Play for Today

1970    75mDrama, Comedy,
7.8
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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