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Redbreast''.
*SpinOff: RippedFromTheHeadlines: "The Falklands Factor" was produced shortly after, and in response to, UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar. It takes an indirect approach to the subject, dramatizing an earlier conflict over UsefulNotes/TheFalklandIslands and drawing parallels to make its points about the more recent events.
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** The episode "Headmaster" was spun off into a six-episode miniseries.
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** A companion series called ''Play for Tomorrow'', focusing on science fiction stories, ran for one season.
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* UsefulNotes/ATouchOfClassEthnicityAndReligion: A lot of the plays, such as ''The Right Prospectus'' and ''Abigail's Party'', touch on class tensions in British society.
** ''Penda's Fen'' challenges the idea that Britain, and particularly England, is an inherently Christian country by exploring the Pagan history of UsefulNotes/TheWestMidlands.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''The Wednesday Play''. ''Screen One'' and ''Screen Two'' were Spiritual Successors to this series.
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* FolkHorror: The episodes ''Penda's Fen'' and ''Robin Redbreast'', notably.
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: [[spoiler:Rob is KilledOffscreen at the end of ''Robin Redbreast''.]]
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] drama anthology series that ran on BBC 1 from 1970 to 1984 which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title suggested]] showed a different single drama every episode. It featured some early works of famous directors such as Barry Hines and [[Film/SecretsAndLies Mike Leigh]] Creator/MikeLeigh alongside some seminal stuff from less cinematically inclined writers such as Dennis Potter.
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** The episode ''Penda's Fen'' challenges the idea that Britain, and particularly England, is an inherently Christian country by exploring the Pagan history of UsefulNotes/TheWestMidlands.
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] drama anthology series that ran on BBC 1 from 1970 to 1984 which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title suggested]] showed a different single drama every episode. It featured some early works of famous directors such as Barry Hines and [[Film/SecretsAndLies Mike Leigh]] alongside some seminal stuff from less cinematically inclined authors such as Dennis Potter.
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] drama anthology series that ran on BBC 1 from 1970 to 1984 which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title suggested]] showed a different single drama every episode. It featured some early works of famous directors such as Barry Hines and [[Film/SecretsAndLies Mike Leigh]] alongside some seminal stuff from less cinematically inclined authors writers such as Dennis Potter.
A lot of the plays such as ''The Right Prospectus'' and ''Abigail's Party'' touch on [[UsefulNotes/ATouchOfClassEthnicityAndReligion class tensions in British society]].
The episode ''Penda's Fen'' challenges the idea that Britain, and particularly England, is an inherently Christian country by exploring the Pagan history of UsefulNotes/TheWestMidlands.
Potter.
A lot of the plays such as ''The Right Prospectus'' and ''Abigail's Party'' touch on [[UsefulNotes/ATouchOfClassEthnicityAndReligion class tensions in British society]].
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A lot of the plays such as ''The Right Prospectus'' and ''Abigail's Party'' touch on [[UsefulNotes/ATouchOfClassEthnicityAndReligion class tensions in British society]].
The episode, ''Penda's Fen'', challenges the idea that Britain, and particularly England, is an inherently Christian country by exploring the Pagan history of UsefulNotes/TheWestMidlands.
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A [[LongRunner long-running]] drama anthology programming strand series that ran on BBC 1 from 1970 to 1984 which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title suggested]] showed a different single drama every episode. It featured some early works of famous directors such as Barry Hines and [[Film/SecretsAndLies Mike Leigh]] alongside some seminal stuff from less cinematically inclined authors such as Dennis Potter.
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!!Tropes Present Throughout the Series
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck finding any of less well-known episodes on DVD.
!!Tropes Present Throughout the Series
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck finding any of less well-known episodes on DVD.
