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 Today
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Details

First aired
15 Oct 1970
Seasons
14
Episodes
314
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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
Writers
Dennis PotterMike LeighBrian ClarkColin WellandJim AllenJohn McGrathBarrie KeeffePeter TersonBarry HinesPeter McDougallWilliam TrevorTrevor GriffithsJulia JonesDavid HareAlan BleasdaleRhys AdrianSimon GrayJeremy PaulPeter RansleyJack RosenthalJohn ElliotDouglas LivingstoneCarol BunyanGraham ReidJeremy SeabrookTony PerrinMichael O'NeillStewart ParkerDavid HopkinsJohn BowenLes BlairArthur HopcraftLeslie StewartBrian GloverDon ShawPiers Paul ReadRobin ChapmanBill CraigStephen FaganPeter HankinHugh WhitemoreTony ParkerDavid LelandMalcolm BradburyHorace OvéWilly RussellVáclav HavelVera BlackwellDavid HalliwellRachel BillingtonDerek MahonRose TremainDavid EdgarStephen PoliakoffWillis HallLeon GriffithsWally K. DalyTom ClarkePaula MilneAlan BennettHoward BrentonBernard KopsPeter PrinceRon HutchinsonRobert HollesAlan GibsonAlan ClewsCaryl ChurchillJohn ChallenMike StottPhilip MartinDion BoucicaultRoger MilnerElizabeth TaylorRoy KendallJohn Harvey-FlintHelene HanffRichard EyreDon HaworthWatson GouldMichael SadlerWilliam McIlvanneyMaurice EdelmanGilly FraserMary O'MalleyBryan ForbesPeter NicholsJohn NortonDusty HughesDerek ListerCharles LevinsonDavid StoreyLesley BruceRoy MintonDenis CannanJan GriffithsJames Andrew HallAndrew TaylorRaymond HitchcockDavid TurnerBill BrydenJehane MarkhamSean WalshTom HadawayGeorge Mackay BrownHoward BarkerRobert MarshallRobert HolmanRobert C. O'BrienAlun OwenLeonard PrestonNemone LethbridgeJohn WainJon AmielJoyce NearyJudy ForrestWilson John HaireAndy McSmithDavid StoreyRoger SmithDouglas DunnGordon FlemyngDominic BehanEric ColtartW. Stephen GilbertCharles WoodFrances GalleymoreCharlotte BinghamJennifer JohnstonAnthony GarnerJohn ByrneGeoffrey CaseLewis Grassic GibbonJim HawkinsDavid MercerH.O. NazarethBarry ReckordJoel CarlsonJ.M. BarrieNoël CowardRosemary DaviesAdrian MitchellAlma CullenHenry LivingsRita MayJimmy O'ConnorAndrew CarrChristopher MenaulAlan SharpSean McCarthyDavid CreganAndrew DaviesIngmar BergmanBeryl BainbridgeRay LawlerLionel GoldsteinAntonia FraserMunroe ScottBrian ThompsonBarry CollinsJohn MortimerAlan GarnerWilliam SansomN.F. SimpsonDoug LucieJohn BurrowsAlan PlaterDavid HodsonChris KewbankRobert SmithBob LarbeyEdward KuznetsovTony BicâtStephen LoweTerence BradyJeremy SandfordDavid PirieAnthony ReadElaine FeinsteinTed WhiteheadColin Haydn EvansAlick RoweNeville SmithNigel WilliamsJames DuthieMichael HastingsClive ExtonRichard HarrisPenelope MortimerArnold WeskerStephen MulrineHugh McManusJohn HopkinsIan McEwanMarcella EvaristiStephen DavisJohn EsmondeIan CullenGraham WilliamsPaul JoyceChristopher BigsbyG.F. NewmanGeorge SalversonRoddy McMillanJohn HardingJaney PregerMaurice LeitchDavid RudkinDixie WilliamsReg Gadney
Composer
Carey Blyton

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