Episodes
editSourced according to the BBC Genome archive of Radio Times magazines.[1] Titles that carried the tag Play for Today on the BBC listings for their first or subsequent transmission are included, along with some repeats such as the repeat of the Days of Hope quartet, where the initial broadcast was not branded Play for Today, but the repeat was. Repeats of the individual productions are excluded. All episodes were broadcast on BBC1, except for the delayed broadcast of Scum in 1991 which was broadcast on BBC2.
Some early episodes are missing or no longer exist in colour.
Series 1 (1970–1971)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "The Long Distance Piano Player" | Philip Saville | Alan Sharp | Irene Shubik | Ray Davies | 15 October 1970 | |
16mm black and white print. | ||||||||
2 | 2 | "The Right Prospectus" | Alan Cooke | John Osborne | Irene Shubik | George Cole | 22 October 1970 | |
3 | 3 | "The Lie" | Alan Bridges | Ingmar Bergman & Paul Britten Austin | Graeme McDonald | Frank Finlay | 29 October 1970 | |
A production for The Largest Theatre in the World project of the European Broadcasting Union. Winner of the 1970 Society of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Drama Production. Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
4 | 4 | "Angels Are So Few" | Gareth Davies | Dennis Potter | Graeme McDonald | Tom Bell | 5 November 1970 | |
5 | 5 | "The Write-Off" | Rudi Dorin | George Salverson | Rudi Dorin | Cec Linder | 12 November 1970 | |
Canadian production. Missing. | ||||||||
6 | 6 | "I Can't See My Little Willie" | Alan Clarke | Douglas Livingstone | Irene Shubik | Nigel Stock | 19 November 1970 | |
Missing except for domestic audio recording. | ||||||||
7 | 7 | "A Distant Thunder" | James Ferman | Maurice Edelman | Irene Shubik | Adrienne Corri | 26 November 1970 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
8 | 8 | "Hearts and Flowers" | Christopher Morahan | Peter Nichols | Irene Shubik | Anthony Hopkins | 3 December 1970 | |
16mm black and white print. | ||||||||
9 | 9 | "Robin Redbreast" | James MacTaggart | John Bowen | Graeme McDonald | Anna Cropper | 10 December 1970 | |
10 | 10 | "The Hallelujah Handshake" | Alan Clarke | Colin Welland | Graeme McDonald | Tony Calvin | 17 December 1970 | |
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] | ||||||||
11 | 11 | "Alma Mater" | James Ferman | David Hodson | Irene Shubik | Ian Carmichael | 7 January 1971 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
12 | 12 | "Circle Line" | Claude Whatham | W. Stephen Gilbert | Graeme MacDonald | Michael Feast | 14 January 1971 | |
The Winner of the BBCtv Student Play Competition. Missing. | ||||||||
13 | 13 | "Hell's Angel" | Alan Cooke | David Agnew | Graeme McDonald | Katharine Blake | 21 January 1971 | |
David Agnew is a BBC in-house pen name typically used when multiple writers contributed to a script. Anthony Read was the author commissioned to write the play. Missing. | ||||||||
14 | 14 | "The Piano" | James Cellan Jones | Julia Jones | Graeme McDonald | Glyn Owen | 28 January 1971 | |
15 | 15 | "Billy's Last Stand" | John Glenister | Barry Hines | Graeme McDonald | Dudley Foster | 4 February 1971 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
16 | 16 | "The Rainbirds" | Philip Saville | Clive Exton | Irene Shubik | Madge Ryan | 11 February 1971 | |
A production for The Largest Theatre in the World project of the European Broadcasting Union. | ||||||||
17 | 17 | "Reddick" | Mervyn Rosenzveig | Munroe Scott | Mervyn Rosenzveig | Donald Harron | 18 February 1971 | |
Canadian production. Missing. | ||||||||
- | - | "No Trams to Lime Street" | Piers Haggard | Alun Owen (Book), Marty Wilde & Ronnie Scott (Music & Lyrics) | Harry Moore | Anthony May | 11 March 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.[6] | ||||||||
- | - | "Mad Jack" | Jack Gold | Tom Clarke | Graeme McDonald | Michael Jayston | 18 March 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.[6] Winner of the first prize and the silver Dore Catholic Prize at the 1971 Monte Carlo International Television Festival. | ||||||||
- | - | "Scenes from Family Life" | Naomi Capon | Barry Bermange | Ronald Travers | Denholm Elliott | 25 March 1971 | |
Originally an episode of Plays of Today.[6] | ||||||||
- | - | "Wind Versus Polygamy" | Naomi Capon | Obi Egbuna | Michael Bakewell | Earl Cameron | 1 April 1971 | |
Originally an episode of Theatre 625.[6] | ||||||||
- | - | "Playmates" | John McGrath | Johnny Speight | Graeme McDonald | Marty Feldman | 8 April 1971 | |
Originally part of "Double Bill", an episode of The Wednesday Play.[6] | ||||||||
- | - | "Sovereign's Company" | Alan Clarke | Don Shaw | Irene Shubik | Roland Culver | 15 April 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.[6] Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] | ||||||||
- | - | "Season of the Witch" | Desmond McCarthy | Desmond McCarthy & Johnny Byrne | Anne Head | Julie Driscoll | 15 April 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.[6] | ||||||||
18 | 18 | "The Foxtrot" | Philip Saville | Rhys Adrian | Irene Shubik | Donald Pleasence | 29 April 1971 | |
16mm black and white print. | ||||||||
19 | 19 | "When the Bough Breaks" | James Ferman | Tony Parker | Irene Shubik | Hannah Gordon | 6 May 1971 | |
20 | 20 | "Orkney" | James MacTaggart | George Mackay Brown & John McGrath | Graeme McDonald | Maurice Roëves | 13 May 1971 | |
Three stories by George Mackay Brown, adapted by John McGrath: A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return and Celia. | ||||||||
21 | 21 | "The Rank and File" | Ken Loach | Jim Allen | Graeme McDonald | Peter Kerrigan | 20 May 1971 | |
Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset.[7] | ||||||||
22 | 22 | "The Man in the Sidecar" | James MacTaggart | Simon Gray | Graeme McDonald | Gemma Jones | 27 May 1971 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
23 | 23 | "Everybody Say Cheese" | Alan Clarke | Douglas Livingstone | Irene Shubik | Roy Kinnear | 3 June 1971 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
- | - | "The Cellar and the Almond Tree" | Alan Bridges | David Mercer | Graeme McDonald | Celia Johnson | 10 June 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play. | ||||||||
