Play for Today
197014 seasons · 314 epEnded
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.
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Episodes
Ended1
1. Stan's Last Game
Oct 25, 1983
2
2. Young Shoulders
Feb 14, 1984
3
3. A Coming to Terms for Billy
Feb 21, 1984
4
4. Z for Zachariah
Feb 28, 1984
5
5. Moving on the Edge
Mar 6, 1984
6
6. Desert of Lies
Mar 13, 1984
7
7. Hard Feelings
Mar 20, 1984
8
8. Under the Hammer
Mar 27, 1984
9
9. King
Apr 3, 1984
10
10. Rainy Day Women
Apr 10, 1984
11
11. Dog Ends
Jul 17, 1984 7.0
12
12. The Groundling and the Kite
Jul 24, 1984
13
13. The Cry
Jul 31, 1984
14
14. It Could Happen to Anybody
Aug 14, 1984
15
15. Only Children
Aug 21, 1984
16
16. The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle
Aug 28, 1984
17
17. The Long March
Nov 20, 1984
18
18. Punters
Nov 27, 1984
19
19. Talk To Me
Dec 11, 1984
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20. Bird Fancier
Jan 15, 1985
21
21. Brigadista
Feb 5, 1985
Watch order
14 seasons — watch them in this order for the full story.
1Series 1
1970 · 24 ep
2Series 2
1971 · 19 ep · ★ 9.0
3Series 3
1972 · 28 ep
4Series 4
1973 · 22 ep · ★ 8.0
5Series 5
1974 · 22 ep
6Series 6
1975 · 25 ep
7Series 7
1976 · 19 ep
8Series 8
1977 · 18 ep
9Series 9
1978 · 21 ep
10Series 10
1979 · 28 ep
11Series 11
1980 · 27 ep
12Series 12
1981 · 22 ep · ★ 6.4
13Series 13
1982 · 18 ep
14Series 14
1983 · 21 ep · ★ 7.0
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