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Play for Today

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Countries: United Kingdom,
Release Date: October 15, 1970
Year: 1970
Runtime:75 min
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, an anthology series of plays carrying on in the tradition of its predecessor The Wednesday Play, presented controversial works by such writers as Dennis Potter, David Mercer, Alan Bennett, and Jim Allen, with such directors as Ken Loach, Alan Clarke, Philip Saville, and Mike Newell. Several plays in the series led to various spin-offs, including Play for Tomorrow and Rumpole of the Bailey.

   

Play for Today Seasons/Episodes

► Season 1 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 The Long Distance Piano Player - 1970-10-15
Episode 2 The Right Prospectus - 1970-10-22
Episode 3 The Lie - 1970-10-29
Episode 4 Angels Are So Few - 1970-11-05
Episode 5 The Write-Off - 1970-11-12
Episode 6 I Can't See My Little Willie - 1970-11-19
Episode 7 A Distant Thunder - 1970-11-26
Episode 8 Hearts and Flowers - 1970-12-03
Episode 9 Robin Redbreast - 1970-12-10
Episode 10 The Hallelujah Handshake - 1970-12-17
Episode 11 Alma Mater - 1971-01-07
Episode 12 Circle Line - 1971-01-14
Episode 13 Hell's Angel - 1971-01-21
Episode 14 The Piano - 1971-01-28
Episode 15 Billy's Last Stand - 1971-02-04
Episode 16 The Rainbirds - 1971-02-11
Episode 17 Reddick - 1971-02-18
Episode 18 The Foxtrot - 1971-04-29
Episode 19 When the Bough Breaks - 1971-05-06
Episode 20 Orkney - 1971-05-13
Episode 21 The Rank and File - 1971-05-20
Episode 22 The Man in the Sidecar - 1971-05-27
Episode 23 Everybody Say Cheese - 1971-06-03

► Season 2 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Traitor - 1971-10-14
Episode 2 Edna, the Inebriate Woman - 1971-10-21
Episode 3 Evelyn - 1971-10-28
Episode 4 O Fat White Woman - 1971-11-04
Episode 5 Thank You Very Much - 1971-11-11
Episode 6 Michael Regan - 1971-11-18
Episode 7 Skin Deep - 1971-11-25
Episode 8 Pal - 1971-12-02
Episode 9 The Pigeon Fancier - 1971-12-09
Episode 10 Home - 1972-01-06
Episode 11 Still Waters - 1972-01-13
Episode 12 Stocker's Copper - 1972-01-20
Episode 13 The House on Highbury Hill - 1972-01-27
Episode 14 In the Beautiful Caribbean - 1972-02-03
Episode 15 Ackerman, Dougall and Harker - 1972-02-10
Episode 16 The Villa Maroc - 1972-02-17
Episode 17 Cows - 1972-02-24
Episode 18 A Time to Keep - 1972-04-27
Episode 19 The Fishing Party - 1972-06-01

► Season 3 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 The Reporters - 1972-10-09
Episode 2 A Life Is Forever - 1972-10-16
Episode 3 Carson Country - 1972-10-23
Episode 4 Man Friday - 1972-10-30
Episode 5 Triple Exposure - 1972-11-06
Episode 6 Better than the Movies - 1972-11-13
Episode 7 The General's Day - 1972-11-20
Episode 8 The Bankrupt - 1972-11-27
Episode 9 Just Your Luck - 1972-12-04
Episode 10 The Bouncing Boy - 1972-12-11
Episode 11 Shakespeare or Bust - 1973-01-08
Episode 12 Land of Green Ginger - 1973-01-15
Episode 13 Kisses at Fifty - 1973-01-22
Episode 14 Highway Robbery - 1973-01-29
Episode 15 Song at Twilight - 1973-02-05
Episode 16 Only Make Believe - 1973-02-12
Episode 17 For Sylvia or the Air Show - 1973-02-19
Episode 18 The Operation - 1973-02-26
Episode 19 Access to the Children - 1973-03-05
Episode 20 Hard Labour - 1973-03-12
Episode 21 Man Above Men - 1973-03-19
Episode 22 Speech Day - 1973-03-26
Episode 23 Steps Back - 1973-05-14
Episode 24 Three's One - 1973-06-04
Episode 25 Edward G.--Like the Film Star - 1973-06-11
Episode 26 Blooming Youth - 1973-06-18
Episode 27 The Stretch - 1973-06-25
Episode 28 Making the Play - 1973-07-02