- | - | "The Italian Table" | Herbert Wise | William Trevor | Irene Shubik | Leonard Rossiter | 17 June 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play. | ||||||||
- | - | "There is Also Tomorrow" | John Mackenzie | Hugo Charteris | Graeme McDonald | Glyn Houston | 24 June 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play. | ||||||||
- | - | "Chariot of Fire" | James Ferman | Tony Parker | Irene Shubik | Rosemary Leach | 1 July 1971 | |
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play. |
Series 2 (1971–1972)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | 1 | "Traitor" | Alan Bridges | Dennis Potter | Graeme McDonald | John Le Mesurier | 14 October 1971 | |
John Le Mesurier won the 1972 BAFTA Best Actor award. | ||||||||
25 | 2 | "Edna, the Inebriate Woman" | Ted Kotcheff | Jeremy Sandford | Irene Shubik | Patricia Hayes | 21 October 1971 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set.[8] 1972 BAFTA Best Drama Production award winner and the 1972 BAFTA Best Actress award winner for Patricia Hayes. | ||||||||
26 | 3 | "Evelyn" | Piers Haggard | Rhys Adrian | Graeme McDonald | Edward Woodward | 28 October 1971 | |
27 | 4 | "O Fat White Woman" | Philip Saville | William Trevor | Irene Shubik | Peter Jeffrey | 4 November 1971 | |
28 | 5 | "Thank You Very Much" | Claude Whatham | N. F. Simpson | Graeme McDonald | Julian Holloway | 11 November 1971 | |
16mm black and white print. | ||||||||
29 | 6 | "Michael Regan" | John Gorrie | Robert Holles | Irene Shubik | David Burke | 18 November 1971 | |
30 | 7 | "Skin Deep" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook | Graeme McDonald | Donald Pleasence | 25 November 1971 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
31 | 8 | "Pal" | Silvio Narizzano | Alun Owen | Irene Shubik | Robin Phillips | 2 December 1971 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
32 | 9 | "The Pigeon Fancier" | James Ferman | Peter Hankin | Irene Shubik | Bert Palmer | 9 December 1971 | |
16mm black and white print. | ||||||||
33 | 10 | "Home" | Lindsay Anderson | David Storey | Jac Venza | John Gielgud | 6 January 1972 | |
Adapted by the playwright from his original stage play of the same name. A NET/CBC production. DVD release by Metrodome.[9] | ||||||||
34 | 11 | "Still Waters" | James MacTaggart | Julia Jones | Graeme McDonald | Margery Mason | 13 January 1972 | |
35 | 12 | "Stocker's Copper" | Jack Gold | Tom Clarke | Graeme McDonald | Bryan Marshall | 20 January 1972 | |
1973 Best Single Play award winner. Writers' Guild Awards 1972: Best British Original Teleplay. Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] | ||||||||
36 | 13 | "The House on Highbury Hill" | John Glenister | Piers Paul Read | Graeme McDonald | Colin Farrell | 27 January 1972 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
37 | 14 | "In the Beautiful Caribbean" | Philip Saville | Barry Reckord | Irene Shubik | Calvin Lockhart | 3 February 1972 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
38 | 15 | "Ackerman, Dougall and Harker" | Ted Kotcheff | Don Shaw | Irene Shubik | Martin C. Thurley | 10 February 1972 | |
39 | 16 | "The Villa Maroc" | Herbert Wise | Willis Hall | Irene Shubik | Thora Hird | 17 February 1972 | |
40 | 17 | "Cows" | John Gorrie | Howard Barker | Graeme McDonald | Alison Leggatt | 24 February 1972 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
41 | 18 | "The Fishing Party" | Michael Simpson | Peter Terson | David Rose | Brian Glover | 1 June 1972 | |
DVD release by Simply Media.[11] |
Series 3 (1972–1973)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | 1 | "The Reporters" | Michael Apted | Arthur Hopcraft | Graeme McDonald | Robert Urquhart | 9 October 1972 | |
43 | 2 | "A Life Is Forever" | Alan Clarke | Tony Parker | Irene Shubik | Maurice O'Connell | 16 October 1972 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
44 | 3 | "Carson Country" | Piers Haggard | Dominic Behan | Graeme McDonald | J. G. Devlin | 23 October 1972 | |
45 | 4 | "Man Friday" | James MacTaggart | Adrian Mitchell | Graeme McDonald | Colin Blakely | 30 October 1972 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
46 | 5 | "Triple Exposure" | Alan Cooke | David Halliwell | Irene Shubik | Alec McCowen | 6 November 1972 | |
47 | 6 | "Better Than the Movies" | Roy Battersby | John Elliot | Graeme McDonald | Bryan Marshall | 13 November 1972 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
48 | 7 | "The General's Day" | John Gorrie | William Trevor | Irene Shubik | Alistair Sim | 20 November 1972 | |
49 | 8 | "The Bankrupt" | Christopher Morahan | David Mercer | Graeme McDonald | Joss Ackland | 27 November 1972 | |
50 | 9 | "Just Your Luck" | Mike Newell | Peter McDougall | Graeme McDonald | Lesley Mackie | 4 December 1972 | |
BBC DVD.[12] | ||||||||
51 | 10 | "The Bouncing Boy" | Maurice Hatton | John McGrath | Graeme McDonald | Norman Eshley | 11 December 1972 | |
52 | 11 | "Shakespeare or Bust" | Brian Parker | Peter Terson | David Rose | Janet Suzman | 8 January 1973 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
53 | 12 | "Land of Green Ginger" | Brian Parker | Alan Plater | David Rose | Gwen Taylor | 15 January 1973 | |
54 | 13 | "Kisses at Fifty" | Michael Apted | Colin Welland | Graeme McDonald | Bill Maynard | 22 January 1973 | |
1974 BAFTA Best Single Play award winner. | ||||||||
55 | 14 | "Highway Robbery" | Michael Apted | Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook | Graeme McDonald | John Collin | 29 January 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
56 | 15 | "Song at Twilight" | Herbert Wise | Willis Hall | Irene Shubik | Colin Blakely | 5 February 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
57 | 16 | "Only Make Believe" | Robert Knights | Dennis Potter | Graeme McDonald | Keith Barron | 12 February 1973 | |
58 | 17 | "For Sylvia, or the Air Show" | Barry Davis | John Burrows & John Harding | Kenith Trodd | John Burrows | 19 February 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
59 | 18 | "The Operation" | Roy Battersby | Roger Smith | Kenith Trodd | George Lazenby | 26 February 1973 | |
60 | 19 | "Access to the Children" | Philip Saville | William Trevor | Irene Shubik | Joss Ackland | 5 March 1973 | |
61 | 20 | "Hard Labour" | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh | Tony Garnett | Liz Smith | 12 March 1973 | |
