Play for Today

Synopsis

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

Series 1

24 eps · 1970-10-14

Series 2

19 eps · 1971-10-13

Series 3

28 eps · 1972-10-08

Series 4

22 eps · 1973-10-17

Series 5

22 eps · 1974-10-30

Series 6

25 eps · 1975-10-13

Series 7

19 eps · 1976-09-13

Series 8

18 eps · 1977-10-17

Series 9

21 eps · 1978-10-16

Series 10

28 eps · 1979-10-10

Series 11

27 eps · 1980-10-20

Series 12

22 eps · 1981-10-19

Series 13

18 eps · 1982-10-18

Series 14

21 eps · 1983-10-24

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