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.
28 Episodes
  • The Reporters
    The ReportersEpisode 1
  • A Life Is for Ever
    A Life Is for EverEpisode 2
  • Carson Country
    Carson CountryEpisode 3
  • Man Friday
    Man FridayEpisode 4
  • Triple Exposure
    Triple ExposureEpisode 5
  • Better than the Movies
    Better than the MoviesEpisode 6
  • The General's Day
    The General's DayEpisode 7
  • The Bankrupt
    The BankruptEpisode 8
  • Just Your Luck
    Just Your LuckEpisode 9
  • The Bouncing Boy
    The Bouncing BoyEpisode 10
  • Shakespeare or Bust
    Shakespeare or BustEpisode 11
  • Land of Green Ginger
    Land of Green GingerEpisode 12
  • Kisses at Fifty
    Kisses at FiftyEpisode 13
  • Highway Robbery
    Highway RobberyEpisode 14
  • Song at Twilight
    Song at TwilightEpisode 15
  • Only Make Believe
    Only Make BelieveEpisode 16
  • For Sylvia or The Air Show
    For Sylvia or The Air ShowEpisode 17
  • The Operation
    The OperationEpisode 18
  • Access to the Children
    Access to the ChildrenEpisode 19
  • Hard Labour
    Hard LabourEpisode 20
  • Man Above Men
    Man Above MenEpisode 21
  • Speech Day
    Speech DayEpisode 22
  • Steps Back
    Steps BackEpisode 23
  • Three's One
    Three's OneEpisode 24
  • Edward G.--Like the Film Star
    Edward G.--Like the Film StarEpisode 25
  • Blooming Youth
    Blooming YouthEpisode 26
  • The Stretch
    The StretchEpisode 27
  • Making the Play
    Making the PlayEpisode 28

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