► Season 4 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont - 1973-10-18
Episode 2 Her Majesty's Pleasure - 1973-10-25
Episode 3 Jack Point - 1973-11-01
Episode 4 The Emergency Channel - 1973-11-08
Episode 5 Mummy and Daddy - 1973-11-15
Episode 6 Private Practice - 1973-11-22
Episode 7 Shutdown - 1973-11-29
Episode 8 Baby Blues - 1973-12-06
Episode 9 Jingle Bells - 1973-12-13
Episode 10 The Lonely Man's Lover - 1974-01-17
Episode 11 All Good Men - 1974-01-31
Episode 12 Joe's Ark - 1974-02-14
Episode 13 Hot Fat - 1974-02-21
Episode 14 Easy Go - 1974-03-07
Episode 15 Headmaster - 1974-03-14
Episode 16 Penda's Fen - 1974-03-21
Episode 17 Pigeon--Hawk or Dove? - 1974-03-28
Episode 18 Three for the Fancy - 1974-04-11
Episode 19 The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil - 1974-06-06
Episode 20 Schmoedipus - 1974-06-20
Episode 21 The Childhood Friend - 1974-06-27
Episode 22 A Follower for Emily - 1974-07-04

► Season 5 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Leeds--United! - 1974-10-31
Episode 2 Baby Love - 1974-11-07
Episode 3 Back of Beyond - 1974-11-14
Episode 4 The Bevellers - 1974-11-21
Episode 5 Taking Leave - 1974-11-28
Episode 6 Fugitive - 1974-12-05
Episode 7 Eleanor - 1974-12-12
Episode 8 Gangsters - 1975-01-09
Episode 9 The After Dinner Game - 1975-01-16
Episode 10 Breath - 1975-01-23
Episode 11 The Death of a Young, Young Man - 1975-01-30
Episode 12 Sunset Across the Bay - 1975-02-20
Episode 13 Funny Farm - 1975-02-27
Episode 14 Goodbye - 1975-03-06
Episode 15 Just Another Saturday - 1975-03-13
Episode 16 A Child of Hope - 1975-04-24
Episode 17 The Saturday Party - 1975-05-01
Episode 18 Wednesday Love - 1975-05-08
Episode 19 The Dandelion Clock - 1975-05-15
Episode 20 Brassneck - 1975-05-22
Episode 21 The Floater - 1975-05-29
Episode 22 By Common Consent - 1975-06-05

► Season 6 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Plaintiffs and Defendants - 1975-10-14
Episode 2 Two Sundays - 1975-10-21
Episode 3 Moss - 1975-10-28
Episode 4 84 Charing Cross Road - 1975-11-04
Episode 5 Keep an Eye on Albert - 1975-11-11
Episode 6 Children of the Sun - 1975-11-18
Episode 7 After the Solo - 1975-11-25
Episode 8 Through the Night - 1975-12-02
Episode 9 A Passage to England - 1975-12-09
Episode 10 Rumpole of the Bailey - 1975-12-16
Episode 11 The Other Woman - 1976-01-06
Episode 12 Nuts in May - 1976-01-13
Episode 13 Doran's Box - 1976-01-20
Episode 14 Packman's Barn - 1976-01-27
Episode 15 A Story to Frighten the Children - 1976-02-03
Episode 16 The Happy Hunting Ground - 1976-02-10
Episode 17 The Jumping Bean Bag - 1976-02-17
Episode 18 Clay, Smeddum and Greenden - 1976-02-24
Episode 19 Love Letters on Blue Paper - 1976-03-02
Episode 20 Willie Rough - 1976-03-09
Episode 21 Tiptoe Through the Tulips - 1976-03-16
Episode 22 The Peddler - 1976-03-23
Episode 23 Early Struggles - 1976-03-30
Episode 24 Double Dare - 1976-04-06
Episode 25 The House of Bernarda Alba - 1976-07-28

