nd Student

Season 5, Episode 3: Showcase: The Squad

20 August 1976

	George Campbell	...	John
	Maureen Dow	...	Maggie
	Catherine Gibson	...	Kate
	Raymond Hardie	...	Terry
	John Hewitt	...	Michael
	Mark Mulholland	...	Tommy

Season 5, Episode 4: Showcase: Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground

27 August 1976

	John Barrett	...	Nathan
	Elizabeth Bell	...	Lily
	David Burke	...	Tweed
	Peter Jeffrey	...	Russell

Season 5, Episode 5: Showcase: Only Looking

3 September 1976

	Robert Blythe	...	Joe
	David Daker	...	Max
	Richard Longman	...	Daniel
	Philip McGough	...	Derek

Season 5, Episode 6: Showcase: Sea Change

10 September 1976

	Simon Cellan Jones	...	Schoolboy
	Edward Fox	...	Andrew
	Michael Gough	...	Father
	Elizabeth Proud	...	Miss Yates
	Marguerite Young	...	Mother

Season 5, Episode 7: Showcase: City of Fear

17 September 1976

	Perry Benson	...	Trevor
	Ray Burdis	...	Craig
	Phil Daniels	...	Brian
	Richard Davies	...	Dennis
	Peter Diamond	...	Drunk
	Wendy Gifford	...	Sandra

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Season 6

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Season 6, Episode 1: William Wilson

19 December 1976

	Norman Eshley	...	William Wilson
	Stephen Murray	...	Dr. Bransby
	Matthew Stones	...	William Wilson as a schoolboy
	Charles Spicer	...	William Wilson (at Eton)
	Thomas Bulman	...	Ashcroft
	Peter Demin	...	Pargeter
	Anthony Daniels	...	Glendenning
	Robert Tayman	...	Preston
	Nigel Bowden	...	Danby
	Anthony Herrick	...	Gondolier
	Ludmilla Nova	...	Valentina Di Broglio (as Ludmila Nova)
	David Laurie	...	Schoolboy
	James Levine	...	Schoolboy
	Anthony Weiss	...	Schoolboy
	Simon Wilkinson	...	Schoolboy

Season 6, Episode 2: The Emporer's New Hat

7 February 1977

	John Forbes-Robertson	...	Father
	Celia Johnson	...	La Comtesse de Chemaille
	Gwen Nelson	...	Madame Beaumatin
	Rebecca Saire	...	Sylvie
	Robert Sansom	...	Priest
	Pauline Yates	...	Mother

Season 6, Episode 3: Kipper

14 February 1977

	Betty Alberge	...	Lil
	Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Brian
	Sam Kydd	...	Kipper
	Mike Lewin	...	Security guard
	Michael McKevitt	...	MacAvoy
	Frank Mills	...	Jack
	Simon Rouse	...	Kevin
	Kim Taylforth	...	Karen

Season 6, Episode 4: Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes

21 February 1977

	Brenda Bruce	...	Auntie Kathleen
	Helen Horton	...	Nancy
	Kevin Moreton	...	Gerald
	John Stratton	...	Uncle Eddie

Season 6, Episode 5: Talkin' Blues

28 February 1977

	Jesse Birdsall	...	Ron
	John Burrows	...	John
	Trevor Butler	...	Alfred
	Marilyn Finlay	...	Helen
	Ben Howard	...	Stevie

Season 6, Episode 6: The Tip

21 June 1977

Season 6, Episode 7: The Sniffler and the Pug

28 June 1977

	Tom Chadbon	...	Tony
	Jeillo Edwards	...	Nurse
	Sheila Fay	...	Sister
	Andonia Katsaros	...	Carol

Season 6, Episode 8: Risking It

5 July 1977

	Alun Armstrong	...	Richard Clewes
	Brian Deacon	...	Graham Durrell
	Shirley Anne Field	...	Joanne Clewes
	Alun Lewis	...	Robin
	John Malcolm	...	David
	Fernand Monast	...	Waiter
	Cardew Robinson	...	George

Season 6, Episode 9: A Passage to Inverness

12 July 1977

	Joseph Blatchley	...	Carlton
	Deborah Fallender	...	Jill
	James Grout	...	QC
	Dorothy Reynolds	...	Aunt
	Renu Setna	...	Ashok
	Ken Wynne	...	Club manager

Season 6, Episode 10: Rehearsal

19 July 1977

	John Carson	...	Bill
	Jack Chissick	...	Arthur
	Lindsay Ingram	...	Anne
	Mary Larkin	...	Carol
	Trevor Thomas	...	Peter