Alan Clarke
Director
Play for Today (1970)
Season 10
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.
Released Oct. 15, 1970
Episode 75 min
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Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, imdb.low-budget-tv-series, imdb.play-today, imdb.fun, imdb.live-for-today, imdb.rhyme-in-title + 7 more, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.anthology, imdb.play, imdb.theater, imdb.anthology-series, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.1970s
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S10E1 - Long Distance Information
A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies
Oct. 11, 1979, midnight
S10E2 - Cries from a Watchtower
A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.
Oct. 18, 1979, midnight
S10E3 - Comedians
Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.
Oct. 25, 1979, midnight
S10E4 - Even Solomon
Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction of the challenges he faces and a fascinating glimpse at the gender politics of the day.
Nov. 1, 1979, midnight
S10E5 - Just a Boy's Game
In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was
Nov. 8, 1979, midnight
S10E6 - Billy
A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father
Nov. 15, 1979, midnight
S10E7 - A Hole in Babylon
Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.
Nov. 29, 1979, midnight
S10E8 - The Slab-Boys
The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory
Dec. 6, 1979, midnight
S10E9 - Katie: The Year of a Child
A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.
Dec. 13, 1979, midnight
S10E10 - The Network
What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?
Dec. 20, 1979, midnight
S10E11 - Chance of a Lifetime
A young man quits school and joins the army.
Jan. 3, 1980, midnight
S10E12 - Keep Smiling
Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of the next six months.
Jan. 10, 1980, midnight
S10E13 - Dreams of Leaving
A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.
Jan. 17, 1980, midnight
S10E14 - Thicker Than Water
Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.
Jan. 24, 1980, midnight
S10E15 - Murder Rap
An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.
Jan. 31, 1980, midnight
S10E16 - Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.
Feb. 7, 1980, midnight
S10E17 - No Defence
Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on his arrival he's arrested for an historical rape with seemingly no defence.
Feb. 14, 1980, midnight
S10E18 - That Crazy Woman
Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.
Feb. 21, 1980, midnight
S10E19 - A Gift from Nessus
The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s
Feb. 28, 1980, midnight
S10E20 - Kate, the Good Neighbour
A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.
March 6, 1980, midnight
S10E21 - Buses
A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930
March 13, 1980, midnight
S10E22 - Shadows on Our Skin
The problems of an 11-year-old boy living in the Catholic part of Londonderry
March 20, 1980, midnight
S10E23 - Ladies
The A Shift at the MHS department store are organising a wedding gift presentation for Elaine. But what's on Miriam's mind, and why does she seem so out of sorts?
March 27, 1980, midnight
S10E24 - The Vanishing Army
A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life
April 3, 1980, midnight
S10E25 - Not for the Likes of Us
"I dunno, years of putting up with it, waiting on you all, for what? Eh? To become a 14-stone invisible woman?"
April 10, 1980, midnight
S10E26 - The Executioner
Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.
April 17, 1980, midnight
S10E27 - The Imitation Game
During World War II, an idealistic young woman joins the Army Transport Service
April 24, 1980, midnight
S10E28 - A Walk in the Forest
A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident
May 14, 1980, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 75 min.
Season Runtime: 23550 min.
Released: Oct. 15, 1970
Last Air Date: Feb. 5, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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