Play for Today

1970    75m
Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
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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.
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14 Seasons
  • Specials
    Specials1 Episode
  • Season 1
    Season 124 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 219 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 328 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 422 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 522 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 625 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 719 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 818 Episodes
  • Season 9
    Season 921 Episodes
  • Season 10
    Season 1028 Episodes
  • Season 11
    Season 1127 Episodes
  • Season 12
    Season 1222 Episodes
  • Season 13
    Season 1318 Episodes
  • Season 14
    Season 1416 Episodes
Cast of Play for Today
  • Nigel HawthorneGraham
  • Liz SmithMrs. Thornley
  • Bernard HillGraham
  • Colin JeavonsLytton
  • Colin DouglasUncle Ernest
  • Gwyneth StrongAnne
  • Malcolm TerrisPsychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
  • Graham AshleyMr. Hutton
  • Alison SteadmanNonie
  • June BrownHilda
  • John BirdDesmond Hughes
  • Patrick TroughtonVictor Marsden
  • Phil DavisMr. Destry
  • Albert MosesAirport worker
  • Rosalind AyresRita
  • Dave HillMaurice
  • Elizabeth SpriggsMaggie
  • Leonard RossiterArthur
  • James Ellis
  • James HazeldinePatrick
  • Tony CaunterAlderman
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Julian HollowayJohn
  • Peter FirthDominick Hide
  • John ChallisVictor Mintell
  • Patsy SmartThe Cleaner
  • Paul CopleyAndy
  • Doreen MantleJulia Branston
  • Michael GambonPiers
  • Geoffrey PalmerDetetective Chief Inspector Harris
  • Frank FinlayDearth
  • Barbara YoungGreta
  • Michael ByrneBruce
  • Joss AcklandAlbert
  • Ian HoggArne
  • Gerard RyderClive Bates
  • George PravdaNikolay Tashkov
  • Bob HoskinsTaxi Driver
  • Stephen MooreLeslie Potter
  • Warren ClarkeAlfred
  • Richard PascoMaurice Stapleton
  • Michael Graham CoxDavid Pond
  • Colin FarrellVicar
  • Simon RouseJohn Hansen
  • Margery MasonMaud
  • Pauline QuirkeEleanor
  • Trevor PeacockSgt-Major Pusey
  • Caroline LangrisheJane Winters
  • Jeremy KempRoderick Bagley
  • Thora HirdOlive Major
  • Edward HardwickeGareth
  • George A. CooperAshcroft
  • Richard O'CallaghanTortoiseshell
  • Zena WalkerMary Purser
  • Barbara FlynnMonica Potter
  • Constance ChapmanMops
  • Peter Cellier
  • Gareth Thomas
  • Amanda BarrieAnne
  • Linda RobsonTeenage Girl
  • Iain CuthbertsonBarnum
  • Hywel BennettTony
  • Roy BoydThe Other Man
  • Peter Sallis
  • Fulton MackayDr. Leafer
  • Sydney TaflerMr. Leo Crowley
  • Maurice O'Connell1st Policeman at Southend
  • Carmen SilveraSra Constanza
  • Paul FreemanWillie
  • Billy ConnollyJody
  • Christopher VilliersDoctor
  • Frances de la TourMaria Waite
  • John WoodvinePenitent
  • Elizabeth DawnEnid
  • Deborah FairfaxMiss Benson
  • Michael KitchenDick Foster
  • Richard BriersMr. Smythe
  • Patrick MageeCaleb Line
