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Play for Today (1970)

Oct 15, 1970 · 14 seasons · 314 episodes

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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.

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Series cast

  • Nigel Hawthorne Nigel Hawthorne Major Lewis Rolfe 8 episodes
  • Liz Smith Liz Smith Elfie 7 episodes
  • Bernard Hill Bernard Hill Bernard Blincoe 7 episodes
  • Alison Steadman Alison Steadman Veronica 5 episodes
  • Malcolm Terris Malcolm Terris Jennings 5 episodes
  • June Brown June Brown Melanie 5 episodes
  • Colin Douglas Colin Douglas Uncle Ernest 5 episodes
  • Tony Caunter Tony Caunter Alderman 5 episodes
  • Colin Jeavons Colin Jeavons Donald Duck 5 episodes
  • Frances Tomelty Frances Tomelty Woman in the Ward 5 episodes
  • Julian Curry Julian Curry Campion 5 episodes
  • Graham Ashley Graham Ashley Mr. Hutton 4 episodes
  • John Bird John Bird Raymond 4 episodes
  • Patrick Troughton Patrick Troughton Judge Barnes-Ritchie 4 episodes
  • Trevor Peacock Trevor Peacock Pearson 4 episodes
  • Phil Davis Phil Davis 2nd Youth (as Philip Davis) 4 episodes

Seasons

  • Poster for Play for Today, Series 1 Series 1 Oct 1970 · 24 episodes
  • Series 2 Oct 1971 · 19 episodes
  • Series 3 Oct 1972 · 28 episodes
  • Poster for Play for Today, Series 4 Series 4 Oct 1973 · 22 episodes
  • Series 5 Oct 1974 · 22 episodes
  • Series 6 Oct 1975 · 25 episodes
  • Series 7 Sep 1976 · 19 episodes
  • Poster for Play for Today, Series 8 Series 8 Oct 1977 · 18 episodes
  • Series 9 Oct 1978 · 21 episodes
  • Series 10 Oct 1979 · 28 episodes
  • Series 11 Oct 1980 · 27 episodes
  • Series 12 Oct 1981 · 22 episodes
  • Series 13 Oct 1982 · 18 episodes
  • Series 14 Oct 1983 · 21 episodes
  • Specials Aug 1987 · 7 episodes

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