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Overview

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.

Series Cast

  1. Nigel Hawthorne as Graham, Jack, Morris Shelman, Police Captain, Major Lewis Rolfe, Stanek /  Vanek, and Fulton

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Graham, Jack, Morris Shelman, Police Captain and 3 more...

    8 Episodes

  2. Liz Smith as Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Oxfam, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Thornley, Elfie, and Mrs. Mathews

    Liz Smith

    Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Oxfam, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Thornley and 2 more...

    7 Episodes

  3. Bernard Hill as Eric, Bernard Blincoe, Sullivan, Edward, Graham, Simon Simpson, and Mick

    Bernard Hill

    Eric, Bernard Blincoe, Sullivan, Edward and 3 more...

    7 Episodes

  4. Colin Jeavons as Neeley, Production Monitor, Lytton, Donald Duck, and Dennis Turner

    Colin Jeavons

    Neeley, Production Monitor, Lytton, Donald Duck and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  5. Colin Douglas as Father, Philips, Uncle Ernest, Jackson Arnott, and Mr Leslie

    Colin Douglas

    Father, Philips, Uncle Ernest, Jackson Arnott and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  6. Gwyneth Strong as Anne

    Gwyneth Strong

    Anne

    4 Episodes

  7. Malcolm Terris as Jennings, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Mr. Dowdeswell, and Jim

    Malcolm Terris

    Jennings, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Mr. Dowdeswell, Jim

    4 Episodes

  8. Graham Ashley as Barman, Arthur, Mr. Hutton, and Jim Platt

    Graham Ashley

    Barman, Arthur, Mr. Hutton, Jim Platt

    4 Episodes

  9. Alison Steadman as Veronica, Jan Blincoe, Kay Pasmore, and Nonie

    Alison Steadman

    Veronica, Jan Blincoe, Kay Pasmore, Nonie

    4 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 14

70%

1983 • 16 Episodes

Season 14 of Play for Today premiered on October 25, 1983.

The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

(14x16, August 28, 1984) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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