BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into series, like Rumpole of the Bailey.
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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
Malcolm TerrisClient
Alison SteadmanNonie
June BrownMelanie
Colin JeavonsDennis Turner
Tony CaunterAlderman
Colin DouglasMr Leslie
Julian CurrySymington
Gwyneth StrongAnne
Graham AshleyMr. Hutton
John BirdCaptain Wigmore
Patrick TroughtonVictor Marsden
Phil DavisPost Office Clerk
Albert MosesHuq
Rosalind AyresRita
Trevor PeacockFather Borrelli
Dave HillMaurice
Elizabeth SpriggsMaggie
Stanley LeborRobin
Leonard RossiterArthur
James Ellis
James HazeldinePatrick
Kenneth Branagh
Peter FirthDominick Hide
John ChallisVictor Mintell
Patsy SmartThe Cleaner
Paul CopleyAndy
Doreen MantleMother
Michael GambonRobin
Geoffrey PalmerDetetective Chief Inspector Harris
Frank FinlayDearth
Barbara YoungGreta
Michael ByrneRussell
Joss AcklandAlbert
Ian HoggArne
Gerard RyderHotel Manager
George PravdaNikolay Tashkov
Bob HoskinsBlake
Stephen MooreLeslie Potter
Warren ClarkeAlfred
Michael Graham CoxDavid Pond
Richard PascoDean
Colin FarrellRalph
Simon RouseJohn Hansen
Margery MasonCelia's Mother
Saeed JaffreyGurjeet Singh Khera
Pauline QuirkeTessa
Caroline LangrisheJane Winters
Jeremy KempTony Lyle
Thora HirdDoris
Edward HardwickePaediatrician
Roger HammondVictor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Richard O'CallaghanTortoiseshell
Frank MillsAshford
Zena WalkerDr. Barbara Moore
Barbara FlynnMonica Potter
Constance ChapmanMarie Goodliffe
Jonathan DuttineStone
Alan FordSgt.
Julian HollowayJohn
Tariq YunusAnand
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 FairfaxGirl
Michael KitchenDick Foster
Patrick MageeCaleb Line
Hal GaliliThe Hit
Karl HowmanGeoffrey
Peter BarkworthRichard Elkinson
Sheila GishJane Elkinson
Jan WatersSarah
Nigel HaversHarman
Helen MirrenAngela
Frank WindsorTom Fisher
Georgine AndersonMrs. Franklin
Eve PearceLouise
Stephanie TurnerJane
Anita CareyJill
John SalthouseBus Conductor
Alan RoweFrank King
Alun Armstrong1st Docker
Stephen GreifGerry
Kenneth ColleyBruce Tetley
Bryan PringleNelson
Caroline BlakistonEsther
Benjamin WhitrowTom
Lesley DunlopSue
Leo McKernHorace Rumpole
Janine DuvitskiAudrey
Nicholas BallTerry
Frances TomeltyPolly
Denis LawsonFelix
Jim BroadbentMr. Horsfall
Anthony HopkinsAlexander Tashkov
Jack ShepherdWallace Pidgeon
David NealDr. Ackerly
Susan FleetwoodJanet Morton
Bruce PurchaseGoff
John NormingtonDr. Simpson
Stephen ReaShay
Donald PleasenceSamuel Johnson
Ian GelderAndrew Patterson
Bert PalmerLen
Stephanie ColeEnid
Timothy SpallDetective Sergeant Baxter
Bernard HeptonDerek
Alan WebbMr. Osmond
David BradleyPoliceman
Christopher BenjaminMr Porter
Sylvia KayDoris Muddiman
Pippa GuardAda
Phyllida LawThe Wife
David BurkeCardinal Volponi
Nigel StockArthur Palmer
Tony MelodyHarry Shoe
Jean HeywoodMrs. Brown
John BarrettTiger
Anna CropperNorah Palmer
Clive SwiftSavory
Anne KristenMrs. Galt
Barbara Leigh-HuntSarah
