Play for Today

Season 14 Episode 8: King

14 Seasons Mar 27, 1984 NR 1h 20m 8.2

A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.

Season 14 Episodes:

Episode 1 Young Shoulders

1. Young Shoulders

Aired: Oct 25, 1983

A cynical teenage boy re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after...

Episode 3 Z for Zachariah

3. Z for Zachariah

Aired: Feb 21, 1984

Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a ...

Episode 4 Moving on the Edge

4. Moving on the Edge

Aired: Feb 28, 1984

A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her h...

Episode 5 Desert of Lies

5. Desert of Lies

Aired: Mar 6, 1984

Jake and Sue's expedition to the Kalahari Desert in 1983 follows in the foots...

Episode 6 Hard Feelings

6. Hard Feelings

Aired: Mar 13, 1984

A group of house-sharing ex-college friends begin to find their existence dis...

Episode 7 Under the Hammer

7. Under the Hammer

Aired: Mar 20, 1984

A previously unknown painting by Vincent Van Gogh, said to have come from Rus...

Episode 8 King

8. King

Aired: Mar 27, 1984

A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the ...

Episode 9 Rainy Day Women

9. Rainy Day Women

Aired: Apr 3, 1984

In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumors of Ger...

Episode 10 Dog Ends

10. Dog Ends

Aired: Apr 10, 1984

Arthur's life is becoming miserable as he has to share his family home with a...

Episode 12 The Cry

12. The Cry

Aired: Jul 24, 1984

In Ulster in 1959, a journalist witnesses the beating of a youth.

Episode 14 Only Children

14. Only Children

Aired: Aug 14, 1984

A young woman's comfortable life is turned upside down when she has a baby.


Info about Play for Today

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama