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Overview

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.

Series Cast

  1. Nigel Hawthorne as Graham, Police Captain, Morris Shelman, Major Lewis Rolfe, Fulton, Stanek /  Vanek, and Jack

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Graham, Police Captain, Morris Shelman, Major Lewis Rolfe and 3 more...

    8 Episodes

  2. Liz Smith as Elfie, Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Mathews, Keith's Granny, and Mrs. Thornley

    Liz Smith

    Elfie, Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Mathews and 2 more...

    7 Episodes

  3. Bernard Hill as Graham, Eric, Simon Simpson, Edward, Bernard Blincoe, Sullivan, and Mick

    Bernard Hill

    Graham, Eric, Simon Simpson, Edward and 3 more...

    7 Episodes

  4. Malcolm Terris as Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Jim, Jennings, Mr. Dowdeswell, and Client

    Malcolm Terris

    Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Jim, Jennings, Mr. Dowdeswell and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  5. Alison Steadman as Susan, Veronica, Jan Blincoe, Nonie, and Kay Pasmore

    Alison Steadman

    Susan, Veronica, Jan Blincoe, Nonie and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  6. June Brown as Hilda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Brenda, Melanie, and June

    June Brown

    Hilda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Brenda, Melanie and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  7. Colin Jeavons as Neeley, Dennis Turner, Donald Duck, Lytton, and Production Monitor

    Colin Jeavons

    Neeley, Dennis Turner, Donald Duck, Lytton and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

  8. Tony Caunter as Alderman, Thomas Dwyer, Pinnock, and Coxswain

    Tony Caunter

    Alderman, Thomas Dwyer, Pinnock, Coxswain

    5 Episodes

  9. Colin Douglas as Father, Uncle Ernest, Jackson Arnott, Mr Leslie, and Philips

    Colin Douglas

    Father, Uncle Ernest, Jackson Arnott, Mr Leslie and 1 more...

    5 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 14

70%

1983 • 16 Episodes

Season 14 of Play for Today premiered on October 25, 1983.

The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

(14x16, August 28, 1984) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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