Play for Today
Series · 1970–1985 · Drama · 14 seasons
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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Episodes
75 minThe Long Distance Piano PlayerS1 · E1
75 minThe Right ProspectusS1 · E2
75 minThe LieS1 · E3
75 minAngels Are So FewS1 · E4- 75 minThe Write-OffS1 · E5
- 75 minI Can't See My Little WillieS1 · E6
- 75 minA Distant ThunderS1 · E7
- 75 minHearts and FlowersS1 · E8
75 minRobin RedbreastS1 · E9- 75 minThe Hallelujah HandshakeS1 · E10
- 75 minAlma MaterS1 · E11
- 75 minCircle LineS1 · E12
- 75 minHell's AngelS1 · E13
- 75 minThe PianoS1 · E14
- 75 minBilly's Last StandS1 · E15
- 75 minThe RainbirdsS1 · E16
- 75 minReddickS1 · E17
- 75 minThe FoxtrotS1 · E18
- 75 minWhen the Bough BreaksS1 · E19
- 75 minOrkneyS1 · E20
- 75 minThe Rank and FileS1 · E21
- 75 minThe Man in the SidecarS1 · E22
- 75 minEverybody Say CheeseS1 · E23
- The Cellar and the Almond TreeS1 · E24
Details
Release
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Oct 15, 1970
- Last aired
- Feb 5, 1985
Production
- Network
- BBC One
- Seasons
- 14
- Episodes
- 314