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Play for Today (1970 – 1985)

1970 • 14 seasons • Drama
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Play for Today — Series 5

22 episodes · Oct 30, 1974

1. Leeds--United!
Oct 31, 1974 · 75m

About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story

2. Baby Love
Nov 7, 1974 · 75m

After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.

3. Back of Beyond
Nov 14, 1974 · 75m

Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventu…

4. The Bevellers
Nov 21, 1974 · 75m

The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory

5. Taking Leave
Nov 28, 1974 · 75m

"Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six years - that's long enough out of any man's life." Mike's time is nearly up. The army gives him a weekend pass so he's home from Ulster to decide whether to sign on …

6. Fugitive
Dec 5, 1974 · 75m

After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to …

7. Eleanor
Dec 12, 1974 · 75m

Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at school and virtually ignored by her parents. With a mundane working existence awaiting her, she desires a chance at another life - but at what cost?

8. Gangsters
Jan 9, 1975 · 75m

A story exploring the Birmingham underworld

9. The After Dinner Game
Jan 16, 1975 · 75m

Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protége professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is t…

10. Breath
Jan 23, 1975 · 75m

A story about an asthma sufferer

11. The Death of a Young, Young Man
Jan 30, 1975 · 75m

Three young students suspended from school face various problems.

12. Sunset Across the Bay
Feb 20, 1975 · 75m

A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.

13. Funny Farm
Feb 27, 1975 · 75m

One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital

14. Goodbye
Mar 6, 1975 · 75m

"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and…

15. Just Another Saturday
Mar 13, 1975 · 75m

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.

16. A Child of Hope
Apr 24, 1975 · 75m

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must ab…

17. The Saturday Party
May 1, 1975 · 75m

When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.

18. Wednesday Love
May 8, 1975 · 75m

Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.

19. The Dandelion Clock
May 15, 1975 · 75m

In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.

20. Brassneck
May 22, 1975 · 75m

England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.

21. The Floater
May 29, 1975 · 75m

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

22. By Common Consent
Jun 5, 1975 · 75m

Political fantasy about a fascist regime