Play for TodaySæson 2

BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations. Over 300 episodes of varying lengths aired from 1970-1984, with some later developed into series, including Rumpole of the Bailey and Gangsters.

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19 episoder

Traitor
E1
TraitorA British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
E2
Edna, the Inebriate WomanEdna is a drunk, and a homeless one. The play follows her through the streets, the police station, the psychiatric ward and a hostel, which for a while looks like it may become somewhere she can stay.
Evelyn
E3
EvelynFrank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.
O Fat White Woman
E4
O Fat White WomanThe wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students
Thank You Very Much
E5
Thank You Very MuchA social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors.
Michael Regan
E6
Michael ReganA man gets revenge on a pub owner
Skin Deep
E7
Skin DeepAn awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer.
Pal
E8
PalTwo sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.
The Pigeon Fancier
E9
The Pigeon FancierA retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.
Home
E10
HomeA story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home
Still Waters
E11
Still WatersA marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of an unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.
Stocker's Copper
E12
Stocker's CopperIn Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop
The House on Highbury Hill
E13
The House on Highbury HillA married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.
In the Beautiful Caribbean
E14
In the Beautiful CaribbeanA story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica
Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
E15
Ackerman, Dougall and HarkerA salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course
The Villa Maroc
E16
The Villa MarocA couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa
Cows
E17
CowsA social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.
A Time to Keep
E18
A Time to Keep
The Fishing Party
E19
The Fishing PartyThe adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing