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Play for Today (1970 – 1985)

1970 • 14 seasons • Drama
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Play for Today — Series 1

24 episodes · Oct 14, 1970

1. The Long Distance Piano Player
Oct 15, 1970 · 75m

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

2. The Right Prospectus
Oct 22, 1970 · 75m

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

3. The Lie
Oct 29, 1970 · 75m

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

4. Angels Are So Few
Nov 5, 1970 · 75m

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

5. The Write-Off
Nov 12, 1970 · 75m

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.

6. I Can't See My Little Willie
Nov 19, 1970 · 75m

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

7. A Distant Thunder
Nov 26, 1970 · 75m

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

8. Hearts and Flowers
Dec 3, 1970 · 75m

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

9. Robin Redbreast
Dec 10, 1970 · 75m

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

10. The Hallelujah Handshake
Dec 17, 1970 · 75m

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

11. Alma Mater
Jan 7, 1971 · 75m

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

12. Circle Line
Jan 14, 1971 · 75m

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.

13. Hell's Angel
Jan 21, 1971 · 75m

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

14. The Piano
Jan 28, 1971 · 75m

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

15. Billy's Last Stand
Feb 4, 1971 · 75m

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

16. The Rainbirds
Feb 11, 1971 · 75m

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.

17. Reddick
Feb 18, 1971 · 75m

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

18. The Foxtrot
Apr 29, 1971 · 75m

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

19. When the Bough Breaks
May 6, 1971 · 75m

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

20. Orkney
May 13, 1971 · 75m

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

21. The Rank and File
May 20, 1971 · 75m

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

22. The Man in the Sidecar
May 27, 1971 · 75m

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

23. Everybody Say Cheese
Jun 3, 1971 · 75m

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Jun 10, 1971