Play for Today

Season 10 Episode 2: Cries from a Watchtower

14 Seasons Oct 18, 1979 NR 1h 11m 8.1

A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.

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Season 10 Episodes:

Episode 3 Comedians

3. Comedians

Aired: Oct 25, 1979

Six wannabe stand-up comedians attend an evening class run by Eddie Waters. E...

Episode 4 Even Solomon

4. Even Solomon

Aired: Nov 1, 1979

Everyone seems to have a theory about young Stephen's private life. So quiet ...

Episode 5 Just a Boys' Game

5. Just a Boys' Game

Aired: Nov 8, 1979

Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's to...

Episode 6 Billy

6. Billy

Aired: Nov 15, 1979

Four-year-old Billy lives with an abusive father in a terrible home situation...

Episode 7 A Hole in Babylon

7. A Hole in Babylon

Aired: Nov 29, 1979

A siege situation develops when an attempted robbery of a restaurant goes wrong.

Episode 8 The Slab Boys

8. The Slab Boys

Aired: Dec 6, 1979

Follows the antics of Slab Boys Phil, Spanky and Hector as they try to scrape...

Episode 10 The Network

10. The Network

Aired: Dec 20, 1979

What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in w...

Episode 12 Keep Smiling

12. Keep Smiling

Aired: Jan 10, 1980

Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes....

Episode 14 Thicker Than Water

14. Thicker Than Water

Aired: Jan 24, 1980

Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in ...

Episode 15 Murder Rap

15. Murder Rap

Aired: Jan 31, 1980

An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.

Episode 17 No Defence

17. No Defence

Aired: Feb 14, 1980

Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on...

Episode 18 'That crazy woman'

18. 'That crazy woman'

Aired: Feb 21, 1980

Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a nationa...

Episode 19 A Gift from Nessus

19. A Gift from Nessus

Aired: Feb 28, 1980

"You've been a good man with us, Eddie. Made a lot of contacts. But two thing...

Episode 21 Buses

21. Buses

Aired: Mar 13, 1980

In Yorkshire during the 20s, it seems that everyone who holds a driver's lice...

Episode 22 Shadows on Our Skin

22. Shadows on Our Skin

Aired: Mar 20, 1980

Joe is an 11-year-old boy growing up on the Bogside of Derry, Northern Irelan...

Episode 23 Ladies

23. Ladies

Aired: Mar 27, 1980

The A Shift at the MHS department store are organising a wedding gift present...

Episode 24 The Vanishing Army

24. The Vanishing Army

Aired: Apr 3, 1980

"Why don't you keep that missus o' yours under control? She ain't exactly doi...

Episode 26 The Executioner

26. The Executioner

Aired: Apr 17, 1980

Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the pol...

Episode 27 The Imitation Game

27. The Imitation Game

Aired: Apr 24, 1980

A young woman involved in secret work during World War II finds herself in di...

Episode 28 A Walk in the Forest

28. A Walk in the Forest

Aired: May 14, 1980

A group of people come together to help Soviet dissidents - "to act as horsef...


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Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama