First Night was a BBC 1 series of contemporary television dramas by new writers, which ran from September 1963 to May 1964 and was the forerunner of The Wednesday Play. The series was produced by James MacTaggart. Nigel Kneale's The Road was produced under the show's banner. Only a single episode (Maggie) is known to exist. The rest of the series, including The Road, is considered lost.