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.[13] | ||||||||
62 | 21 | "Man Above Men" | Alan Clarke | David Hare | Mark Shivas | Gwen Watford | 19 March 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
63 | 22 | "Speech Day" | John Goldschmidt | Barry Hines | Graeme McDonald | David Smith | 26 March 1973 | |
64 | 23 | "Steps Back" | Brian Parker | David Halliwell | David Rose | David Hill | 14 May 1973 | |
65 | 24 | "Three's One" | Alastair Reid | Penelope Mortimer | Graeme McDonald | Hywel Bennett | 4 June 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
66 | 25 | "Edward G: Like the Filmstar" | James Ferman | John Harvey-Flint | Graeme McDonald | Robert Lang | 11 June 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
67 | 26 | "Blooming Youth" | Leslie Blair | Leslie Blair | Tony Garnett | Philip Jackson | 18 June 1973 | |
68 | 27 | "The Stretch" | Peter Dews | Julia Jones | Graeme McDonald | June Ellis | 25 June 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
69 | 28 | "Making the Play" | Michael Hayes | Terence Brady & Charlotte Bingham | Kenith Trodd | James Bolam | 2 July 1973 | |
Missing. |
Series 4 (1973–1974)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | 1 | "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Elizabeth Taylor | Graeme McDonald | Celia Johnson | 18 October 1973 | |
Adapted from the novel of the same name. Celia Johnson won the 1974 BAFTA Best Actress award. | ||||||||
71 | 2 | "Her Majesty's Pleasure" | Barry Davis | Jimmy O'Connor | Kenith Trodd | John Bindon | 25 October 1973 | |
72 | 3 | "Jack Point" | Michael Apted | Colin Welland | Kenith Trodd | Stephen Murray | 1 November 1973 | |
73 | 4 | "The Emergency Channel" | Robert Knights | John Bowen | Graeme McDonald | Richard Pascoe | 8 November 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
74 | 5 | "Mummy and Daddy" | Barry Davis | Douglas Livingstone | Kenith Trodd | Neil Wilson | 15 November 1973 | |
Incomplete. | ||||||||
75 | 6 | "Private Practice" | Peter Cregeen | Peter Hankin | Mark Shivas | Priscilla Morgan | 22 November 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
76 | 7 | "Shutdown" | John Mackenzie | Tony Perrin | Kenith Trodd | Freddie Fletcher | 29 November 1973 | |
Repeated 19 June 1975. | ||||||||
77 | 8 | "Baby Blues" | James MacTaggart | Lethbridge Nemone Lethbridge | Kenith Trodd | Zena Walker | 6 December 1973 | |
78 | 9 | "Jingle Bells" | Claude Whatham | Arthur Hopcraft | Graeme McDonald | Colin Farrell | 13 December 1973 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
79 | 10 | "The Lonely Man's Lover" | Brian Parker | Barry Collins | David Rose | Jan Francis | 17 January 1974 | |
80 | 11 | "All Good Men" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Trevor Griffiths | Graeme McDonald | Bill Fraser | 31 January 1974 | |
81 | 12 | "Joe's Ark" | Alan Bridges | Dennis Potter | Graeme McDonald | Freddie Jones | 14 February 1974 | |
82 | 13 | "Hot Fat" | Derek Bennett | Jack Rosenthal | Graeme McDonald | Richard O'Callaghan | 21 February 1974 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
83 | 14 | "Easy Go" | Michael Tuchner | Brian Clark & Ronnie King, Cliff Norris, Peter French, Paul Stuart, Tony Ali, Paul Bishop, Deirdre Walsh, Janice Reeves | Graeme McDonald | Alun Armstrong | 7 March 1974 | |
Postponed from 7 February 1974. | ||||||||
84 | 15 | "Headmaster" | Anthony Page | John Challen | Graeme McDonald | Frank Windsor | 14 March 1974 | |
Spun off as a series in 1977. | ||||||||
85 | 16 | "Penda's Fen" | Alan Clarke | David Rudkin | David Rose | Spencer Banks | 21 March 1974 | |
86 | 17 | "Pidgeon - Hawk Or Dove?" | David Rose | Michael Sadler | David Rose | Iain Cuthbertson | 28 March 1974 | |
87 | 18 | "Three for the Fancy" | Matthew Robinson | Peter Terson | David Rose | Brian Glover | 11 April 1974 | |
88 | 19 | "The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black Oil" | John Mackenzie | John McGrath | Graeme McDonald | Charles Kearney | 6 June 1974 | |
Adapted from the stage play of the same name. Blu-ray & DVD releases by Panamint Cinema.[15] | ||||||||
89 | 20 | "Schmoedipus" | Barry Davis | Dennis Potter | Kenith Trodd | Anna Cropper | 20 June 1974 | |
90 | 21 | "The Childhood Friend" | Mike Newell | Piers Paul Read | Graeme McDonald | Anthony Hopkins | 27 June 1974 | |
91 | 22 | "A Follower for Emily" | Alan Clarke | Brian Clark | Graeme McDonald | Herbert Ramskill | 4 July 1974 | |
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] |
Series 5 (1974–1975)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
92 | 1 | "Leeds United!" | Roy Battersby | Colin Welland | Kenith Trodd | Lynne Perrie | 31 October 1974 | |
93 | 2 | "Baby Love" | Barry Davis | David Edgar | Kenith Trodd | Patti Love | 7 November 1974 | |
Adapted from the play. | ||||||||
94 | 3 | "Back of Beyond" | Desmond Davis | Julia Jones | Graeme McDonald | Rachel Roberts | 14 November 1974 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
95 | 4 | "The Bevellers" | Moira Armstrong | Roddy McMillan | Pharic MacLaren | Roddy McMillan | 21 November 1974 | |
96 | 5 | "Taking Leave" | John Mackenzie | Joyce Neary | Kenith Trodd | George Sewell | 28 November 1974 | |
97 | 6 | "Fugitive" | Peter Gill | Sean Walsh | Kenith Trodd | Stephen Rea | 5 December 1974 | |
98 | 7 | "Eleanor" | Barry Davis | William Trevor | Irene Shubik | Colin Douglas | 12 December 1974 | |
99 | 8 | "Gangsters" | Philip Saville | Philip Martin | Barry Hanson | Maurice Colbourne | 9 January 1975 | |
100 | 9 | "The After Dinner Game" | Robert Knights | Malcolm Bradbury & Christopher Bigsby | David Rose | Timothy West | 16 January 1975 | |
101 | 10 | "Breath" | Matthew Robinson | Elaine Feinstein | David Rose | Angela Pleasence | 23 January 1975 | |
102 | 11 | "The Death of a Young, Young Man" | Viktors Ritelis | Willy Russell | David Rose | Gary Brown | 30 January 1975 | |
103 | 12 | "Sunset Across the Bay" | Stephen Frears | Alan Bennett | Innes Lloyd | Gabrielle Daye | 20 February 1975 | |
Included on the Alan Bennett at the BBC DVD boxset.[17] | ||||||||
104 | 13 | "Funny Farm" | Alan Clarke | Roy Minton | Mark Shivas | Tim Preece | 27 February 1975 | |
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] | ||||||||
105 | 14 | "Goodbye" | Gavin Millar | Hugh Whitemore | Kenith Trodd | Jeremy Kemp | 6 March 1975 | |
