Play for Today

Oct 15, 1970 (en) Drama [75] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 15, 1970
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Play for Today
  • Release
    Oct 15, 1970
  • en
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Overview

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Graeme MacDonald

    Producer

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Specials ( 1987-08-25)

Brimstone and Treacle

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 1970-10-15)

The Long Distance Piano Player

Episode: 1

The Right Prospectus

Episode: 2

The Lie

Episode: 3

Angels Are So Few

Episode: 4

The Write-Off

Episode: 5

I Can't See My Little Willie

Episode: 6

A Distant Thunder

Episode: 7

Hearts and Flowers

Episode: 8

Robin Redbreast

Episode: 9

The Hallelujah Handshake

Episode: 10

Alma Mater

Episode: 11

Circle Line

Episode: 12

Hell's Angel

Episode: 13

The Piano

Episode: 14

Billy's Last Stand

Episode: 15

The Rainbirds

Episode: 16

Reddick

Episode: 17

The Foxtrot

Episode: 18

When the Bough Breaks

Episode: 19

Orkney

Episode: 20

The Rank and File

Episode: 21

The Man in the Sidecar

Episode: 22

Everybody Say Cheese

Episode: 23

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Episode: 24

Season 2 ( 1971-10-14)

Traitor

Episode: 1

Edna, the Inebriate Woman

Episode: 2

Evelyn

Episode: 3

O Fat White Woman

Episode: 4

Thank You Very Much

Episode: 5

Michael Regan

Episode: 6

Skin Deep

Episode: 7

Pal

Episode: 8

The Pigeon Fancier

Episode: 9

Home

Episode: 10

Still Waters

Episode: 11

Stocker's Copper

Episode: 12

The House on Highbury Hill

Episode: 13

In the Beautiful Caribbean

Episode: 14

Ackerman, Dougall and Harker

Episode: 15

The Villa Maroc

Episode: 16

Cows

Episode: 17

A Time to Keep

Episode: 18

The Fishing Party

Episode: 19

Season 3 ( 1972-10-09)

The Reporters

Episode: 1

A Life Is for Ever

Episode: 2

Carson Country

Episode: 3

Man Friday

Episode: 4

Triple Exposure

Episode: 5

Better than the Movies

Episode: 6

The General's Day

Episode: 7

The Bankrupt

Episode: 8

Just Your Luck

Episode: 9

The Bouncing Boy

Episode: 10

Shakespeare or Bust

Episode: 11

Land of Green Ginger

Episode: 12

Kisses at Fifty

Episode: 13

Highway Robbery

Episode: 14

Song at Twilight

Episode: 15

Only Make Believe

Episode: 16

For Sylvia or The Air Show

Episode: 17

The Operation

Episode: 18

Access to the Children

Episode: 19

Hard Labour

Episode: 20

Man Above Men

Episode: 21

Speech Day

Episode: 22

Steps Back

Episode: 23

Three's One

Episode: 24

Edward G.--Like the Film Star

Episode: 25

Blooming Youth

Episode: 26

The Stretch

Episode: 27

Making the Play

Episode: 28

Season 4 ( 1973-10-18)

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Episode: 1

Her Majesty's Pleasure

Episode: 2

Jack Point

Episode: 3

The Emergency Channel

Episode: 4

Mummy and Daddy

Episode: 5

Private Practice

Episode: 6

Shutdown

Episode: 7

Baby Blues

Episode: 8

Jingle Bells

Episode: 9

The Lonely Man's Lover

Episode: 10

All Good Men

Episode: 11

Joe's Ark

Episode: 12

Hot Fat

Episode: 13

Easy Go

Episode: 14

Headmaster

Episode: 15

Penda's Fen

Episode: 16

Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?

Episode: 17

Three for the Fancy

Episode: 18

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Episode: 19

Schmoedipus

Episode: 20

The Childhood Friend

Episode: 21

A Follower for Emily

Episode: 22

Season 5 ( 1974-10-31)

Leeds--United!

Episode: 1

Baby Love

Episode: 2

Back of Beyond

Episode: 3

The Bevellers

Episode: 4

Taking Leave

Episode: 5

Fugitive

Episode: 6

Eleanor

Episode: 7

Gangsters

Episode: 8

The After Dinner Game

Episode: 9

Breath

Episode: 10

The Death of a Young, Young Man

Episode: 11

Sunset Across the Bay

Episode: 12

Funny Farm

Episode: 13

Goodbye

Episode: 14

Just Another Saturday

Episode: 15

A Child of Hope

Episode: 16

The Saturday Party

Episode: 17

Wednesday Love

Episode: 18

The Dandelion Clock

Episode: 19

Brassneck

Episode: 20

The Floater

Episode: 21

By Common Consent

Episode: 22

Season 6 ( 1975-10-14)

Plaintiffs and Defendants

Episode: 1

Two Sundays

Episode: 2

Moss

Episode: 3

84 Charing Cross Road

Episode: 4

Keep an Eye on Albert

Episode: 5

Children of the Sun

Episode: 6

After the Solo

Episode: 7

Through the Night

Episode: 8

A Passage to England

Episode: 9

Rumpole of the Bailey

Episode: 10

The Other Woman

Episode: 11

Nuts in May

Episode: 12

Doran's Box

Episode: 13

Packman's Barn

Episode: 14

A Story to Frighten the Children

Episode: 15

The Happy Hunting Ground

Episode: 16

The Jumping Bean Bag

Episode: 17

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

Episode: 18

Love Letters on Blue Paper

Episode: 19

Willie Rough

Episode: 20

Tiptoe through the Tulips

Episode: 21

The Peddler

Episode: 22

Early Struggles

Episode: 23

Double Dare

Episode: 24

The House of Bernarda Alba

Episode: 25

Season 7 ( 1976-09-14)

The Bar Mitzvah Boy

Episode: 1

Bet Your Life

Episode: 2

Rocky Marciano Is Dead

Episode: 3

The Elephants' Graveyard

Episode: 4

Housewives' Choice

Episode: 5

Your Man from Six Counties

Episode: 6

Buffet

Episode: 7

Love on a Gunboat

Episode: 8

The Kiss of Death

Episode: 9

Our Flesh and Blood

Episode: 10

Do As I Say

Episode: 11

Spend, Spend, Spend

Episode: 12

A Photograph

Episode: 13

The Price of Coal (1)

Episode: 14

The Price of Coal (2)

Episode: 15

Gotcha

Episode: 16

Campion's Interview

Episode: 17

A Choice of Evils

Episode: 18

The Country Party

Episode: 19

Season 8 ( 1977-10-18)

Stronger than the Sun

Episode: 1

Come the Revolution

Episode: 2

Abigail's Party

Episode: 3

Oy Vay Maria

Episode: 4

Nipper

Episode: 5

One Day at a Time

Episode: 6

The Mayor's Charity

Episode: 7

Catchpenny Twist

Episode: 8

Charades

Episode: 9

The Thin End of the Wedge

Episode: 10

Scully's New Year's Eve

Episode: 11

Licking Hitler

Episode: 12

Red Shift

Episode: 13

The Spongers

Episode: 14

Destiny

Episode: 15

Our Day Out

Episode: 16

The After-Dinner Joke

Episode: 17

The Legion Hall Bombing

Episode: 18

Season 9 ( 1978-10-17)

Nina

Episode: 1

Victims of Apartheid

Episode: 2

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

Episode: 3

Dinner at the Sporting Club

Episode: 4

Donal and Sally

Episode: 5

Sorry

Episode: 6

Butterflies Don't Count

Episode: 7

Soldiers Talking Cleanly

Episode: 8

One Bummer Newsday

Episode: 9

The Out of Town Boys

Episode: 10

Vampires

Episode: 11

The Chief Mourner

Episode: 12

Waterloo Sunset

Episode: 13

Blue Remembered Hills

Episode: 14

Who's Who

Episode: 15

The Last Window Cleaner

Episode: 16

Ploughman's Share

Episode: 17

Degree of Uncertainty

Episode: 18

Light

Episode: 19

Coming Out

Episode: 20

Don't Be Silly

Episode: 21

Season 10 ( 1979-10-11)

