Play for Today

Season 5 Episode 12: Sunset Across the Bay

14 Seasons Feb 20, 1975 NR 1h 10m 7.6

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature of their relationship, and what they have left.

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Leeds United!

1. Leeds United!

Aired: Oct 31, 1974

The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds...

Episode 2 Baby Love

2. Baby Love

Aired: Nov 7, 1974

After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at rando...

Episode 3 Back of Beyond

3. Back of Beyond

Aired: Nov 14, 1974

Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtua...

Episode 4 The Bevellers

4. The Bevellers

Aired: Nov 21, 1974

"Ye spend yer days grindin glass an' at the finish yer life's like slurry at ...

Episode 5 Taking Leave

5. Taking Leave

Aired: Nov 28, 1974

"Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six ye...

Episode 6 Fugitive

6. Fugitive

Aired: Dec 5, 1974

After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a h...

Episode 7 Eleanor

7. Eleanor

Aired: Dec 12, 1974

Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at schoo...

Episode 8 Gangsters

8. Gangsters

Aired: Jan 9, 1975

Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the c...

Episode 9 The After Dinner Game

9. The After Dinner Game

Aired: Jan 16, 1975

Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost ...

Episode 10 Breath

10. Breath

Aired: Jan 23, 1975

Nell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma...

Episode 13 Funny Farm

13. Funny Farm

Aired: Feb 27, 1975

The working day of nurse Alan Welbeck at a psychiatric ward. Points out the c...

Episode 14 Goodbye

14. Goodbye

Aired: Mar 6, 1975

"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row st...

Episode 16 Child of Hope

16. Child of Hope

Aired: Apr 24, 1975

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on tria...

Episode 17 The Saturday Party

17. The Saturday Party

Aired: May 1, 1975

The invitations are out for Richard and Jane Elkinson's annual Christmas part...

Episode 18 Wednesday Love

18. Wednesday Love

Aired: May 8, 1975

Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.

Episode 19 The Dandelion Clock

19. The Dandelion Clock

Aired: May 15, 1975

Belfast: 'On the hike' from school, her day controlled by the unreal time of ...

Episode 20 Brassneck

20. Brassneck

Aired: May 22, 1975

England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help f...

Episode 21 The Floater

21. The Floater

Aired: May 29, 1975

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on...

Episode 22 By Common Consent

22. By Common Consent

Aired: Jun 5, 1975

Adapted from Paul Thompson's celebrated play for the National Youth Theatre, ...

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Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama