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Play for Today

★ 6.6 TMDB Rating · 10 votes

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.

Seasons
14
Episodes
314
Episode length
~1h 15m
First aired
Oct 15, 1970
Networks
BBC One
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom

Cast of Play for Today

Cast information is not available.

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Seasons

  • Specials

    Aug 25, 1987

    7 episodes

  • Poster for Series 1 of Play for Today

    Series 1

    Oct 14, 1970

    24 episodes

  • Series 2

    Oct 13, 1971

    19 episodes

  • Series 3

    Oct 8, 1972

    28 episodes

  • Poster for Series 4 of Play for Today

    Series 4

    Oct 17, 1973

    22 episodes

  • Series 5

    Oct 30, 1974

    22 episodes

  • Series 6

    Oct 13, 1975

    25 episodes

  • Series 7

    Sep 13, 1976

    19 episodes

  • Poster for Series 8 of Play for Today

    Series 8

    Oct 17, 1977

    18 episodes

  • Series 9

    Oct 16, 1978

    21 episodes

  • Series 10

    Oct 10, 1979

    28 episodes

  • Series 11

    Oct 20, 1980

    27 episodes

  • Series 12

    Oct 19, 1981

    22 episodes

  • Series 13

    Oct 18, 1982

    18 episodes

  • Series 14

    Oct 24, 1983

    21 episodes

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