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Play for Today (1970 – 1985)

1970 • 14 seasons • Drama
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Play for Today — Series 9

21 episodes · Oct 16, 1978

1. Nina
Oct 17, 1978 · 75m

The story of two Soviet dissidents living in London and slowly coming apart under the strain of his drinking and her enforced separation from her child

2. Victims of Apartheid
Oct 24, 1978 · 75m

George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.

3. A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
Oct 31, 1978 · 75m

A young man is declared a hero when he catches a burglar until it's discovered that the burglar is a dwarf.

4. Dinner at the Sporting Club
Nov 7, 1978 · 75m

A story about young boxers whose fighting provides entertainment for diners at a sporting club

5. Donal and Sally
Nov 14, 1978 · 75m

Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems - problems which alarm their families and the instructors at Strathvale Centre.

6. Sorry
Nov 21, 1978 · 75m

Consists of two plays ""Audience"" and ""Private View"" about a brewery worker and writer who incurs the wrath of the autocratic government

7. Butterflies Don't Count
Nov 28, 1978 · 75m

"Whether priest or thespian, never once let yourself doubt that the role you're playing is real. Lead your little flock from childhood to the grave via God's sweet sacraments and let no doubts intrude - ever."

8. Soldiers Talking Cleanly
Dec 5, 1978 · 75m

A freelance TV presenter has been hired by the BBC to film a documentary about the British army stationed in Germany. Unfortunately the budget is so low he is only allowed to film soldiers talking, and all bad language must be censored.

9. One Bummer Newsday
Dec 12, 1978 · 75m

What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?

10. The Out of Town Boys
Jan 2, 1979 · 75m

"This could be a bit special, Maggie. This could be the first case of an office block falling down during the topping-out party."

11. Vampires
Jan 9, 1979 · 75m

Three boys watch horror films on late night TV and see a man in a local cemetery whom they believe to be a vampire.

12. The Chief Mourner
Jan 16, 1979 · 75m

For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the police when his wife is murdered.

13. Waterloo Sunset
Jan 23, 1979 · 75m

A young man and an old woman try to fit in when their neighborhood goes West Indian

14. Blue Remembered Hills
Jan 30, 1979 · 75m

The play activities of seven children living in the countryside during the summer of 1943 end in tragedy; the children were played by adults in childrens clothing. The title is taken from A.E. Housman's 1896 poem: "Into my heart an air tha…

15. Who's Who
Feb 6, 1979 · 75m

Slice-of-life look at class divisions among employees of a brokerage house. Alan, with his portrait of the Queen and love of the peerage; his wife April, who raises cats; youthful and pretentious friends Nigel, Giles, and Anthony, who gathe…

16. The Last Window Cleaner
Feb 13, 1979 · 75m

The Irish troubles as seen by residents of a boarding house called ""The Crumlin View""

17. Ploughman's Share
Feb 27, 1979 · 75m

"Ploughman. Nobody calls you that. You're a has-been. Your head and heart went into a museum wi' that lot you keep in there. Face it: you're redundant."

18. Degree of Uncertainty
Mar 6, 1979 · 75m

"I'm 37 years old, remember? I'm not a dead-pan, genned-up, discreetly nymphomaniac ex-head-girl like the majority of your female students. I'm an innocent. I'm vulnerable."

19. Light
Mar 13, 1979 · 75m

A village in Cheshire. A deserted cinema. A poet murdered by Stalin. A blown fuse. Victor Silvester. Pickets on trial. Trimmers and fishwires.

20. Coming Out
Apr 10, 1979 · 75m

A closeted homosexual writer is content to lead a double life

21. Don't Be Silly
Jul 24, 1979 · 75m

A young wife tries to cope with her abusive husband.