► Season 7 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 The Bar Mitzvah Boy - 1976-09-14
Episode 2 Bet Your Life - 1976-09-21
Episode 3 Rocky Marciano Is Dead - 1976-09-28
Episode 4 The Elephants' Graveyard - 1976-10-12
Episode 5 Housewives' Choice - 1976-10-19
Episode 6 Your Man from Six Counties - 1976-10-26
Episode 7 Buffet - 1976-11-02
Episode 8 Love on a Gunboat - 1977-01-04
Episode 9 The Kiss of Death - 1977-01-11
Episode 10 Our Flesh and Blood - 1977-01-18
Episode 11 Do as I Say - 1977-01-25
Episode 12 Spend, Spend, Spend - 1977-03-15
Episode 13 A Photograph - 1977-03-22
Episode 14 The Price of Coal (1) - 1977-03-29
Episode 15 The Price of Coal (2) - 1977-04-05
Episode 16 Gotcha - 1977-04-12
Episode 17 Campion's Interview - 1977-04-12
Episode 18 A Choice of Evils - 1977-04-19
Episode 19 The Country Party - 1977-04-26

► Season 8 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Stronger Than the Sun - 1977-10-18
Episode 2 Come the Revolution - 1977-10-25
Episode 3 Abigail's Party - 1977-11-01
Episode 4 Oy Vay Maria - 1977-11-08
Episode 5 Nipper - 1977-11-15
Episode 6 One Day at a Time - 1977-11-22
Episode 7 The Mayor's Charity - 1977-11-29
Episode 8 Catchpenny Twist - 1977-12-06
Episode 9 Charades - 1977-12-13
Episode 10 The Thin End of the Wedge - 1977-12-20
Episode 11 Scully's New Year's Eve - 1978-01-03
Episode 12 Licking Hitler - 1978-01-10
Episode 13 Red Shift - 1978-01-17
Episode 14 The Spongers - 1978-01-24
Episode 15 Destiny - 1978-01-31
Episode 16 The After Dinner Joke - 1978-02-14
Episode 17 The Legion Hall Bombing - 1978-08-22

► Season 9 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Nina - 1978-10-17
Episode 2 Victims of Apartheid - 1978-10-24
Episode 3 A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts - 1978-10-31
Episode 4 Dinner at the Sporting Club - 1978-11-07
Episode 5 Donal and Sally - 1978-11-14
Episode 6 Sorry - 1978-11-21
Episode 7 Butterflies Don't Count - 1978-11-28
Episode 8 Soldiers Talking Cleanly - 1978-12-05
Episode 9 One Bummer Newsday - 1978-12-12
Episode 10 The Out of Town Boys - 1979-01-02
Episode 11 Vampires - 1979-01-09
Episode 12 The Chief Mourner - 1979-01-16
Episode 13 Waterloo Sunset - 1979-01-23
Episode 14 Blue Remembered Hills - 1979-01-30
Episode 15 Who's Who - 1979-02-06
Episode 16 The Last Window Cleaner - 1979-02-13
Episode 17 Ploughman's Share - 1979-02-27
Episode 18 Degree of Uncertainty - 1979-03-06
Episode 19 Light - 1979-03-13
Episode 20 Coming Out - 1979-04-10
Episode 21 Don't Be Silly - 1979-07-24

► Season 10 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Long Distance Information - 1979-10-11
Episode 2 Cries from a Watchtower - 1979-10-18
Episode 3 Comedians - 1979-10-25
Episode 4 Even Solomon - 1979-11-01
Episode 5 Just a Boy's Game - 1979-11-08
Episode 6 Billy - 1979-11-15
Episode 7 A Hole in Babylon - 1979-11-29
Episode 8 The Slab-Boys - 1979-12-06
Episode 9 Katie - 1979-12-13
Episode 10 The Network - 1979-12-20
Episode 11 Chance of a Lifetime - 1980-01-03
Episode 12 Keep Smiling - 1980-01-10
Episode 13 Dreams of Leaving - 1980-01-17
Episode 14 Thicker Than Water - 1980-01-24
Episode 15 Murder Rap - 1980-01-31
Episode 16 Instant Enlightenment Including VAT - 1980-02-07
Episode 17 No Defence - 1980-02-14
Episode 18 That Crazy Woman - 1980-02-21
Episode 19 A Gift from Nessus - 1980-02-28
Episode 20 Kate, the Good Neighbour - 1980-03-06
Episode 21 Buses - 1980-03-13
Episode 22 Shadows on Our Skin - 1980-03-20
Episode 23 Ladies - 1980-03-27
Episode 24 The Vanishing Army - 1980-04-03
Episode 25 Not for the Likes of Us - 1980-04-10
Episode 26 The Executioner - 1980-04-17
Episode 27 The Imitation Game - 1980-04-24
Episode 28 A Walk in the Forest - 1980-05-14