From the novel by William Sansom. | ||||||||
106 | 15 | "Just Another Saturday" | John Mackenzie | Peter McDougall | Graeme McDonald | Jon Morrison | 13 March 1975 | |
107 | 16 | "Child of Hope" | Graham Evans | John Elliot | Graeme McDonald | Leon Gluckman | 24 April 1975 | |
Based on Joel Carlson's book No Neutral Ground. | ||||||||
108 | 17 | "The Saturday Party" | Barry Davis | Brian Clark | Mark Shivas | Peter Barkworth | 1 May 1975 | |
Repeated 25 April 1977, the day before its sequel, "The Country Party". | ||||||||
109 | 18 | "Wednesday Love" | Michael Apted | Arthur Hopcraft | Graeme McDonald | Lois Daine | 8 May 1975 | |
110 | 19 | "The Dandelion Clock" | John Bruce | Wilson John Haire | Ann Scott | Verona O'Hara | 15 May 1975 | |
Missing. | ||||||||
111 | 20 | "Brassneck" | Mike Newell | Howard Brenton & David Hare | Graeme McDonald | Jeremy Kemp | 22 May 1975 | |
Adapted from the play. | ||||||||
112 | 21 | "The Floater" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | Graeme McDonald | Richard Beckinsale | 29 May 1975 | |
113 | 22 | "By Common Consent" | John Robins | Paul Thompson | TBA | TBA | 5 June 1975 |
TODO: overall numbering off from here!!!! Series 6 (1975–1976)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
113 | 1 | "Plaintiffs and Defendants" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Simon Gray | Kenith Trodd | Alan Bates | 14 October 1975 | |
114 | 2 | "Two Sundays" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Simon Gray | Kenith Trodd | Alan Bates | 21 October 1975 | |
115 | 3 | "Moss" | Philip Saville | Bernard Kops | Irene Shubik | Warren Mitchell | 28 October 1975 | |
116 | 4 | "84, Charing Cross Road" | Mark Cullingham | Helene Hanff & Hugh Whitemore | Mark Shivas | Frank Finlay | 4 November 1975 | |
Adapted from the book of the same name. | ||||||||
117 | 5 | "Keep an Eye on Albert" | Michael Tuchner | Brian Glover | Ann Scott | Susan Tracy | 11 November 1975 | |
118 | 6 | "Children of the Sun" | Viktors Ritelis | Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook | Ann Scott | Godfrey James | 18 November 1975 | |
Last missing episode. | ||||||||
119 | 7 | "After the Solo" | Moira Armstrong | John Challen | Ann Scott | Leonard Rossiter | 25 November 1975 | |
120 | 8 | "Through the Night" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Trevor Griffiths | Ann Scott | Alison Steadman | 2 December 1975 | |
121 | 9 | "A Passage to England" | John Mackenzie | Leon Griffiths | Kenith Trodd | Colin Welland | 9 December 1975 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
122 | 10 | "Rumpole of the Bailey" | John Gorrie | John Mortimer | Irene Shubik | Leo McKern | 16 December 1975 | |
DVD release by Acorn.[19] Repeated 16 May 1993, and on BBC4 18 and 19 January 2009. Spun off as a long-running TV series of the same name on ITV (Thames Television).[20] | ||||||||
123 | 11 | "The Other Woman" | Michael Simpson | Watson Gould | David Rose | Jane Lapotaire | 6 January 1976 | |
From BBC Birmingham. | ||||||||
124 | 12 | "Nuts in May" | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh | David Rose | Roger Sloman | 13 January 1976 | |
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.[13] | ||||||||
125 | 13 | "Doran's Box" | Matthew Robinson | Eric Coltart | David Rose | Peter Eyre | 20 January 1976 | |
Exists only as a domestic video recording. | ||||||||
126 | 14 | "Packman's Barn" | Menaul Christopher Menaul | Alick Rowe | David Rose | John Barrett | 27 January 1976 | |
127 | 15 | "A Story to Frighten the Children" | Herbert Wise | John Hopkins | Graeme McDonald | Geoffrey Palmer | 3 February 1976 | |
128 | 16 | "The Happy Hunting Ground" | Brian Parker | Tom Hadaway | Anne Head | Neil Phillips | 10 February 1976 | |
129 | 17 | "Jumping Bean Bag" | Alan Cooke | Robin Chapman | Rosemary Hill | David Dixon | 17 February 1976 | |
130 | 18 | "Clay, Smeddum and Greenden" | Moira Armstrong | Lewis Grassic Gibbon & Bill Craig | Pharic MacLaren | Fulton Mackay | 24 February 1976 | |
Trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, dramatised by Bill Craig. | ||||||||
131 | 19 | "Love Letters on Blue Paper" | Waris Hussein | Arnold Wesker | Graeme McDonald | Patrick Troughton | 2 March 1976 | |
132 | 20 | "Willie Rough" | Bob McIntosh | Bill Bryden | Pharic MacLaren | James Grant | 9 March 1976 | |
Adapted from the stage play of the same name. | ||||||||
133 | 21 | "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" | Claude Whatham | Beryl Bainbridge | Kenith Trodd | Rosemary Leach | 16 March 1976 | |
134 | 22 | "The Peddler" | Claude Whatham | E. A. Whitehead | Graeme McDonald | John Hurt | 23 March 1976 | |
135 | 23 | "Early Struggles" | Stephen Frears | Peter Prince | Graeme McDonald | Paul Nicholas | 30 March 1976 | |
136 | 24 | "Double Dare" | John Mackenzie | Dennis Potter | Kenith Trodd | Alan Dobie | 6 April 1976 | |
137 | 25 | "The House of Bernarda Alba" | Claude Whatham | Federico García Lorca | TBA | TBA | 28 July 1976 |
TODO: The Price of Coal cleanup Series 7 (1976–1977)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
137 | 1 | "Bar Mitzvah Boy" | Michael Tuchner | Jack Rosenthal | Graeme McDonald | Jeremy Steyn | 14 September 1976 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set.[8] & the 'Jack Rosenthal at the BBC' DVD set.[21] 1977 BAFTA Best Single Play award winner and Best Writer awards, 1976. | ||||||||
138 | 2 | "Bet Your Life" | Leslie Blair | Leslie Blair | Graeme McDonald | Reginald Stewart | 21 September 1976 | |
139 | 3 | "Rocky Marciano Is Dead" | Graham Evans | Bernard Kops | Graeme McDonald | Ron Moody | 28 September 1976 | |
140 | 4 | "The Elephants' Graveyard" | John Mackenzie | Peter McDougall | Graeme McDonald | Billy Connolly | 12 October 1976 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] and 'The Peter McDougall Collection' DVD set. | ||||||||
141 | 5 | "Housewives' Choice" | Chris Thomson | Roy Kendall | Kenith Trodd | Frances de la Tour | 19 October 1976 | |
142 | 6 | "Your Man From Six Counties" | Barry Davis | Colin Welland | Kenith Trodd | Donal McCann | 26 October 1976 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
143 | 7 | "Buffet" | Mike Newell | Rhys Adrian | Graeme McDonald | Tony Britton | 2 November 1976 | |
144 | 8 | "Love on a Gunboat" | Robert Knights | Malcolm Bradbury | David Rose | Stephen Moore | 4 January 1977 | |
