Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles.

The series was transmitted regularly from October 1965 to May 1979, before returning for the summer seasons of 1982 and 1983.

Thirteen productions were also shown previously or subsequently on BBC2 in the period 1971-73 under Stage 2.

Of the 128 productions, 40 are missing from the archives (except for short sequences in several cases), having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s.

Legend: AS/A = Archive status/Availability Abbreviations: tr =Telerecording; seq = sequence(s) Other BBC drama anthology series include: