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Play for Today

  • TV Series
  • 1970–1984
  • 1h 15m
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BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into ... Read allBBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into series, like Rumpole of the Bailey.BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into series, like Rumpole of the Bailey.

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    • Alison Steadman
    • Nigel Hawthorne
    • David Daker
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    • Stars
      • Alison Steadman
      • Nigel Hawthorne
      • David Daker
    • 1User review
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Won 11 BAFTA Awards
      • 16 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Alison Steadman
    Alison Steadman
    • Beverly…
    • 1973–1981
    Nigel Hawthorne
    Nigel Hawthorne
    • Fulton…
    • 1971–1981
    David Daker
    David Daker
    • Andrew Saville…
    • 1975–1984
    Tony Caunter
    Tony Caunter
    • Alderman…
    • 1972–1981
    Bernard Hill
    Bernard Hill
    • Bernard Blincoe…
    • 1973–1981
    Liz Smith
    Liz Smith
    • Elfie…
    • 1973–1980
    Tony Doyle
    Tony Doyle
    • Blake…
    • 1975–1984
    Eamonn Boyce
    • Dubliner…
    • 1971–1981
    James Hazeldine
    James Hazeldine
    • Alf…
    • 1970–1982
    Paul Copley
    Paul Copley
    • Andy…
    • 1973–1981
    Bernard Gallagher
    • Faulkner…
    • 1973–1984
    Malcolm Terris
    Malcolm Terris
    • Client…
    • 1971–1983
    Joe Belcher
    Joe Belcher
    • Arthur…
    • 1974–1982
    June Watson
    June Watson
    • Matron…
    • 1970–1979
    Jack Shepherd
    Jack Shepherd
    • Dr. Pearce…
    • 1974–1981
    Christine Hargreaves
    • Cynthia Nicholls…
    • 1970–1981
    Rosemary Martin
    Rosemary Martin
    • Alison…
    • 1973–1982
    Colin Jeavons
    Colin Jeavons
    • Dennis Turner…
    • 1971–1983
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    5benjaminclasper

    It's an okay tv series from the 1970s to the early 80s but it's just fine and okay for me

    I think with play for today from what I've got from watching experience of some of the series episodes is that just some of the stories of the plays of the episodes are good and stand out somewhat for examples with play episodes like "Nuts in May", "Abigail's Party", and I sort of have small soft spots for plays such as "Penda's Fen" and "Our Day Out" and "Pasmore" just to name a few but with some of those good plays most of the rest just seem to have proven for me to be quite boring or somewhat depressing as well. Now just to bear in mind I'm 18 and so of course I was never alive when these plays were originally broadcasted but honestly with most of the plays I just seem to get the feeling that audiences who were watching at the time just would have found it quite dull some of the time and just in general not always the best television viewing for Tuesday nights on BBC1. For an example of a slightly not the most sensical of plays shall I say, "Jack Point" to name one now the play itself is situated around the G&S (Gilbert and Sullivan Society) and the story centers around the committee mainly as they decide who should get the part of Jack Point in the yeomen of the guard and they're deciding whether it should be Clive Bates or Rowland Matthews and in the end they decide to choose Rowland Matthews to play the part of Jack Point but he ends up looking so frail and quite poorly when he's finally up there on stage at the end.

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    • Trivia
      The series was axed because the Plays Department of BBC Drama was closed down, so that the money that was spent on plays, could be spent on a new soap opera called EastEnders (1985).
    • Connections
      Followed by BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)

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    • Release date
      • October 15, 1970 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Пьеса дня
    • Filming locations
      • England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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