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Play for Today Season 14

Season 14 Episodes

1. Stan's Last Game

October 25th, 19831 hr 15 min

James Grout and Bert Parnaby are rival chairmen of a northern football club in the run-up to an important cup match. As tempers fray, retiring president Charles Lamb provides a calming voice of sanity.

2. Young Shoulders

February 14th, 19841 hr 15 min

Cynical teenager Andrew Groves re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after his sister dies in a plane crash.

3. A Coming to Terms for Billy

February 21st, 19841 hr 15 min

When his father comes home to Belfast after more than 2 years in England, conflicts arise with Billy

4. Z for Zachariah

February 28th, 19841 hr 15 min

After a nuclear holocaust, only a man and a woman survive in a Welsh valley.

5. Moving on the Edge

March 6th, 19841 hr 15 min

A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her husband and family.

6. Desert of Lies

March 13th, 19841 hr 15 min

An expedition tracing the path of long-lost missionaries meets with tragedy in the Kalahari Desert.

7. Hard Feelings

March 20th, 19841 hr 15 min

A group of unemployed Oxford drop-outs living in a Brixton commune get their come-uppance by one of them.

8. Under the Hammer

March 27th, 19841 hr 15 min

Concerning the life of the artist Vincent Van Gogh

9. King

April 3rd, 19841 hr 15 min

A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.

10. Rainy Day Women

April 10th, 19841 hr 15 min

In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumors of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria

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11. Dog Ends

July 17th, 19841 hr 15 min

In a future society where euthansia is common, a man signs papers to have his father put down

12. The Groundling and the Kite

July 24th, 19841 hr 15 min

Peter is a songwriter, while his old friend Jimmy is an A and R (Artists and Repertoire) man. But when Jimmy tries to sell one of Peter's songs, Peter is furious. Can the friendship survive?

13. The Cry

July 31st, 19841 hr 15 min

In 1959 Ulster, a journalist witnesses the beating of a youth

14. It Could Happen to Anybody

August 14th, 19841 hr 15 min

A long-suffering Glasgow housewife puts up with years of her husband's violence and drunkenness - and then something happens which makes her snap and fight back.

15. Only Children

August 21st, 19841 hr 15 min

A young woman's comfortable life is turned upside down when she has a baby.

16. The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

August 28th, 19841 hr 15 min

Miss Stella Estelle is a cabaret singer in working men's clubs, and she sings songs from the 1960s to support a large and difficult family. But how long can it go on? The backdrop is a family in decay: husband out of work, wife working and still doing the domestics, daughter the singer and hopeful star, son her "manager" but in reality going nowhere. Stella plays a crummy club circuit, singing songs for oldies for £50 a night - She's never going to be a star because of her parents' short-sighted greed.

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