145 | 9 | "The Kiss of Death" | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh | David Rose | David Threlfall | 11 January 1977 | |
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.[13] | ||||||||
146 | 10 | "Our Flesh and Blood" | Pedr James | Mike Stott | David Rose | Bernard Hill | 18 January 1977 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
147 | 11 | "Do As I Say" | Barry Davis | Charles Wood | Graeme McDonald | Angela Down | 25 January 1977 | |
148 | 12 | "Spend, Spend, Spend" | John Goldschmidt | Jack Rosenthal | Graeme McDonald | Susan Littler | 15 March 1977 | |
Included on the Jack Rosenthal at the BBC DVD set.[21] Based on the book by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. 1978 BAFTA Best Single Play award winner. | ||||||||
149 | 13 | "A Photograph" | John Glenister | John Bowen | Graeme McDonald | John Stride | 22 March 1977 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.[2] | ||||||||
150 | 14 | "The Price of Coal: Part 1 - Meet the People" | Ken Loach | Barry Hines | Tony Garnett | Bobby Knutt | 1 August 1978 | |
Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset.[7] | ||||||||
151 | 15 | "The Price of Coal: Part 2 - Back to Reality" | Ken Loach | Barry Hines | Tony Garnett | Bobby Knutt | 8 August 1978 | |
Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset.[7] | ||||||||
152 | 16 | "Gotcha" | Barry Davis | Barrie Keeffe | Margaret Matheson | Philip Davis Phil Davis | 12 April 1977 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] Double Bill. | ||||||||
152 | 16 | "Campion's Interview" | Barry Davis | Brian Clark | Margaret Matheson | Julian Curry | 12 April 1977 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] Double Bill. | ||||||||
153 | 17 | "A Choice of Evils" | Jane Howell | Jim Allen | Margaret Matheson | Stephen Murray | 19 April 1977 | |
154 | 18 | "The Country Party" | Barry Davis | Brian Clark | Mark Shivas | Peter Barkworth | 26 April 1977 | |
Sequel to "The Saturday Party". |
TODO numbering issues until end of season: Series 8 (1977–1978)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
154 | 1 | "Stronger Than the Sun" | Michael Apted | Stephen Poliakoff | Margaret Matheson | Francesca Annis | 18 October 1977 | |
155 | 2 | "Come the Revolution" | Michael Darlow | Robin Chapman | Rosemary Hill | Vivian Pickles | 25 October 1977 | |
156 | 3 | "Abigail's Party" | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh | Margaret Matheson | Alison Steadman | 1 November 1977 | |
Adapted from the stage play of the same name. DVD release by BBC,[22] also included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.[13] | ||||||||
157 | 4 | "Oy Vay Maria" | Richard Loncraine | Mary O'Malley | Margaret Matheson | Cheryl Hall | 8 November 1977 | |
158 | 5 | "Nipper" | Brian Farnham | Barrie Keeffe | Margaret Matheson | Coral Atkins | 15 November 1977 | |
159 | 6 | "One Day at a Time" | Ronald Wilson | Denis Cannan | Innes Lloyd | Stephanie Cole | 22 November 1977 | |
160 | 7 | "The Mayor's Charity" | Mike Newell | Henry Livings | Richard Broke | Thora Hird | 29 November 1977 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set.[8] | ||||||||
161 | 8 | "Catchpenny Twist" | Robert Knights | Stewart Parker | TBA | Sam Dale | 5 December 1977 | |
162 | 9 | "Charades" | Roderick Graham | Antonia Fraser | Pharic MacLaren | Jennifer Hilary | 13 December 1977 | |
163 | 10 | "The Thin End of the Wedge" | John Black | Sean McCarthy | Pharic MacLaren | Tom Marshall | 20 December 1977 | |
164 | 11 | "Scully's New Year's Eve" | Michael Simpson | Alan Bleasdale | David Rose | Andrew Schofield | 3 January 1978 | |
165 | 12 | "Licking Hitler" | David Hare | David Hare | David Rose | Kate Nelligan | 10 January 1978 | |
1979 BAFTA Best Single Play award winner. | ||||||||
166 | 13 | "Red Shift" | John Mackenzie | Alan Garner | David Rose | Stephen Petcher | 17 January 1978 | |
Adapted from the novel of the same name. | ||||||||
167 | 14 | "The Spongers" | Roland Joffé | Jim Allen | Tony Garnett | Christine Hargreaves | 24 January 1978 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] Prix Italia 1978, Golden Award and Best Script at Prague 1978. | ||||||||
168 | 15 | "Destiny" | Mike Newell | David Edgar | Margaret Matheson | Colin Jeavons | 31 January 1978 | |
Adapted from the play. | ||||||||
169 | 16 | "Our Day Out" | Pedr James | Willy Russell | David Rose | Alun Armstrong | 7 February 1978 | |
DVD release by Simply Media[23] First shown as a Play Of The Week on BBC2, 28 December 1977. | ||||||||
170 | 17 | "The After Dinner Joke" | Colin Bucksey | Caryl Churchill | Margaret Matheson | Paula Wilcox | 14 February 1978 | |
171 | 18 | "The Legion Hall Bombing" | Roland Joffé | Caryl Churchill | Margaret Matheson | David Kelly | 22 August 1978 |
Series 9 (1978–1979)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
178 | 1 | "Nina" | Alan Clarke | Jehane Markham | Margaret Matheson | Jack Shepherd | 17 October 1978 | |
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] | ||||||||
179 | 2 | "Victims Of Apartheid" | Stuart Burge | Tom Clarke | Richard Eyre | John Kani | 24 October 1978 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] | ||||||||
180 | 3 | "A Touch Of The Tiny Hacketts" | James Cellan Jones | John Esmonde & Bob Larbey | TBA | Ray Brooks | 31 October 1978 | |
181 | 4 | "Dinner At The Sporting Club" | Brian Gibson | Leon Griffiths | Kenith Trodd | John Thaw | 7 November 1978 | |
DVD release by Simply Media[24] | ||||||||
182 | 5 | "Donal And Sally" | Brian Parker | James Duthie | Anne Head | Gerard Kelly | 14 November 1978 | |
Best Direction, 1979 Prague International Television Festival. Repeated 8 July 1980. | ||||||||
183 | 6 | "Sorry..." | Claude Whatham | Václav Havel & Vera Blackwell | Innes Lloyd | Michael Crawford | 21 November 1978 | |
Adapted and translated by Vera Blackwell from the Vaněk plays Private View (a.k.a. Unveiling) and Audience. Repeated 6 January 1990. | ||||||||
184 | 7 | "Butterflies Don't Count" | Kenneth Ives | Wally K. Daly | Innes Lloyd | Frank Mills | 28 November 1978 | |
185 | 8 | "Soldiers Talking, Cleanly" | Alan Dossor | Mike Stott | Richard Eyre | Bob Mason | 5 December 1978 | |
186 | 9 | "One Bummer News Day" | Michael Darlow | Andy McSmith | Richard Eyre | Simon Rouse | 12 December 1978 | |
