The strand was a successor to "The Wednesday Play", the 1960s anthology series, the title being changed when the day of transmission became variable. Some works, screened in anthology series' on BBC2, like Willy Russell's "Our Day Out" (1977), were repeated on BBC1 in the series. The producers of "The Wednesday Play", Graeme MacDonald and Irene Shubik, transferred to the new series. Shubik continued with the series until 1973 while MacDonald remained with the series until 1977 when he was promoted. Later producers included Kenith Trodd (1973–1982), David Rose (1972-1980), Innes Lloyd (1975–1982), Margaret Matheson (1977–1979), Richard Eyre (1978–1980) and Pharic MacLaren (1974–1982).