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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.
Episode 25 : The House of Bernarda Alba
July. 28,1976
The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.
Episode 24 : Double Dare
April. 06,1976
A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.
Episode 23 : Early Struggles
March. 30,1976
A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood
Episode 22 : The Peddler
March. 23,1976
Episode 21 : Tiptoe through the Tulips
March. 16,1976
Episode 20 : Willie Rough
March. 09,1976
A story depicting life in a shipyard
Episode 19 : Love Letters on Blue Paper
March. 02,1976
Episode 18 : Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
February. 24,1976
A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.
Episode 17 : The Jumping Bean Bag
February. 17,1976
Episode 16 : The Happy Hunting Ground
February. 10,1976
Episode 15 : A Story to Frighten the Children
February. 03,1976
A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.
Episode 14 : Packman's Barn
January. 27,1976
John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.
Episode 13 : Doran's Box
January. 20,1976
Episode 12 : Nuts in May
January. 13,1976
Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.
Episode 11 : The Other Woman
January. 06,1976
An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.
Episode 10 : Rumpole of the Bailey
December. 16,1975
Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.
Episode 9 : A Passage to England
December. 09,1975
A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat
Episode 8 : Through the Night
December. 02,1975
A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.
Episode 7 : After the Solo
November. 25,1975
A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.
Episode 6 : Children of the Sun
November. 18,1975
Episode 5 : Keep an Eye on Albert
November. 11,1975
Episode 4 : 84 Charing Cross Road
November. 04,1975
An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years
Episode 3 : Moss
October. 28,1975
Episode 2 : Two Sundays
October. 21,1975
An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.
Episode 1 : Plaintiffs and Defendants
October. 14,1975
A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.
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