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Overview

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Series Cast

  1. Nigel Hawthorne as Graham, Jack, Morris Shelman, Fulton, Major Lewis Rolfe, Stanek /  Vanek, and Police Captain

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Graham, Jack, Morris Shelman, Fulton and 3 more...

    8 Episodes

  2. Liz Smith as Mrs. Thornley, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Mathews, Elfie, and Mrs. Pritchett

    Liz Smith

    Mrs. Thornley, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Mathews and 2 more...

    7 Episodes

  3. Bernard Hill as Edward, Eric, Sullivan, Mick, Bernard Blincoe, Simon Simpson, and Graham

    Bernard Hill

    Edward, Eric, Sullivan, Mick and 3 more...

    7 Episodes

  4. Malcolm Terris as Jennings, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Mr. Dowdeswell, Jim, and Client

    Malcolm Terris

    Jennings, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Mr. Dowdeswell, Jim and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  5. Alison Steadman as Veronica, Nonie, Jan Blincoe, Susan, and Kay Pasmore

    Alison Steadman

    Veronica, Nonie, Jan Blincoe, Susan and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  6. June Brown as June, Brenda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Melanie, and Hilda

    June Brown

    June, Brenda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Melanie and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  7. Colin Jeavons as Neeley, Dennis Turner, Donald Duck, Production Monitor, and Lytton

    Colin Jeavons

    Neeley, Dennis Turner, Donald Duck, Production Monitor and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  8. Tony Caunter as Alderman, Pinnock, Coxswain, and Thomas Dwyer

    Tony Caunter

    Alderman, Pinnock, Coxswain, Thomas Dwyer

    5 Episodes

  9. Colin Douglas as Jackson Arnott, Philips, Mr Leslie, Father, and Uncle Ernest

    Colin Douglas

    Jackson Arnott, Philips, Mr Leslie, Father and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 14

70%

1983 • 16 Episodes

Season 14 of Play for Today premiered on October 25, 1983.

The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

(14x16, August 28, 1984) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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