Play for Today
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.
Season 4 Episodes
Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friend…
They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making. Their really big event is the …
An amateur operatic society is preparing a Gilbert and Sullivan production, and someone new is needed for the role of Ja…
Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the …
An early retirement and a seaside bungalow-for Arthur and Marion it's not a chance to miss, especially since their son i…
Why does Sylvia Payne , with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's school f…
Bernie gets a temporary job as an electrician during a factory's annual minimal workforce period. But what secrets is Be…
After ten years of trying, Lavinia, and a large team of medics, finally manage to produce a live baby. She should now be…
Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day football - but, among the celebrations, some ha…
A young farmgirl begins a romance with an artist
E11
An elderly politician looks back over his career while being interviewed by a TV producer.
E12
A pet shop owner forsakes his religious beliefs when his daughter gets cancer
Sauna baths are supposed to relax you, but it rather depends who you meet in there.
A group of Deptford youngsters hang about by the River Thames on a hot day. When they and some nearby dockers spot a val…
Fisher is good at his job but in new circumstances that isn't enough: he has to face the risks of competition for someth…
E16
Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt a…
At the climax of the School Sports something went drastically wrong. Now, Wallace Pidgeon faces the contradictory demand…
Further adventures of three Derbyshire miners
E19
The exploitation of the Scottish land and its people from the 18th century to the present
E20
A young man persuades a woman that he is her son.
On holiday, with his family, nothing to do and his wife ill, Sasha is only too pleased to meet again the girl he loved a…
The friendship of two residents of a retirement home ends up in marriage
