Play for Today
TV Show| Title | Play for Today |
| User score | 6.1 |
| Release date | Oct 15, 1970 |
| Release date of last episode | Aug 28, 1984 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Production country | GB |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 14 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 309 |
| Run time | 75 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS14.E16 ∙ The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle
Aug 28, 1984
S14.E15 ∙ Only Children
Aug 21, 1984
S14.E14 ∙ It Could Happen to Anybody
Aug 14, 1984
S14.E13 ∙ The Cry
Jul 31, 1984
S14.E12 ∙ The Groundling and the Kite
Jul 24, 1984
S14.E11 ∙ Dog Ends
Jul 17, 1984
S14.E10 ∙ Rainy Day Women
Apr 10, 1984
S14.E9 ∙ King
Apr 3, 1984
S14.E8 ∙ Under the Hammer
Mar 27, 1984
S14.E7 ∙ Hard Feelings
Mar 20, 1984
S14.E6 ∙ Desert of Lies
Mar 13, 1984
S14.E5 ∙ Moving on the Edge
Mar 6, 1984
S14.E4 ∙ Z for Zachariah
Feb 28, 1984
S14.E3 ∙ A Coming to Terms for Billy
Feb 21, 1984
S14.E2 ∙ Young Shoulders
Feb 14, 1984
S14.E1 ∙ Stan's Last Game
Oct 25, 1983
S13.E18 ∙ Floating Off
Aug 24, 1983
S13.E17 ∙ A Matter of Choice for Billy
May 10, 1983
S13.E16 ∙ The Falklands Factor
Apr 26, 1983
S13.E15 ∙ Shall I Be Mother?
Apr 19, 1983
Actors
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Nigel Hawthorne
Graham, Jack, Police Captain, Fulton, Morris Shelman, Stanek / Vanek, Major Lewis Rolfe
Liz Smith
, Keith's Granny, Elfie, Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Thornley, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Oxfam
Bernard Hill
Edward, Eric, Sullivan, Simon Simpson, Mick, Bernard Blincoe, Graham
Alison Steadman
Nonie, Veronica, Jan Blincoe, Kay Pasmore, Susan
June Brown
Brenda, June, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Hilda, Melanie
Colin Jeavons
Lytton, Donald Duck, Production Monitor, Neeley, Dennis Turner
Tony Caunter
Alderman, Coxswain, Thomas Dwyer, Pinnock
Colin Douglas
Philips, Mr Leslie, Father, Jackson Arnott, Uncle Ernest
Gwyneth Strong
, Anne
Malcolm Terris
Jim, Jennings, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Mr. Dowdeswell
Graham Ashley
Barman, Jim Platt, Arthur, Mr. Hutton
John Bird
Raymond, Captain Wigmore, Lord North, Desmond Hughes