Gerry CowperRowena
Angharad ReesApril Cotton
Donald DouglasJames Macleod
Rachel KempsonLouisa
Allan SurteesHarry Edmunds
Paul ShaneMoffa
Jamila MasseySister Kapoor
David WallerFirst Lord A.V. Alexander
Noel CollinsPrison Warder
Larrington WalkerErnest
Richard WilsonConsultant / Director
Rita DaviesMatron
Terence RigbyWilliam Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Gwen WatfordJo
Roger BoothFrank
Richard BriersCommander Jack Broome
Connie BoothLee-Ann Good
Donald GeeDr. Sillitoe
Priscilla MorganSylvia
Mick FordFrank
Geoffrey ChaterPhilip Hartley
Jimmy JewelMr. Pasmore
Anthony BateRoland Jeffries
Dearbhla MolloyJudith
Freda BamfordVera Lambert
Sarah BadelAlice Dearth
Joseph BradyDuncan Brewster
Peter EyreNoran
Elizabeth SellarsMrs. Coade
Jim NortonThe Detective Sergeant
George InnesAlfie
Shreela GhoshAmina
Perry FenwickTommy
Geoffrey LeesleyFather
Michael StaintonTom
David KellyMark
Rowena CooperSybil Broome
Alec SabinBrian
Wolfe MorrisMr. Somper
Natalie KentFlag Seller
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
Maggie JonesNance
Maurice RoëvesTed Hardin
Anne ReidEileen Morris
James BolamHusband
Sarah SuttonLittle Lavinia
Alan ClarkeDirector
Claude WhathamDirector
Philip SavilleDirector
Michael Lindsay-HoggDirector
Mike LeighDirector / Writer
James FermanDirector
Michael SimpsonDirector
Michael AptedDirector
John GorrieDirector
Mike NewellDirector
Stephen FrearsDirector
Michael TuchnerDirector
Piers HaggardDirector
Robert KnightsDirector
Herbert WiseDirector
Paul SeedDirector
Gavin MillarDirector
Alan BridgesDirector
Ken LoachDirector
Les BlairDirector
Jack GoldDirector
Gerald BlakeDirector
John McGrathDirector
David MaloneyDirector
John MackenzieDirector
Barry DavisDirector
Ted KotcheffDirector
David HareDirector
Richard LoncraineDirector
Alan CookeDirector
Christopher MorahanDirector
Jon AmielDirector
Charles SturridgeDirector
Kenneth IvesDirector
Carol WisemanDirector
Moira ArmstrongDirector
Bill BainDirector
Waris HusseinDirector
Stuart BurgeDirector
Desmond DavisDirector
James Cellan JonesDirector
John GlenisterDirector
Michael DarlowDirector
Lindsay AndersonDirector
Gareth DaviesDirector
Anthony PageDirector
Roy BattersbyDirector
Mark CullinghamDirector
Frank CoxDirector
Colin BuckseyDirector
Peter CregeenDirector
Colin WellandWriter
Dennis PotterWriter
Jeremy PaulWriter
Alan BleasdaleWriter
John ElliotWriter
Howard BrentonWriter
Brian ClarkWriter
Stephen PoliakoffWriter
Jack RosenthalWriter
Alan BennettWriter
Hugh WhitemoreWriter
Philip MartinWriter
Andrew DaviesWriter
John MortimerWriter
David RudkinWriter
Trevor GriffithsWriter
Jeremy SandfordWriter
David MercerWriter
Stephen DavisWriter
Robert HolmesWriter
Richard HarrisWriter
Alan SharpWriter
Arthur HopcraftWriter
Clive ExtonWriter
Leon GriffithsWriter
Alun OwenWriter
Watson GouldWriter
David HalliwellWriter
John HopkinsWriter
Ingmar BergmanWriter
Graeme MacDonaldProducer
Kenith TroddProducer
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