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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 Mrs. Pritchett 7 episodes
  • Bernard Hill Bernard Hill Simon Simpson 7 episodes
  • Alison Steadman Alison Steadman Veronica 5 episodes
  • Malcolm Terris Malcolm Terris Jennings 5 episodes
  • June Brown June Brown Hilda 5 episodes
  • Colin Douglas Colin Douglas Mr Leslie 5 episodes
  • Tony Caunter Tony Caunter Coxswain 5 episodes
  • Colin Jeavons Colin Jeavons Lytton 5 episodes
  • Frances Tomelty Frances Tomelty Monagh 5 episodes
  • Julian Curry Julian Curry Jeremy Butler 5 episodes
  • Graham Ashley Graham Ashley Jim Platt 4 episodes
  • John Bird John Bird Lord North 4 episodes
  • Patrick Troughton Patrick Troughton Victor Marsden 4 episodes
  • Trevor Peacock Trevor Peacock Sheldon 4 episodes
  • Phil Davis Phil Davis Kid 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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