Play for Today
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.
Cast
Nigel Hawthorne
Major Lewis Rolfe
8 episodes
Liz Smith
Mrs. Oxfam
7 episodes
Bernard Hill
Eric
7 episodes
Alison Steadman
Kay Pasmore
5 episodes
Malcolm Terris
Mr. Dowdeswell
5 episodes
June Brown
Brenda
5 episodes
Colin Douglas
Philips
5 episodes
Tony Caunter
Alderman
5 episodes
Colin Jeavons
Production Monitor
5 episodes
Frances Tomelty
Polly
5 episodes
Julian Curry
Jeremy Butler
5 episodes
Graham Ashley
Jim Platt
4 episodes
John Bird
Desmond Hughes
4 episodes
Patrick Troughton
Judge Barnes-Ritchie
4 episodes
Trevor Peacock
Pearson
4 episodes
Phil Davis
Kid
4 episodes
Albert Moses
Huq
4 episodes
Dave Hill
Maurice
4 episodes
Rosalind Ayres
Annabel
4 episodes
Elizabeth Spriggs
Olive James
4 episodes
Gwyneth Strong
Anne
4 episodes
James Greene
Dr. Blair
4 episodes
Stanley Lebor
Robin
4 episodes
Leonard Rossiter
3 episodes
Crew
- Music
- Carey Blyton
Seasons
Series 1
1970 · 24 eps
Series 2
1971 · 19 eps
Series 3
1972 · 28 eps
Series 4
1973 · 22 eps
Series 5
1974 · 22 eps
Series 6
1975 · 25 eps
Series 7
1976 · 19 eps
Series 8
1977 · 18 eps
Series 9
1978 · 21 eps
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