187 | 10 | "The Out Of Town Boys" | Robert Knights | Ron Hutchinson | David Rose | Joe Lynch | 2 January 1979 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
188 | 11 | "Vampires" | John Goldschmidt | Dixie Williams | Tara Prem | Peter Moran | 9 January 1979 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
189 | 12 | "The Chief Mourner" | David Rose | John Elliot | David Rose | Richard Pasco | 16 January 1979 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
190 | 13 | "Waterloo Sunset" | Richard Eyre | Barrie Keeffe | TBA | Queenie Watts | 23 January 1979 | |
Repeated 5 August 1980. | ||||||||
191 | 14 | "Blue Remembered Hills" | Brian Gibson | Dennis Potter | Kenith Trodd | Colin Welland | 30 January 1979 | |
Included on the Helen Mirren at the BBC DVD set.[25] BAFTA Best Single Play and Best Director 1979. Repeated on BBC2 30 May 1980 and 6 November 1986, and on BBC4 5 June 2008. | ||||||||
192 | 15 | "Who's Who" | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh | Margaret Matheson | Simon Chandler | 5 February 1979 | |
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.[13] Repeated on BBC2 7 September 1982. | ||||||||
193 | 16 | "The Last Window Cleaner" | Bill Craske | Ron Hutchinson | Kenith Trodd | Patrick Magee | 13 February 1979 | |
194 | 17 | "Ploughman's Share" | Fiona Cumming | Douglas Dunn | Pharic MacLaren | Duncan Brewster | 27 February 1979 | |
From BBC Scotland | ||||||||
195 | 18 | "Degree Of Uncertainty" | Paul Annett | Alma Cullen | Pharic MacLaren | Jennie Linden | 6 March 1979 | |
From BBC Scotland | ||||||||
196 | 19 | "Light" | Jane Howell | Tony Perrin | Richard Eyre | Jim Norton | 13 March 1979 | |
197 | 20 | "Coming Out" | Carol Wiseman | James Andrew Hall | Kenith Trodd | Anton Rodgers | 10 April 1979 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set.[8] Repeated on BBC2 13 June 1980. | ||||||||
198 | 21 | "Don't Be Silly" | Kenneth Ives | Rachel Billington | Innes Lloyd | Susan Fleetwood | 24 July 1979 | |
Repeated 12 August 1980. Repeated on BBC4 10 November 2020. |
Series 10 (1979–1980)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
199 | 1 | "Long Distance Information" | Stephen Frears | Neville Smith | Richard Eyre | Neville Smith | 11 October 1979 | |
Repeated on BBC2 4 October 1980. | ||||||||
200 | 2 | "Cries From A Watchtower" | Giles Foster | Stephen Lowe | Richard Eyre | Paix Copley | 18 October 1979 | |
201 | 3 | "Comedians" | Richard Eyre | Trevor Griffiths | Richard Eyre | Bill Fraser | 25 October 1979 | |
Adapted from the stage play. Repeated 19 August 1980, and on BBC2 9 May 1993. | ||||||||
202 | 4 | "Even Solomon" | Roger Bamford | Andrew Taylor | Anne Head | Paul Henley | 1 November 1979 | |
203 | 5 | "Just A Boys' Game" | John Mackenzie | Peter McDougall | Richard Eyre | Frankie Miller | 8 November 1979 | |
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.[10] 'The Peter McDougall Collection' DVD set Repeated 26 August 1980. Repeated on BBC4 27 October 2020. | ||||||||
204 | 6 | "Billy" | Charles Stewart | G. F. Newman | Kenith Trodd | Jason Plenderleith | 13 November 1979 | |
Repeated 10 November 1981. | ||||||||
205 | 7 | "A Hole In Babylon" | Horace Ové | Jim Hawkins & Horace Ové | Graham Benson | T-Bone Wilson | 29 November 1979 | |
Based on events of the 1975 Spaghetti House siege. Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set.[8] Repeated on BBC2 27 June 1992. Repeated on BBC4 20 October 2020. | ||||||||
206 | 8 | "The Slab Boys" | Bob Hird | John Byrne | Pharic MacLaren | Gerard Kelly | 6 December 1979 | |
Adapted from the play. DVD release by John Williams Productions[26] | ||||||||
207 | 9 | "Katie: The Year Of A Child" | Barry Davis | Ian Cullen & John Norton | John Norton | Margaret Kelly | 13 December 1979 | |
208 | 10 | "The Network" | Derek Lister | Stephen Fagan | Anne Head | Anthony Bate | 20 December 1979 | |
209 | 11 | "The Black Stuff" | Jim Goddard | Alan Bleasdale | David Rose | Bernard Hill | 2 January 1980 | |
Included on the Boys from the Black Stuff DVD set.[27] The Black Stuff was commissioned and produced for the Play for Today strand in 1978, but not broadcast until 1980, as a one-off play on BBC2 (not billed as a Play for Today).[28] However BBC sources today generally do refer to it as a Play for Today.[29] Repeated on BBC1 30 July 1981, and on BBC4 19 September 2010 and 17 November 2020. | ||||||||
210 | 12 | "Chance Of A Lifetime" | Giles Foster | Robert Holman | Richard Eyre | David Daker | 3 January 1980 | |
Repeated 3 September 1981. | ||||||||
211 | 13 | "Keep Smiling" | Paul Joyce | Paul Joyce | David Rose | Stephen Moore | 10 January 1980 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
212 | 14 | "Dreams Of Leaving" | David Hare | David Hare | David Rose | Bill Nighy | 17 January 1980 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
213 | 15 | "Thicker Than Water" | Alan Grint | Brian Glover | Tara Prem | Colin Douglas | 24 January 1980 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
214 | 16 | "Murder Rap" | Peter Duffell | Michael Hastings | Richard Eyre | Arthur Lovegrove | 31 January 1980 | |
Repeated 13 August 1981. | ||||||||
215 | 17 | "Instant Enlightenment Including VAT" | John Bruce | Andrew Carr | Innes Lloyd | Simon Callow | 7 February 1980 | |
Postponed from 22 November 1979. | ||||||||
216 | 18 | "No Defence" | Clive Halls | Chris Kewbank | Innes Lloyd | Illona Linthwaite | 14 February 1980 | |
217 | 19 | "That Crazy Woman" | Bill Craske | David Hopkins | John Norton | Zena Walker | 21 February 1980 | |
218 | 20 | "A Gift From Nessus" | James Ormerod | William McIlvanney & Bill Craig | Pharic MacLaren | Ken Hutchison | 28 February 1980 | |
Novel by William McIlvanney, dramatised by Bill Craig; from BBC Scotland. | ||||||||
219 | 21 | "Kate, The Good Neighbour" | John Bruce | Peter Ransley | Richard Broke | Rachel Kempson | 6 March 1980 | |
Repeated 27 August 1981. | ||||||||
220 | 22 | "Buses" | Tim King | Geoffrey Case | Terry Coles | Sebastian Abineri | 13 March 1980 | |
221 | 23 | "Shadows on Our Skin" | Jim O'Brien | Jennifer Johnston & Derek Mahon | Kenith Trodd | MacRea Clarke | 20 March 1980 | |
Screenplay by Derek Mahon from the novel by Jennifer Johnston. Repeated 20 August 1981. | ||||||||
