Play for Today (1970)
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
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1. The Long Distance Piano Player1970-10-15 · 1h 15mA man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
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2. The Right Prospectus1970-10-22 · 1h 15mA couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
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3. The Lie1970-10-29 · 1h 15m""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
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4. Angels Are So Few1970-11-05 · 1h 15mA man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
- 5 5. The Write-Off1970-11-12 · 1h 15mA 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 work.
- 6 6. I Can't See My Little Willie1970-11-19 · 1h 15mA man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
- 7 7. A Distant Thunder1970-11-26 · 1h 15mA newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
- 8 8. Hearts and Flowers1970-12-03 · 1h 15mA TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
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9. Robin Redbreast1970-12-10 · 1h 15mA woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
- 10 10. The Hallelujah Handshake1970-12-17 · 1h 15mA petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
- 11 11. Alma Mater1971-01-07 · 1h 15mA civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
- 12 12. Circle Line1971-01-14 · 1h 15mA cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.
- 13 13. Hell's Angel1971-01-21 · 1h 15mA couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
- 14 14. The Piano1971-01-28 · 1h 15mAn old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
- 15 15. Billy's Last Stand1971-02-04 · 1h 15mBilly, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
- 16 16. The Rainbirds1971-02-11 · 1h 15mA 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 nightmare creatures.
- 17 17. Reddick1971-02-18 · 1h 15mCharges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
- 18 18. The Foxtrot1971-04-29 · 1h 15mAn odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
- 19 19. When the Bough Breaks1971-05-06 · 1h 15mWhen an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
- 20 20. Orkney1971-05-13 · 1h 15mA trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present
- 21 21. The Rank and File1971-05-20 · 1h 15mThe story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
- 22 22. The Man in the Sidecar1971-05-27 · 1h 15mA succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
- 23 23. Everybody Say Cheese1971-06-03 · 1h 15mThe story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
- 24 24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree1971-06-10
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