Play for Today
TV Show| Seasons count | 14 |
| Episodes count | 309 |
| Total viewing time | 16 d. 2 h. 5 m. |
List of episodes of the series ‘Play for Today’
Episodes count: 24
S1.E1 ∙ The Long Distance Piano Player
Oct 15, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
S1.E2 ∙ The Right Prospectus
Oct 22, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
S1.E3 ∙ The Lie
Oct 29, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
S1.E4 ∙ Angels Are So Few
Nov 5, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
S1.E5 ∙ The Write-Off
Nov 12, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
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.
S1.E6 ∙ I Can't See My Little Willie
Nov 19, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
S1.E7 ∙ A Distant Thunder
Nov 26, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
S1.E8 ∙ Hearts and Flowers
Dec 3, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
S1.E9 ∙ Robin Redbreast
Dec 10, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
S1.E10 ∙ The Hallelujah Handshake
Dec 17, 1970
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1 h. 15 m.
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
S1.E11 ∙ Alma Mater
Jan 7, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
S1.E12 ∙ Circle Line
Jan 14, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
A 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.
S1.E13 ∙ Hell's Angel
Jan 21, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
S1.E14 ∙ The Piano
Jan 28, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
S1.E15 ∙ Billy's Last Stand
Feb 4, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
S1.E16 ∙ The Rainbirds
Feb 11, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
A 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.
S1.E17 ∙ Reddick
Feb 18, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
S1.E18 ∙ The Foxtrot
Apr 29, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
S1.E19 ∙ When the Bough Breaks
May 6, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
S1.E20 ∙ Orkney
May 13, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present
S1.E21 ∙ The Rank and File
May 20, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
S1.E22 ∙ The Man in the Sidecar
May 27, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
S1.E23 ∙ Everybody Say Cheese
Jun 3, 1971
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1 h. 15 m.
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
S1.E24 ∙ The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Jun 10, 1971
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