222 | 24 | "Ladies" | Durmuid Lawrence | Carol Bunyan | Kenith Trodd | Patsy Rowlands | 27 March 1980 | |
223 | 25 | "The Vanishing Army" | Richard Loncraine | Robert Holles | Innes Lloyd | Bill Paterson | 3 April 1980 | |
First shown as a Play Of The Week on BBC2 29 November 1978, and repeated on BBC1 28 August 1979. | ||||||||
224 | 26 | "Not For The Likes Of Us" | Tim King | Gilly Fraser | W. Stephen Gilbert | Pam St Clement | 10 April 1980 | |
From BBC Bristol | ||||||||
225 | 27 | "The Executioner" | Kenneth Ives | Lionel Goldstein | Innes Lloyd | Paul Rogers | 17 April 1980 | |
226 | 28 | "The Imitation Game" | Richard Eyre | Ian McEwan | Richard Eyre | Harriet Walter | 24 April 1980 | |
DVD release by Simply Media[30] Repeated on BBC2 8 September 1981 and 12 May 1993. | ||||||||
227 | 29 | "A Walk In The Forest" | Jack Gold | Jeremy Paul | Carol Robertson | John Alderton | 14 May 1980 | |
Repeated on BBC2 6 July 1980. - | ||||||||
228 | 30 | "On Giant's Shoulders" | Anthony Simmons | Marjorie Wallace, Michael Robson, William Humble & Anthony Simmons | Mark Shivas | Judi Dench | 24 June 1980 | |
Based on the book by Marjorie Wallace and Michael Robson, dramatised by William Humble and Anthony Simmons. First shown as a Play Of The Week on BBC2, 28 March 1979. Repeated on BBC2 4 November 1986. | ||||||||
229 | 31 | "Fearless Frank" | Colin Bucksey | Andrew Davies | Louis Marks | Leonard Rossiter | 1 July 1980 | |
First shown as a Play Of The Week on BBC2, 4 October 1978. |
Series 11 (1980–1981)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
230 | 1 | "Pasmore" | Richard Eyre | Richard Eyre & David Storey | Ann Scott | Philip Jackson | 21 October 1980 | |
Screenplay by Richard Eyre from the novel by David Storey. Repeated 10 August 1982. | ||||||||
231 | 2 | "C2H5OH" | James Cellan Jones | David Turner | Innes Lloyd | Dinsdale Landen | 28 October 1980 | |
Title is the chemical formula for ethanol (alcohol). | ||||||||
232 | 3 | "The Adventures Of Frank: 1 - Everybody's Fiddling Something" | John McGrath | John McGrath, Mark Brown, Mike O'Neill & Si Cowe | Richard Eyre | Mick Ford | 4 November 1980 | |
A musical play in two parts by John McGrath, with music by Mark Brown and additional songs by Mike O'Neill and Si Cowe. | ||||||||
233 | 4 | "The Adventures Of Frank: 2 - Seeds Of Ice" | John McGrath | John McGrath, Mark Brown, Mike O'Neill & Si Cowe | Richard Eyre | Mick Ford | 11 November 1980 | |
A musical play in two parts by John McGrath, with music by Mark Brown and additional songs by Mike O'Neill and Si Cowe. | ||||||||
234 | 5 | "Minor Complications" | Moira Armstrong | Peter Ransley | Richard Broke | Paola Dionisotti | 18 November 1980 | |
Repeated 3 August 1982. | ||||||||
235 | 6 | "Jude" | Bill Craske | Lesley Bruce | June Roberts | Dorian Ford | 2 December 1980 | |
236 | 7 | "The Flipside Of Dominick Hide" | Alan Gibson | Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson | Chris Cherry | Peter Firth | 9 December 1980 | |
DVD release by BBC[31] Repeated 7 December 1982, and on BBC4 26 February 2006, 20 May 2006 and 26 July 2008. | ||||||||
237 | 8 | "Name For The Day" | Bill Bain | Colin Haydn Evans | Anne Head | Richard O'Callaghan | 16 December 1980 | |
238 | 9 | "Jessie" | Bryan Forbes | Bryan Forbes | Neil Zeiger | Nanette Newman | 23 December 1980 | |
Repeated 11 December 1982. | ||||||||
239 | 10 | "Beyond The Pale" | Les Blair | Les Blair | John Norton | Michael Maynard | 6 January 1981 | |
240 | 11 | "The Muscle Market" | Alan Dossor | Alan Bleasdale | Michael Wearing | Pete Postlethwaite | 13 January 1981 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
241 | 12 | "A Brush With Mr. Porter On The Road To El Dorado" | Baz Taylor | Don Haworth | Michael Wearing | Benjamin Christopher Benjamin (actor) | 20 January 1981 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
242 | 13 | "The Cause" | Barry Davis | Derek Lister | Terry Coles | Jimmy Jewel | 3 February 1981 | |
243 | 14 | "Beloved Enemy" | Alan Clarke | David Leland & Charles Levinson | Keith Williams | Graham Crowden | 10 February 1981 | |
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] Derived from the book Vodka Cola by Charles Levinson. | ||||||||
244 | 15 | "The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner" | Baz Taylor | Stewart Parker | Neil Zeiger | Peter Sallis | 17 February 1981 | |
245 | 16 | "The Union" | Ronald Wilson | Tony Perrin | Innes Lloyd | Ian Hogg | 24 February 1981 | |
246 | 17 | "Sorry" | Alistair Clark | Carol Bunyan | John Norton | Nicholas Ball | 3 March 1981 | |
Repeated 17 August 1982. | ||||||||
247 | 18 | "Shai Mala Khani The Garland" | Horace Ové | H. O. Nazareth & Horace Ové | Peter Ansorge | Tariq Yunus | 10 March 1981 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
248 | 19 | "The Sin Bin" | John Gorrie | Tony Parker | June Roberts | Kenneth Cranham | 17 March 1981 | |
249 | 20 | "Before Water Lilies" | Alan Charlesworth | Robert Marshall | Chris Cherry | Colin Bruce | 24 March 1981 | |
250 | 21 | "Bavarian Night" | Jack Gold | Andrew Davies | Louis Marks | Gawn Grainger | 31 March 1981 | |
251 | 22 | "The Good Time Girls" | Gareth Davies | Alan Clews | Pharic MacLaren | Anne Kristen | 7 April 1981 | |
From BBC Scotland. Repeated 27 July 1982. | ||||||||
252 | 23 | "Baby Talk" | Derek Lister | Nigel Williams | Anne Head | Susan Littler | 21 April 1981 | |
253 | 24 | "A Turn For The Worse" | Bill Hays | John Bill | John Norton | Bernard Hill | 28 April 1981 | |
254 | 25 | "Psy-Warriors" | Alan Clarke | David Leland | June Roberts | Rosalind Ayres | 12 May 1981 | |
Adapted from the play. Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] |
Series 12 (1981–1982)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
255 | 1 | "Country" | Richard Eyre | Trevor Griffiths | Ann Scott | Leo McKern | 20 October 1981 | |
Repeated on BBC2 26 May 1993. Repeated on BBC4 12 October 2020. | ||||||||
256 | 2 | "London Is Drowning" | Martyn Friend | Graham Williams | Chris Cherry | David Neal | 27 October 1981 | |
257 | 3 | "A Room For The Winter" | Jim Goddard | Rose Tremain | June Roberts | Jack Shepherd | 3 November 1981 | |
258 | 4 | "No Visible Scar" | Moira Armstrong | Rosemary Davies | Innes Lloyd | Barbara Flynn | 17 November 1981 | |
259 | 5 | "Iris In The Traffic, Ruby In The Rain" | John Bruce | Stewart Parker | June Roberts | Frances Tomelty | 24 November 1981 | |
