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Play for Today (1970)

6.6 14 seasons 314 episodes Ended
Drama

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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Seasons & episodes

E1
The Long Distance Piano PlayerOct 15, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

E2
The Right ProspectusOct 22, 1970 · 1h 15m

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

E3
The LieOct 29, 1970 · 1h 15m

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

E4
Angels Are So FewNov 5, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

E5
The Write-OffNov 12, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in…

E6
I Can't See My Little WillieNov 19, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

E7
A Distant ThunderNov 26, 1970 · 1h 15m

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

E8
Hearts and FlowersDec 3, 1970 · 1h 15m

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

E9
Robin RedbreastDec 10, 1970 · 1h 15m

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

E10
The Hallelujah HandshakeDec 17, 1970 · 1h 15m

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

E11
Alma MaterJan 7, 1971 · 1h 15m

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

E12
Circle LineJan 14, 1971 · 1h 15m

A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with…

E13
Hell's AngelJan 21, 1971 · 1h 15m

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

E14
The PianoJan 28, 1971 · 1h 15m

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

E15
Billy's Last StandFeb 4, 1971 · 1h 15m

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

E16
The RainbirdsFeb 11, 1971 · 1h 15m

A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nigh…

E17
ReddickFeb 18, 1971 · 1h 15m

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

E18
The FoxtrotApr 29, 1971 · 1h 15m

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

E19
When the Bough BreaksMay 6, 1971 · 1h 15m

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

E20
OrkneyMay 13, 1971 · 1h 15m

A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present

E21
The Rank and FileMay 20, 1971 · 1h 15m

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

E22
The Man in the SidecarMay 27, 1971 · 1h 15m

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

E23
Everybody Say CheeseJun 3, 1971 · 1h 15m

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

E24
The Cellar and the Almond TreeJun 10, 1971

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