BBC2 Play of the Week

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

July 2025 •Japanese

For decades, the Galactic Empire has been locked in an interstellar war with the Free Planets Alliance, a conflict that involves thousands of spaceships and millions of soldiers on both sides. Two new commanders enter the conflict with great hopes: Imperial Admiral Reinhard von Lohengramm and the FPA's Yang Wen-Li. As they deal with superiors and subordinates, maneuver through complicated political arrangements, plot strategies, and win battles, each will be tested, and ultimately, changed, by the reality of war.

Starlight Theatre

July 2025 •English

Starlight Theatre is an American anthology series that aired on CBS television from April 2, 1950 to September 20, 1951.

Greatest Heroes of the Bible

July 2025 •English

Game, Set, and Match

July 2025 •English

Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a Brahms agent. He is then sent to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major (Gottfried John) to defect, using his childhood friend Verner Volkmann's wife Zena as bait. After it appears another traitor is working at London Central, Samson himself becomes one of the prime suspects.

Planet of the Apes

July 2025 •English

Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.

Seven of One

July 2025 •English

Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half Dozen of the Other. This was a BBC version of a similar showcase for LWT called Six Dates with Barker created in 1971.

George Burns Comedy Week

July 2025 •English

George Burns Comedy Week is a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup, hosted by George Burns.

Amazing Stories

July 2025 •English

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Две судьбы

July 2025 •Russian

The Golden Hairpin

July 2025 •Chinese

At thirteen, investigative prodigy Huang Zixia had already proved herself by aiding her father in solving confounding crimes. At seventeen, she’s on the run, accused of murdering her family to escape an arranged marriage. Driven by a single-minded pursuit, she must use her skills to unmask the real killer…and clear her name. But when Huang Zixia seeks the help of Li Shubai, the Prince of Kui, her life and freedom are bargained: agree to go undercover as his eunuch to stop a serial killer and to undo a curse that threatens to destroy the Prince’s life. Huang Zixia’s skills are soon tested when Li Shubai’s betrothed vanishes. With a distinctively exquisite golden hairpin as her only clue, Huang Zixia investigates—and discovers that she isn’t the only one in the guarded kingdom with a dangerous secret.

Confessions of a Fool

July 2025 •Swedish

Based on August Strindberg’s autobiographical novel about his marriage to Siri von Essen. She was married when she met him, but abandoned her husband, became Strindberg’s mistress and later his wife.

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

July 2025 •Japanese

From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.

Poisonous Passion

July 2025 •Thai

Parichat became pregnant before discovering that her partner, Trin, was already married. After forcibly having the child aborted, he abandons her. Parichat is left alone and suicidal until her sister and brother-in-law offer to help her plot revenge. The plan requires years of studying abroad, after which Parichat returns and begins slowly approaching Trin. As she creeps toward her vengance, Trin’s wife’s cousin, Payu, tries to protect his family by impeding her.

The Battle to Usurp a Person To Be Continued

July 2025 •Thai

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin

July 2025 •English

After a whirlwind romance, Olivia finds herself as the mistress of the imposing Foxworth Hall, where she soon discovers that the fairy tale life she expected has quickly become a nightmare.

Pride and Prejudice

July 2025 •English

Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.

Tales from the Neverending Story

July 2025 •English

Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless imagination is reborn. Bastian comes across a magical book, 'The Neverending Story,' in a curious little bookstore. Inspired by the book, Bastian creates an enchanted world called Fantasia, inhabited by dragons, dark knights and assorted heroes and villains.

Journal of the Mysterious Creatures

July 2025 •Chinese

Yoshihito, a 23-year-old man who has no job or girlfriend. In order to make ends meet he rents out one of the rooms in his house. While he's showing Lily, his first tenant, around the house, she's suddenly attacked by a vampire named Vivian, and Yoshihito notices that Lily is actually a werewolf. As Yoshihito and Lily start living in the same house, Yoshihito is scouted for an organization that maintains order of the parallel universes, and strange creatures one after another become tenants in his house.

Bridgerton

July 2025 •English

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Like Love

July 2025 •Chinese

An offbeat love story about campus life around An Ziyan and Mai Ding who start military training as college acquaintances. Mai Ding was the one who made the first move to An Ziyan, they have a good relationship and gradually felt sparks. But after their relationship strengthens, their relationship is obstructed by their family and friends. As a result, An Ziyan secretly asks for help from his ex-girlfriend Bai Xiaosi.