Play for Today

Play for Today Season 1

TV Show

Season 1 Episodes

1. The Long Distance Piano Player

October 15th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

2. The Right Prospectus

October 22nd, 19701 hr 15 min

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

3. The Lie

October 29th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

4. Angels Are So Few

November 5th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

November 12th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

November 19th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

7. A Distant Thunder

November 26th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

8. Hearts and Flowers

December 3rd, 19701 hr 15 min

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

9. Robin Redbreast

December 10th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

10. The Hallelujah Handshake

December 17th, 19701 hr 15 min

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

11. Alma Mater

January 7th, 19711 hr 15 min

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

12. Circle Line

January 14th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

January 21st, 19711 hr 15 min

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

14. The Piano

January 28th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

15. Billy's Last Stand

February 4th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

16. The Rainbirds

February 11th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

February 18th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

18. The Foxtrot

April 29th, 19711 hr 15 min

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 6th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

20. Orkney

May 13th, 19711 hr 15 min

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 20th, 19711 hr 15 min

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

22. The Man in the Sidecar

May 27th, 19711 hr 15 min

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

23. Everybody Say Cheese

June 3rd, 19711 hr 15 min

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree

June 10th, 1971

All Seasons

Season 14

Season 14

Oct 25, 1983
Season 13

Season 13

Oct 19, 1982
Season 12

Season 12

Oct 20, 1981
Season 11

Season 11

Oct 21, 1980
Season 10

Season 10

Oct 11, 1979
Season 9

Season 9

Oct 17, 1978
Season 8

Season 8

Oct 18, 1977
Season 7

Season 7

Sep 14, 1976
Season 6

Season 6

Oct 14, 1975
Season 5

Season 5

Oct 31, 1974
Season 4

Season 4

Oct 18, 1973
Season 3

Season 3

Oct 9, 1972
Season 2

Season 2

Oct 14, 1971
Season 1

Season 1

Oct 15, 1970
Specials

Specials

Aug 25, 1987