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. Traitor1971-10-14 · 1h 15mA British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists
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2. Edna, the Inebriate Woman1971-10-21 · 1h 30mEdna, the Inebriate Woman is a British television drama written by Jeremy Sandford which was transmitted by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series on 21 October 1971. Directe
- 3 3. Evelyn1971-10-28 · 1h 15mFrank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.
- 4 4. O Fat White Woman1971-11-04 · 1h 15mThe wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students
- 5 5. Thank You Very Much1971-11-11 · 1h 15mA social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors.
- 6 6. Michael Regan1971-11-18 · 1h 15mA man gets revenge on a pub owner
- 7 7. Skin Deep1971-11-25 · 1h 15mAn awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer.
- 8 8. Pal1971-12-02 · 1h 15mTwo sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.
- 9 9. The Pigeon Fancier1971-12-09 · 1h 15mA retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.
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10. Home1972-01-06 · 1h 15mA story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home
- 11 11. Still Waters1972-01-13 · 1h 15mA marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of an unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their sto
- 12 12. Stocker's Copper1972-01-20 · 1h 15mIn Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop
- 13 13. The House on Highbury Hill1972-01-27 · 1h 15mA married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.
- 14 14. In the Beautiful Caribbean1972-02-03 · 1h 15mA story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica
- 15 15. Ackerman, Dougall and Harker1972-02-10 · 1h 15mA salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course
- 16 16. The Villa Maroc1972-02-17 · 1h 15mA couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa
- 17 17. Cows1972-02-24 · 1h 15mA social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.
- 18 18. A Time to Keep1972-04-27 · 1h 15m
- 19 19. The Fishing Party1972-06-01 · 1h 15mThe adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing
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