Play for Today (1970)

Drama

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.

Stars:

Writing:

Colin Welland

Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

5/10

Views: 2
Release Date: 1970-10-15
Language: English
Runtime: 75

Season 5 Episode List

Episode 1 - Leeds--United!
Release Date: 1974-10-31
About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story
Episode 2 - Baby Love
Release Date: 1974-11-07
After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Episode 3 - Back of Beyond
Release Date: 1974-11-14
Episode 4 - The Bevellers
Release Date: 1974-11-21
The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory
Episode 5 - Taking Leave
Release Date: 1974-11-28
Episode 6 - Fugitive
Release Date: 1974-12-05
Episode 7 - Eleanor
Release Date: 1974-12-12
Episode 8 - Gangsters
Release Date: 1975-01-09
A story exploring the Birmingham underworld
Episode 9 - The After Dinner Game
Release Date: 1975-01-16
Episode 10 - Breath
Release Date: 1975-01-23
A story about an asthma sufferer
Episode 11 - The Death of a Young, Young Man
Release Date: 1975-01-30
Three young students suspended from school face various problems.
Episode 12 - Sunset Across the Bay
Release Date: 1975-02-20
A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.
Episode 13 - Funny Farm
Release Date: 1975-02-27
One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital
Episode 14 - Goodbye
Release Date: 1975-03-06
Episode 15 - Just Another Saturday
Release Date: 1975-03-13
A young man participating in the Orange Parade in Glasgow becomes disillusioned with the pageant when he discovers its unpleasant and violent history and witnesses the participants' attacks on Catholics.
Episode 16 - A Child of Hope
Release Date: 1975-04-24
Episode 17 - The Saturday Party
Release Date: 1975-05-01
When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.
Episode 18 - Wednesday Love
Release Date: 1975-05-08
Episode 19 - The Dandelion Clock
Release Date: 1975-05-15
In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.
Episode 20 - Brassneck
Release Date: 1975-05-22
Episode 21 - The Floater
Release Date: 1975-05-29
Episode 22 - By Common Consent
Release Date: 1975-06-05
Political fantasy about a fascist regime