Play for Today

Season 4 (22 Episodes)

1973 NR 1h 15m 7.8

A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.

This show was a British television anthology drama series. It was produced by the BBC, and it was transmitted on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984. During this period, more than three hundred different episodes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were broadcast. Each episode was between fifty minutes and one hour and forty minutes in duration. Some of these plays, for example, Rumpole of the Bailey, subsequently became a television series.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 3 Jack Point

3. Jack Point

Aired: Nov 1, 1973

An amateur operatic society is preparing a Gilbert and Sullivan production, a...

Episode 6 Private Practice

6. Private Practice

Aired: Nov 22, 1973

Why does Sylvia Payne , with her successful husband and luxurious home, get i...

Episode 7 Shutdown

7. Shutdown

Aired: Nov 29, 1973

Bernie (Freddie Fletcher) gets a temporary job as an electrician during a fac...

Episode 8 Baby Blues

8. Baby Blues

Aired: Dec 6, 1973

After ten years of trying, Lavinia, and a large team of medics, finally manag...

Episode 9 Jingle Bells

9. Jingle Bells

Aired: Dec 13, 1973

Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day foot...

Episode 11 All Good Men

11. All Good Men

Aired: Jan 31, 1974

An elderly politician looks back over his career while being interviewed by a...

Episode 12 Joe's Ark

12. Joe's Ark

Aired: Feb 14, 1974

The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the...

Episode 13 Hot Fat

13. Hot Fat

Aired: Feb 21, 1974

Sauna baths are supposed to relax you, but it rather depends who you meet in ...

Episode 14 Easy Go

14. Easy Go

Aired: Mar 7, 1974

A group of Deptford youngsters hang about by the River Thames on a hot day. W...

Episode 15 Headmaster

15. Headmaster

Aired: Mar 14, 1974

Fisher is good at his job but in new circumstances that isn't enough: he has ...

Episode 16 Penda's Fen

16. Penda's Fen

Aired: Mar 21, 1974

Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identit...

Episode 20 Schmoedipus

20. Schmoedipus

Aired: Jun 20, 1974

When a stranger, Glen, appears at the door of middle-aged Elizabeth Carter, h...

Episode 21 The Childhood Friend

21. The Childhood Friend

Aired: Jun 27, 1974

On holiday, with his family, nothing to do and his wife ill, Sasha (Alexander...


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Info about Play for Today

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama