Play for Today

Season 11 Episode 9: Name for the Day

14 SeasonsDec 16, 1980NR1h 15m6.4

Clive admits himself to a psychiatric hospital after undergoing a breakdown. His wife wants him back home, but in order for Clive to be released, he has to want to be cured.

Season 11 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pasmore

1. Pasmore

Aired: Oct 21, 1980

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stron...

Episode 2 C2H5OH

2. C2H5OH

Aired: Oct 28, 1980

"In heaven there is no drama - drama depends on failure and conflict. My trad...

Episode 5 Minor Complications

5. Minor Complications

Aired: Nov 18, 1980

Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. ...

Episode 6 Number on End

6. Number on End

Aired: Nov 25, 1980

What could Steve Jackson's documentary film expose that must be concealed fro...

Episode 7 Jude

7. Jude

Aired: Dec 2, 1980

Twelve-year-old Jude has never met Dick, his father. One Sunday afternoon Dic...

Episode 9 Name for the Day

9. Name for the Day

Aired: Dec 16, 1980

Clive admits himself to a psychiatric hospital after undergoing a breakdown. ...

Episode 10 Jessie

10. Jessie

Aired: Dec 23, 1980

A woman starts work as a nanny to a mute boy in a Victorian household. The bo...

Episode 11 Beyond the Pale

11. Beyond the Pale

Aired: Jan 6, 1981

The story of Jewish immigrants in London's East End in the early 20th century.

Episode 12 The Muscle Market

12. The Muscle Market

Aired: Jan 13, 1981

Danny Duggan's rough-house business methods and lifestyle owe more to early i...

Episode 14 Dear Brutus

14. Dear Brutus

Aired: Jan 27, 1981

"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for ...

Episode 15 The Cause

15. The Cause

Aired: Feb 3, 1981

A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unio...

Episode 16 Beloved Enemy

16. Beloved Enemy

Aired: Feb 10, 1981

A corporation decides to outsource one of their contracts to the U.S.S.R. dur...

Episode 18 The Union

18. The Union

Aired: Feb 24, 1981

You know the nuts and bolts of our policy? To penetrate the unions. To use al...

Episode 19 Sorry

19. Sorry

Aired: Mar 3, 1981

Two very different women share an office, a common enemy, and a sense of humour.

Episode 21 The Sin Bin

21. The Sin Bin

Aired: Mar 17, 1981

Six lifers living in an experimental self-rehabilitation unit attached to an ...

Episode 22 Before Water Lilies

22. Before Water Lilies

Aired: Mar 24, 1981

"A hundred years from now they're gonna be looking up at this old master and ...

Episode 23 Bavarian Night

23. Bavarian Night

Aired: Mar 31, 1981

When the dynamic young head-master of St Peter's Primary School decides to li...

Episode 24 The Good Time Girls

24. The Good Time Girls

Aired: Apr 7, 1981

Nancy and Ella are two bored housewives starved of affection when their husba...

Episode 25 Baby Talk

25. Baby Talk

Aired: Apr 14, 1981

It's such a simple, natural thing to have a baby, thinks Mary. But she and hu...

Episode 26 A Turn for the Worse

26. A Turn for the Worse

Aired: Apr 28, 1981

Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regula...

Episode 27 Psy-Warriors

27. Psy-Warriors

Aired: May 12, 1981

Soldiers are captured and interrogated by terrorists: but is it real or only ...

Info about Play for Today

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres:Comedy, Drama