Long Distance Information

Episode: 1

Cries from a Watchtower

Episode: 2

Comedians

Episode: 3

Even Solomon

Episode: 4

Just a Boy's Game

Episode: 5

Billy

Episode: 6

A Hole in Babylon

Episode: 7

The Slab-Boys

Episode: 8

Katie: The Year of a Child

Episode: 9

The Network

Episode: 10

Chance of a Lifetime

Episode: 11

Keep Smiling

Episode: 12

Dreams of Leaving

Episode: 13

Thicker Than Water

Episode: 14

Murder Rap

Episode: 15

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Episode: 16

No Defence

Episode: 17

That Crazy Woman

Episode: 18

A Gift from Nessus

Episode: 19

Kate, the Good Neighbour

Episode: 20

Buses

Episode: 21

Shadows on Our Skin

Episode: 22

Ladies

Episode: 23

The Vanishing Army

Episode: 24

Not for the Likes of Us

Episode: 25

The Executioner

Episode: 26

The Imitation Game

Episode: 27

A Walk in the Forest

Episode: 28

Season 11 ( 1980-10-21)

Pasmore

Episode: 1

C2H5OH

Episode: 2

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something

Episode: 3

The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice

Episode: 4

Minor Complications

Episode: 5

Number on End

Episode: 6

Jude

Episode: 7

The Flipside of Dominick Hide

Episode: 8

Name for the Day

Episode: 9

Jessie

Episode: 10

Beyond the Pale

Episode: 11

The Muscle Market

Episode: 12

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

Episode: 13

Dear Brutus

Episode: 14

The Cause

Episode: 15

Beloved Enemy

Episode: 16

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

Episode: 17

The Union

Episode: 18

Sorry

Episode: 19

Shai Mãlã Khani: The Garland

Episode: 20

The Sin Bin

Episode: 21

Before Water Lillies

Episode: 22

Bavarian Night

Episode: 23

The Good Time Girls

Episode: 24

Baby Talk

Episode: 25

A Turn for the Worse

Episode: 26

Psy-Warriors

Episode: 27

Season 12 ( 1981-10-20)

Country

Episode: 1

London Is Drowning

Episode: 2

A Room for the Winter

Episode: 3

No Visible Scar

Episode: 4

Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain

Episode: 5

Protest

Episode: 6

United Kingdom

Episode: 7

PQ17

Episode: 8

The Factory

Episode: 9

England's Green and Pleasant Land

Episode: 10

A Cotswold Death

Episode: 11

Under the Skin

Episode: 12

Commitments

Episode: 13

Life After Death

Episode: 14

The Silly Season

Episode: 15

Too Late to Talk to Billy

Episode: 16

Willie's Last Stand

Episode: 17

Tishoo

Episode: 18

Home Sweet Home

Episode: 19

A Sudden Wrench

Episode: 20

Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Going

Episode: 21

Whistling Wally

Episode: 22

Season 13 ( 1982-10-19)

Soft Targets

Episode: 1

Three Minute Heroes

Episode: 2

The Remainder Man

Episode: 3

Intensive Care

Episode: 4

A Mother Like Him

Episode: 5

John David

Episode: 6

Aliens

Episode: 7

Another Flip for Dominick

Episode: 8

Last Love

Episode: 9

Gates of Gold

Episode: 10

Wayne and Albert

Episode: 11

Atlantis

Episode: 12

The Last Term

Episode: 13

Reluctant Chickens

Episode: 14

Shall I Be Mother?

Episode: 15

The Falklands Factor

Episode: 16

A Matter of Choice for Billy

Episode: 17

Floating Off

Episode: 18

Season 14 ( 1983-10-25)

Stan's Last Game

Episode: 1

Young Shoulders

Episode: 2

A Coming to Terms for Billy

Episode: 3

Z for Zachariah

Episode: 4

Moving on the Edge

Episode: 5

Desert of Lies

Episode: 6

Hard Feelings

Episode: 7

Under the Hammer

Episode: 8

King

Episode: 9

Rainy Day Women

Episode: 10

Dog Ends

Episode: 11

The Groundling and the Kite

Episode: 12

The Cry

Episode: 13

It Could Happen to Anybody

Episode: 14

Only Children

Episode: 15

The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

Episode: 16
Oct 15, 1970 (en)
Drama
[75] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 15, 1970
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 61%
Original Title Play for Today
en

Overview

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Graeme MacDonald

    Producer