Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970 (en)
Drama
[75] Min
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First Air DateOct 15, 1970
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Production
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Rotten tomato59%
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Original titlePlay for Today
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ReleaseOct 15, 1970
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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.
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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
