Play for Today

1970    75m
Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.8
"Play for Today" is a groundbreaking British anthology series aired by the BBC from 1970 to 1984, showcasing over 300 innovative original plays and adaptations. Each episode, spanning 50 to 100 minutes, delves into contemporary society's complexities and raw human emotions.
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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. Oxfam
  • Bernard HillSullivan
  • Colin JeavonsDonald Duck
  • Colin DouglasUncle Ernest
  • Gwyneth StrongAnne
  • Malcolm TerrisPsychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
  • Graham AshleyBarman
  • Tony CaunterAlderman
  • Alison SteadmanKay Pasmore
  • June BrownHilda
  • John BirdLord North
  • Patrick TroughtonVictor Marsden
  • Phil Davis2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)
  • Albert MosesHuq
  • Rosalind AyresRita
  • Dave HillGerry Broadbent
  • Elizabeth SpriggsMaggie
  • Leonard RossiterArthur
  • James Ellis
  • James HazeldinePatrick
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Julian HollowayJohn
  • Peter FirthDominick Hide
  • John ChallisVictor Mintell
  • Patsy SmartThe Cleaner
  • Paul CopleyAndy
  • Doreen MantleMary Hunter
  • Michael GambonMax
  • Geoffrey PalmerDetetective Chief Inspector Harris
  • Frank FinlayDearth
  • Barbara YoungGreta
  • Michael ByrneRussell
  • Joss AcklandEllis Cripper
  • Ian HoggArne
  • Gerard RyderHotel Manager
  • George PravdaNikolay Tashkov
  • Bob HoskinsWoodbine
  • Stephen MooreFarley-Smythe
  • Warren ClarkeAlfred
  • Richard PascoMaurice Stapleton
  • Michael Graham CoxDavid Pond
  • Colin FarrellRalph
  • Simon RouseChris
  • Margery MasonMaud
  • Pauline QuirkeEleanor
  • Trevor PeacockSgt-Major Pusey
  • Caroline LangrisheJane Winters
  • Jeremy KempReader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice)
  • Thora HirdAunt KItty
  • Edward HardwickePaediatrician
  • George A. CooperLionel
  • Richard O'CallaghanMike
  • Frank MillsHampshire
  • Zena WalkerMary Purser
  • Barbara FlynnMonica Potter
  • Constance ChapmanMarion
  • 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 TourMarcia
  • John WoodvinePenitent
  • Elizabeth DawnEnid
  • Deborah FairfaxMiss Benson
  • Michael KitchenAlan
  • Richard BriersMr. Smythe
  • Patrick MageeCaleb Line
  • Hal GaliliPatient
  • Karl HowmanGeoffrey
  • Peter BarkworthRichard Elkinson
  • Sheila GishJane Elkinson
  • Jan WatersSarah
  • Nigel HaversHarman
  • Saeed JaffreyMerchant
  • Helen MirrenAngela
  • Frank WindsorTom Fisher
  • Georgine AndersonMrs. Franklin
  • Eve PearceMrs. Hutton
  • Stephanie TurnerGillian Otway
  • Anita CareySharon
  • John SalthouseBus Conductor
  • Alan RoweFrank King
  • Alun Armstrong1st Docker
  • Stephen GreifGerry
  • Kenneth ColleyBruce Tetley
  • Bryan PringleHenry
  • Caroline BlakistonJosie
  • Benjamin WhitrowTom
  • Lesley DunlopSue
  • Leo McKernHorace Rumpole
  • Janine DuvitskiAudrey
  • Nicholas BallJohn Arnott
  • Frances TomeltyPolly
  • Denis LawsonFelix
  • Jim BroadbentMr. Horsfall
  • Anthony HopkinsAlexander Tashkov
  • Jack ShepherdWilliam Waite
  • David NealWalter Dodds
  • Susan FleetwoodPamela Redman
  • Bruce PurchaseJake
  • John NormingtonDr. Simpson
  • Stephen ReaPeter
  • Donald PleasenceGerry Muddiman
  • Ian GelderSteve Riches
  • Bert PalmerLen
  • Stephanie ColeDr. Monday
  • Timothy SpallDetective Sergeant Baxter
  • Roger HammondVictor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
  • Alan WebbMr. Osmond
  • David BradleyPoliceman
  • Sylvia KayDoris Muddiman
  • Pippa GuardAda
  • Phyllida LawJoan
  • Nigel StockCoade
  • Jean HeywoodMrs Kay
  • John BarrettTiger
  • Clive SwiftSavory
  • Anne KristenElla Burns
  • Barbara Leigh-HuntMarjorie Berry
  • Gerry CowperMandy
  • Angharad ReesApril Cotton
  • Donald DouglasRobert Walsh
  • Rachel KempsonMrs. Anderson
  • Paul ShaneGeorgie
  • Jamila MasseySister Kapoor
  • Richard WilsonConsultant
  • Gwen WatfordSusan
  • Roger BoothHolland
  • Connie BoothLee-Ann Good
  • Stanley LeborDerek
  • Priscilla MorganSylvia
  • Mick FordFrank
  • Geoffrey ChaterPhilip Hartley
  • Alan FordMr. Chancer
  • Jimmy JewelGeorge Harley - England 1980
  • Anthony BateRoland Jeffries
  • Dearbhla MolloyFidelma
  • Freda BamfordMrs. Vigo
  • Sarah BadelAlice Pike
  • Joseph BradyDuncan Brewster
  • Elizabeth SellarsAnnabel Fox
  • Jim NortonJack Parry
  • Shreela GhoshAmina
  • Perry FenwickAndy
  • 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
 
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