Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6(10)|1970-10-15|14 seasons, 314 episodes

Drama

Overview

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.

Episodes

Season 1(24)Season 2(19)Season 3(28)Season 4(22)Season 5(22)Season 6(25)Season 7(19)Season 8(18)Season 9(21)Season 10(28)Season 11(27)Season 12(22)Season 13(18)Season 14(21)

The Long Distance Piano Player

S1E1 · 1970-10-15 · 75m

The Long Distance Piano Player

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

The Right Prospectus

S1E2 · 1970-10-22 · 75m

The Right Prospectus

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

The Lie

S1E3 · 1970-10-29 · 75m

The Lie

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

Angels Are So Few

S1E4 · 1970-11-05 · 75m

Angels Are So Few

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

The Write-Off

S1E5 · 1970-11-12 · 75m

The Write-Off

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 work.

I Can't See My Little Willie

S1E6 · 1970-11-19 · 75m

I Can't See My Little Willie

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

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