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.
Seasons and episodes
14 seasons · 314 episodes
14
- 1S14 E1
Stan's Last Game
Oct 25, 198375 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.
- 2S14 E2
Young Shoulders
Feb 14, 198475 min
Cynical teenager Andrew Groves re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after his sister dies in a plane crash.
- 3S14 E3
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Feb 21, 198475 min
When his father comes home to Belfast after more than 2 years in England, conflicts arise with Billy
- 4S14 E4
Z for Zachariah
Feb 28, 198475 min
After a nuclear holocaust, only a man and a woman survive in a Welsh valley.
- 5S14 E5
Moving on the Edge
Mar 6, 198475 min
A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her husband and family.
- 6S14 E6
Desert of Lies
Mar 13, 198475 min
An expedition tracing the path of long-lost missionaries meets with tragedy in the Kalahari Desert.
Starring
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch Play for Today?
- Play for Today is not currently listed on a streaming service in the US. Use the country picker on the page to check other markets.
- How many seasons of Play for Today are there?
- Play for Today has 14 seasons and 314 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Play for Today?
- Play for Today has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on February 5, 1985.
- Who stars in Play for Today?
- Play for Today stars Nigel Hawthorne, Liz Smith, Bernard Hill, Alison Steadman, Malcolm Terris.
