Play for Today

1. Country

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathe...

2. London Is Drowning

A docudrama about what would happen if London was hit by severe flooding.

4. No Visible Scar

A nurse is subjected to an interrogation after giving medical treatment to a ...

5. Iris in the traffic... ...Ruby in the rain.

Iris is a young girl looking for employment, while Ruby is an embattled socia...

6. Protest

In an adaptation of Václav Havel's play, a dissident, newly released from pri...

7. United Kingdom

Todays theme is the United Kingdom.

8. P.Q. 17

Richard Briers plays Commander Jack Broome in a real-life story based on Broo...

9. The Factory

"What's a lockout, my son? A lock-out is engraved in the history of the class...

10. England's Greens and Peasant Land

A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through ...

11. A Cotswold Death

Inspector Arrowsmith investigates the murder of a rich Arab Sheik at a countr...

12. Under the Skin

Three women involved in different ways in the women's movement.

13. Commitments

Three-day weeks, strikes and the lights going out - the winter of 1973-4 fina...

14. Life After Death

Meg: We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel ...

15. The Silly Season

Malcolm goes through life hating the mundanity of his existence as a factory ...

16. Too Late to Talk to Billy

This play, set in 1977, is about rank, responsibilities and relationships wit...

17. Willie's Last Stand

Willie and his friends notice the passage of time around them, and how societ...

18. "Tishoo"

Frank has dedicated 19 years to researching a cure for the common cold, and i...

19. Home Sweet Home

Three postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of t...

20. A Sudden Wrench

"My life is over - and I just didn't notice it passing." A call to a radio he...

21. Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Rolling

Adolescents will always be obsessed by the same old subject, even when they a...

22. Whistling Wally

While Wally was happy there wasn't much wrong with the world, and pints seeme...