  • Hal GaliliPatient
  • Karl HowmanGeoffrey
  • Peter BarkworthRichard Elkinson
  • Sheila GishJane Elkinson
  • Jan WatersSarah
  • Nigel HaversHarman
  • Connie BoothLee-Ann Good
  • Saeed JaffreyMerchant
  • Helen MirrenAngela
  • Frank WindsorEx-W.O. Higham
  • Georgine AndersonHelen Childers
  • Eve PearceLouise
  • Stephanie TurnerJane
  • Anita CareySharon
  • John SalthouseAndrews
  • Alan RoweMinistry Official
  • Alun Armstrong1st Docker
  • Stephen GreifJoe
  • Kenneth ColleyFrank Benyon
  • Bryan PringleHenry
  • Caroline BlakistonJosie
  • Benjamin WhitrowTom
  • Lesley DunlopSue
  • Leo McKernHorace Rumpole
  • Janine DuvitskiVera
  • Nicholas BallJohn Arnott
  • Frances TomeltyPolly
  • Denis LawsonSnare
  • Jim BroadbentMr. Horsfall
  • Anthony HopkinsAlexander Tashkov
  • Jack ShepherdWilliam Waite
  • David NealWalter Dodds
  • Susan FleetwoodJanet Morton
  • Bruce PurchaseJake
  • John NormingtonDr. Simpson
  • Stephen ReaShay
  • Donald PleasenceGerry Muddiman
  • Ian GelderAndrew Patterson
  • Bert PalmerOld Man
  • Stephanie ColeDr. Monday
  • Timothy SpallDetective Sergeant Baxter
  • Roger HammondVictor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
  • Alan WebbMr. Osmond
  • David BradleyPoliceman
  • Frank MillsAshford
  • Sylvia KayJudge
  • Pippa GuardAda
  • Phyllida LawThe Wife
  • Nigel StockArthur Palmer
  • Jean HeywoodMrs. Brown
  • John BarrettBilly
  • Clive SwiftAir Steward
  • Anne KristenElla Burns
  • Barbara Leigh-HuntMarjorie Berry
  • Gerry CowperRowena
  • Angharad ReesApril Cotton
  • Rachel KempsonMrs. Anderson
  • Donald DouglasRobert Walsh
  • Paul ShaneGeorgie
  • Jamila MasseyDr. Bannerjee
  • Richard WilsonAbercrombie
  • Roger BoothHolland
  • Gwen WatfordSusan
  • Priscilla MorganSylvia
  • Geoffrey ChaterPhilip Hartley
  • Mick FordFrank
  • Alan FordMr. Chancer
  • Jimmy JewelGeorge Harley - England 1980
  • Anthony BateWarren
  • Dearbhla MolloyJudith
  • Freda BamfordMrs. Vigo
  • Sarah BadelAlice Dearth
  • Joseph BradyDuncan Brewster
  • Elizabeth SellarsAnnabel Fox
  • Jim NortonJack Parry
  • Shreela GhoshDilshad
  • Perry FenwickTommy
  • Geoffrey LeesleyFather
  • Michael StaintonPersonnel Manager
  • David KellyMark
  • Laurence PayneWeaver
  • John Thaw
  • Warren MitchellMoss
  • Jennifer Daniel
  • Tony HaygarthNeighbour
  • Dinah Sheridan
  • André MorellSir Geoffrey Wolf
  • Janet Munro
  • John Le Mesurier
  • Brian Cant
  • Martin ShawBrian
  • Hildegard NeilDiana
  • Harry Towb
  • Tom ChadbonLen
  • Alastair Sim
  • Bernard HeptonDerek
  • Maggie JonesNance
  • Maurice RoëvesTed Hardin
  • Anne ReidEileen Morris
  • James BolamHusband
  • Sarah SuttonLittle Lavinia
  • Roy KinnearRoderick Major
  • Brenda BruceMadge
  • Jan Francis
  • Don Henderson
  • Bart Allison
  • Moray BlackSixth Former
  • Pam St. ClementConnie
  • Angela Pleasence
  • Michael Bilton
  • Richard BeckinsaleMichael Robson
  • Bob PeckJoe Pike
  • David DakerTerry
  • Vernon Dobtcheff
  • Geoffrey Hinsliff
  • Joan HicksonMother
  • Brenda Fricker
  • Ron MoodyHarry
  • Ray Winstone
  • Alan Lake
  • Michael Crawford
  • Philip LockeO'Neil

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