Play for Tomorrow

1982 NR 1h 00m 6.5

An anthology of six plays that offered predictions of the future ranging from 1997-2016. Made by the same team behind the more regarded Play For Today, it lasted for a single series.

An anthology of six science fiction plays ; In "Crimes", a psychologist tries to cope with marital problems while working on the problem of prison overcrowding in 2002. In "Bright Eyes", Britain is seen to be in the middle of a Euro-war in 1999. In "Cricket", two village communities take unusual measures to win a local cricket match in 1997. In "The Nuclear Family", a 1999 British family take a working holiday in an underwater missile base. In "Shades", set in 1999 again, the government has paid unemployed youths to live in converted office blocks and amuse themselves through virtual reality, and in "Easter 2016", students in a Northern Ireland college stage an uprising to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Crimes

1. Crimes

Aired: Apr 13, 1982

A play by Caryl Churchill, depicting the start of the 21st century. With pris...

Episode 2 Bright Eyes

2. Bright Eyes

Aired: Apr 20, 1982

New Year's Eve 1999, and Europe is a single army at war. Sam Howard visits hi...

Episode 3 Cricket

3. Cricket

Aired: Apr 27, 1982

Coanwood Cricket Club hold their selection committee for the weekend's match,...

Episode 4 The Nuclear Family

4. The Nuclear Family

Aired: May 4, 1982

1999, and technology is being developed by keeping the populace terrified of ...

Episode 5 Shades

5. Shades

Aired: May 11, 1982

The third and final play set in 1999, this edition features a young society t...

Episode 6 Easter 2016

6. Easter 2016

Aired: May 18, 1982

In March 2016, prior to the centennial of the Easter Rising at Northern Irela...

Info about Play for Tomorrow

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi