Play for Today
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.
Play for TodaySeries
Details
- First aired
- 15 Oct 1970
- Seasons
- 14
- Episodes
- 314
- TMDB 6.6
- Last aired
- 5 Feb 1985
- Genres
Drama
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- Episode runtime
- 1 h 15 min
- Countries
GB
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- Play for Today
- Cast
- Writers
Dennis Potter Mike Leigh Brian Clark Colin Welland Jim Allen John McGrath Barrie Keeffe Peter Terson Barry Hines Peter McDougall William Trevor Trevor Griffiths Julia Jones David Hare Alan Bleasdale Rhys Adrian Simon Gray Jeremy Paul Peter Ransley Jack Rosenthal John Elliot Douglas Livingstone Carol Bunyan Graham Reid Jeremy Seabrook Tony Perrin Michael O'Neill Stewart Parker David Hopkins John Bowen Les Blair Arthur Hopcraft Leslie Stewart Brian Glover Don Shaw Piers Paul Read Robin Chapman Bill Craig Stephen Fagan Peter Hankin Hugh Whitemore Tony Parker David Leland Malcolm Bradbury Horace Ové Willy Russell Václav Havel Vera Blackwell David Halliwell Rachel Billington Derek Mahon Rose Tremain David Edgar Stephen Poliakoff Willis Hall Leon Griffiths Wally K. Daly Tom Clarke Paula Milne Alan Bennett Howard Brenton Bernard Kops Peter Prince Ron Hutchinson Robert Holles Alan Gibson Alan Clews Caryl Churchill John Challen Mike Stott Philip Martin Dion Boucicault Roger Milner Elizabeth Taylor Roy Kendall John Harvey-Flint Helene Hanff Richard Eyre Don Haworth Watson Gould Michael Sadler William McIlvanney Maurice Edelman Gilly Fraser Mary O'Malley Bryan Forbes Peter Nichols John Norton Dusty Hughes Derek Lister Charles Levinson David Storey Lesley Bruce Roy Minton Denis Cannan Jan Griffiths James Andrew Hall Andrew Taylor Raymond Hitchcock David Turner Bill Bryden Jehane Markham Sean Walsh Tom Hadaway George Mackay Brown Howard Barker Robert Marshall Robert Holman Robert C. O'Brien Alun Owen Leonard Preston Nemone Lethbridge John Wain Jon Amiel Joyce Neary Judy Forrest Wilson John Haire Andy McSmith David Storey Roger Smith Douglas Dunn Gordon Flemyng Dominic Behan Eric Coltart W. Stephen Gilbert Charles Wood Frances Galleymore Charlotte Bingham Jennifer Johnston Anthony Garner John Byrne Geoffrey Case Lewis Grassic Gibbon Jim Hawkins David Mercer H.O. Nazareth Barry Reckord Joel Carlson J.M. Barrie Noël Coward Rosemary Davies Adrian Mitchell Alma Cullen Henry Livings Rita May Jimmy O'Connor Andrew Carr Christopher Menaul Alan Sharp Sean McCarthy David Cregan Andrew Davies Ingmar Bergman Beryl Bainbridge Ray Lawler Lionel Goldstein Antonia Fraser Munroe Scott Brian Thompson Barry Collins John Mortimer Alan Garner William Sansom N.F. Simpson Doug Lucie John Burrows Alan Plater David Hodson Chris Kewbank Robert Smith Bob Larbey Edward Kuznetsov Tony Bicât Stephen Lowe Terence Brady Jeremy Sandford David Pirie Anthony Read Elaine Feinstein Ted Whitehead Colin Haydn Evans Alick Rowe Neville Smith Nigel Williams James Duthie Michael Hastings Clive Exton Richard Harris Penelope Mortimer Arnold Wesker Stephen Mulrine Hugh McManus John Hopkins Ian McEwan Marcella Evaristi Stephen Davis John Esmonde Ian Cullen Graham Williams Paul Joyce Christopher Bigsby G.F. Newman George Salverson Roddy McMillan John Harding Janey Preger Maurice Leitch David Rudkin Dixie Williams Reg Gadney - Composer
Carey Blyton
