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Play for Today

Play for Today

1970Ended14 Seasons314 Episodes6.3TMDB
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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.

Season 6 Episodes

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Episode 2: Two Sundays

Oct 21, 1975 · 1h 15m

An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.

Episode 3: Moss

Oct 28, 1975 · 1h 15m

Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."

Episode 5: Keep an Eye on Albert

Nov 11, 1975 · 1h 15m

Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?

Episode 6: Children of the Sun

Nov 18, 1975 · 1h 15m

"You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"

Episode 12: Nuts in May

Jan 13, 1976 · 1h 15m

Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.

Episode 13: Doran's Box

Jan 20, 1976 · 1h 15m

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.

Episode 14: Packman's Barn

Jan 27, 1976 · 1h 15m

John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.

Episode 16: The Happy Hunting Ground

Feb 10, 1976 · 1h 15m

The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.

Episode 17: The Jumping Bean Bag

Feb 17, 1976 · 1h 15m

An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.

Episode 18: Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

Feb 24, 1976 · 1h 15m

A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.

Episode 19: Love Letters on Blue Paper

Mar 2, 1976 · 1h 15m

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

Episode 22: The Peddler

Mar 23, 1976 · 1h 15m

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?

Episode 24: Double Dare

Apr 6, 1976 · 1h 15m

A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.

Season 6 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did Play for Today Season 6 premiere?

Play for Today Season 6 premiered on October 14, 1975.

How many episodes are in Play for Today Season 6?

Play for Today Season 6 has 25 episodes.

What is the first episode of Play for Today Season 6?

The season opens with Season 6 Episode 1, "Plaintiffs and Defendants". It aired on October 14, 1975.

Go to Season 6 Episode 1

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