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Play for Today

1970 ★ 6.6 14 seasons 314 eps TV-MA
Drama

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

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Play for Today is available to stream on Nabby via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The drama has 14 seasons and 314 total episodes, rated 6.6/10 by 10 viewers.

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Episodes 314 total across 14 seasons

24 episodes19703 watched
S1 · E1
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The Long Distance Piano Player✓
Oct 15, 1970
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
S1 · E2
75m
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The Right Prospectus✓
Oct 22, 1970
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
S1 · E3
75m
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The Lie✓
Oct 29, 1970
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
S1 · E4
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Angels Are So Few✓
Nov 5, 1970
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
S1 · E5
75m
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The Write-Off✓
Nov 12, 1970
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.
S1 · E6
75m
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I Can't See My Little Willie✓
Nov 19, 1970
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
S1 · E7
75m
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A Distant Thunder✓
Nov 26, 1970
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
S1 · E8
75m
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Hearts and Flowers✓
Dec 3, 1970
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
S1 · E9
75m
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Robin Redbreast✓
Dec 10, 1970
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
S1 · E10
75m
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The Hallelujah Handshake✓
Dec 17, 1970
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
S1 · E11
75m
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Alma Mater✓
Jan 7, 1971
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
S1 · E12
75m
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Circle Line✓
Jan 14, 1971
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.
S1 · E13
75m
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Hell's Angel✓
Jan 21, 1971
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
S1 · E14
75m
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The Piano✓
Jan 28, 1971
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
S1 · E15
75m
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Billy's Last Stand✓
Feb 4, 1971
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
S1 · E16
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The Rainbirds✓
Feb 11, 1971
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.
S1 · E17
75m
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Reddick✓
Feb 18, 1971
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
S1 · E18
75m
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The Foxtrot✓
Apr 29, 1971
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
S1 · E19
75m
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When the Bough Breaks✓
May 6, 1971
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
S1 · E20
75m
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Orkney✓
May 13, 1971
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
S1 · E21
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The Rank and File✓
May 20, 1971
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
S1 · E22
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The Man in the Sidecar✓
May 27, 1971
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
S1 · E23
75m
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Everybody Say Cheese✓
Jun 3, 1971
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
S1 · E24
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The Cellar and the Almond Tree✓
Jun 10, 1971

Frequently asked

How many seasons does Play for Today have?

Play for Today has 14 seasons with 314 episodes in total.

Is Play for Today still on the air?

Play for Today has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs Play for Today?

Play for Today airs on BBC One.

When did Play for Today first air?

Play for Today first aired on October 15, 1970.

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