► Season 11 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Pasmore - 1980-10-21
Episode 2 C2H5OH - 1980-10-28
Episode 3 The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something - 1980-11-04
Episode 4 The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice - 1980-11-11
Episode 5 Minor Complications - 1980-11-18
Episode 6 Number on End - 1980-11-25
Episode 7 Jude - 1980-12-02
Episode 8 The Flipside of Dominick Hyde - 1980-12-09
Episode 9 Name for the Day - 1980-12-16
Episode 10 Jessie - 1980-12-23
Episode 11 Beyond the Pale - 1981-01-06
Episode 12 The Muscle Market - 1981-01-13
Episode 13 A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado - 1981-01-20
Episode 14 Dear Brutus - 1981-01-27
Episode 15 The Cause - 1981-02-03
Episode 16 Beloved Enemy - 1981-02-10
Episode 17 The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner - 1981-02-17
Episode 18 The Union - 1981-02-24
Episode 19 Sorry - 1981-03-03
Episode 20 The Garland - 1981-03-10
Episode 21 The Sin Bin - 1981-03-17
Episode 22 Before Water Lillies - 1981-03-24
Episode 23 Bavarian Night - 1981-03-31
Episode 24 The Good Time Girls - 1981-04-07
Episode 25 Baby Talk - 1981-04-14
Episode 26 A Turn for the Worse - 1981-04-28
Episode 27 Psy-Warriors - 1981-05-12

► Season 12 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Country - 1981-10-20
Episode 2 London Is Drowning - 1981-10-27
Episode 3 A Room for the Winter - 1981-11-03
Episode 4 No Visible Scar - 1981-11-17
Episode 5 Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain - 1981-11-24
Episode 6 Protest - 1981-12-01
Episode 7 United Kingdom - 1981-12-08
Episode 8 PQ17 - 1981-12-15
Episode 9 The Factory - 1981-12-22
Episode 10 England's Green and Pleasant Land - 1982-01-05
Episode 11 A Cotswold Death - 1982-01-12
Episode 12 Under the Skin - 1982-01-19
Episode 13 Commitments - 1982-01-26
Episode 14 Life After Death - 1982-02-02
Episode 15 The Silly Season - 1982-02-09
Episode 16 Too Late to Talk to Billy - 1982-02-16
Episode 17 Willie's Last Stand - 1982-02-23
Episode 18 Tishoo - 1982-03-09
Episode 19 Home Sweet Home - 1982-03-16
Episode 20 A Sudden Wrench - 1982-03-23
Episode 21 Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Going - 1982-03-30
Episode 22 Whistling Wally - 1982-04-06

► Season 13 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Soft Targets - 1982-10-19
Episode 2 Three Minute Heroes - 1982-10-26
Episode 3 The Remainder Man - 1982-11-02
Episode 4 Intensive Care - 1982-11-09
Episode 5 A Mother Like Him - 1982-11-16
Episode 6 John David - 1982-11-23
Episode 7 Aliens - 1982-11-30
Episode 8 Another Flip for Dominick - 1982-12-14
Episode 9 Last Love - 1983-03-01
Episode 10 Gates of Gold - 1983-03-08
Episode 11 Wayne and Albert - 1983-03-15
Episode 12 Atlantis - 1983-03-22
Episode 13 The Last Term - 1983-04-05
Episode 14 Reluctant Chickens - 1983-04-12
Episode 15 Shall I Be Mother? - 1983-04-19
Episode 16 The Falklands Factor - 1983-04-26
Episode 17 A Matter of Choice for Billy - 1983-05-10
Episode 18 Floating Off - 1983-08-24

► Season 14 - Click for episodes

Episode 1 Stan's Last Game - 1983-10-25
Episode 2 Young Shoulders - 1984-02-14
Episode 3 A Coming to Terms for Billy - 1984-02-21
Episode 4 Z for Zachariah - 1984-02-28
Episode 5 Moving on the Edge - 1984-03-06
Episode 6 Desert of Lies - 1984-03-13
Episode 7 Hard Feelings - 1984-03-20
Episode 8 Under the Hammer - 1984-03-27
Episode 9 King - 1984-04-03
Episode 10 Rainy Day Women - 1984-04-10
Episode 11 Dog Ends - 1984-07-17
Episode 12 The Groundling and the Kite - 1984-07-24
Episode 13 The Cry - 1984-07-31
Episode 14 It Could Happen to Anybody - 1984-08-14
Episode 15 Only Children - 1984-08-21
Episode 16 The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle - 1984-08-28