Repeated on BBC2 15 February 1989. | ||||||||
260 | 6 | "Protest" | Alistair Clark | Václav Havel & Vera Blackwell | Innes Lloyd | Nigel Hawthorne | 1 December 1981 | |
Translated and adapted by Vera Blackwell from the play. | ||||||||
261 | 7 | "United Kingdom" | Roland Joffé | Jim Allen | Kenith Trodd | Colin Welland | 8 December 1981 | |
262 | 8 | "P.Q. 17" | Frank Cox | Roger Milner & Captain Jack Broome | Innes Lloyd | Richard Briers | 15 December 1981 | |
From the book Convoy Is To Scatter by Captain Jack Broome. | ||||||||
263 | 9 | "The Factory" | Gerald Blake Gerald Blake | David Hopkins | Innes Lloyd | Leonard Rossiter | 22 December 1981 | |
264 | 10 | "England's Greens And Peasant Land" | Jim Hill | Rita May | John Norton | Ron Delta | 5 January 1982 | |
265 | 11 | "A Cotswold Death" | Tony Bicat | Tony Bicat | Michael Wearing | Tony Richardson | 12 January 1982 | |
266 | 12 | "Under the Skin" | Tony Smith | Janey Preger | Peter Ansorge | Jacqueline Tong | 19 January 1982 | |
267 | 13 | "Commitments" | Richard Wilson Richard Wilson | Dusty Hughes | Ann Scott | Kevin McNally | 26 January 1982 | |
Adapted from the play. Exists only as a domestic video recording. | ||||||||
268 | 14 | "Life After Death" | Anthony Simmons | Rachel Billington | Innes Lloyd | Dorothy Tutin | 2 February 1982 | |
269 | 15 | "The Silly Season" | Alex Marshall | Stephen Mulrine | Pharic MacLaren | Derek Anders | 9 February 1982 | |
From BBC Scotland | ||||||||
270 | 16 | "Too Late To Talk To Billy" | Paul Seed | Reid|Graham Reid (writer) Reid, Graham | Zeiger and Chris Parr|nolink=1 Zeiger, Neil and Chris Parr | James Ellis | 16 February 1982 | |
First of the Billy trilogy. Repeated 3 May 1983. | ||||||||
271 | 17 | "Willie's Last Stand" | Brian Parker | Jim Allen | Alan Seymour | Paul Freeman | 23 February 1982 | |
272 | 18 | "Tishoo" | Gerald Blake Gerald Blake | Thompson Brian B. Thompson | John Norton | Paul Daneman | 9 March 1982 | |
273 | 19 | "Home, Sweet Home" | Mike Leigh | Mike Leigh | Louis Marks | Timothy Spall | 16 March 1982 | |
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.[13] | ||||||||
274 | 20 | "A Sudden Wrench" | Jon Amiel | Paula Milne | Alan Shallcross | Rosemary Martin | 23 March 1982 | |
Repeated on BBC2 18 March 1983. | ||||||||
275 | 21 | "Eve Set The Balls Of Corruption Rolling" | David Maloney | Marcella Evaristi | Bob McIntosh | Debbie Wheeler | 30 March 1982 | |
From BBC Scotland. Pye Award for Best Writer New to Television, 1982 | ||||||||
276 | 22 | "Whistling Wally" | Gerald Blake Gerald Blake | Wally K. Daly | Innes Lloyd | Kenneth Farrington | 6 April 1982 |
Series 13 (1982–1983)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
277 | 1 | "Soft Targets" | Charles Sturridge | Stephen Poliakoff | Kenith Trodd | Helen Mirren | 19 October 1982 | |
Included on the Helen Mirren at the BBC DVD set.[25] Repeated on BBC4 25 January 2003. | ||||||||
278 | 2 | "3 Minute Heroes" | Michael Custance | Leslie Stewart | Colin Rogers | Philip Freeman | 26 October 1982 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
279 | 3 | "The Remainder Man" | Richard Wilson | Philip Martin | Ann Scott | Sheila Hancock | 2 November 1982 | |
280 | 4 | "Intensive Care" | Gavin Millar | Alan Bennett | Innes Lloyd | Alan Bennett | 9 November 1982 | |
Repeated on BBC2 9 August 1992. | ||||||||
281 | 5 | "A Mother Like Him" | Baz Taylor | Frances Galleymore | Alan Shallcross | Perry Fenwick | 16 November 1982 | |
282 | 6 | "John David" | Rodney Bennett | Paula Milne | Brenda Reid | Gwen Watford | 23 November 1982 | |
283 | 7 | "Aliens" | David Maloney | Alan Clews | Bob McIntosh | Anthony Higgins | 30 November 1982 | |
From BBC Scotland | ||||||||
284 | 8 | "Another Flip For Dominick" | Alan Gibson | Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson | Chris Cherry | Peter Firth | 14 December 1982 | |
BBC DVD release[31] Repeated on BBC4 27 May 2006 and 2 August 2008. | ||||||||
285 | 9 | "Last Love" | Nicholas Renton | Reg Gadney | Alan Shallcross | Elizabeth Sellars | 1 March 1983 | |
286 | 10 | "Gates Of Gold" | Jon Amiel | Maurice Leitch | Chris Parr | Peter Bayliss | 8 March 1983 | |
287 | 11 | "Wayne And Albert" | Sarah Pia Anderson | David Hopkins | Alan Shallcross | Arthur English | 15 March 1983 | |
288 | 12 | "Atlantis" | Les Chatfield | Peter Terson | Colin Rogers | Frank Middlemass | 29 March 1983 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
289 | 13 | "The Last Term" | Philip Bonham-Carter | Raymond Hitchcock | Rosemary Hill | Christopher Villiers | 5 April 1983 | |
290 | 14 | "Reluctant Chickens" | Gareth Davies | David Cregan | Roger Gregory | Patrick Troughton | 12 April 1983 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
291 | 15 | "Shall I Be Mother?" | Ronald Wilson | Peter Ransley | Anne Head | Eva Griffith | 19 April 1983 | |
292 | 16 | "The Falklands Factor" | Colin Bucksey | Don Shaw | Louis Marks | Donald Pleasence | 26 April 1983 | |
293 | 17 | "A Matter Of Choice For Billy" | Paul Seed | Graham Reid | Neil Zeiger | Kenneth Branagh | 10 May 1983 | |
Second of the Billy trilogy. |
Series 14 (1984)
editNo. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
294 | 1 | "Young Shoulders" | Silvio Narizzano | John Wain & Robert Smith | Bernard Krichefski | David Horovitch | 14 February 1984 | |
Screenplay by Robert Smith and John Wain of the novel. | ||||||||
295 | 2 | "A Coming To Terms For Billy" | Paul Seed | Graham Reid | Chris Parr | Kenneth Branagh | 21 February 1984 | |
Third of the Billy trilogy. From BBC Northern Ireland. | ||||||||
296 | 3 | "Z For Zachariah" | Anthony Garner | Anthony Garner | Neil Zeiger | Anthony Andrews | 28 February 1984 | |
Adapted from the novel. Duration 120 minutes. | ||||||||
297 | 4 | "Moving On The Edge" | Anthony Garner | Rose Tremain | Rosemary Hill | Eleanor Bron | 6 March 1984 | |
298 | 5 | "Desert Of Lies" | Piers Haggard | Howard Brenton | Michael Wearing | Cherie Lunghi | 13 March 1984 | |
299 | 6 | "Hard Feelings" | Michael Bradwell | Doug Lucie | Michael Wearing | Frances Barber | 20 March 1984 | |
Adapted from the play. | ||||||||
300 | 7 | "Under The Hammer" | Richard Wilson Richard Wilson | Stephen Fagan | Michael Wearing | Peter Vaughan | 27 March 1984 | |
301 | 8 | "King" | Tony Smith | Barrie Keeffe | Michael Wearing | Thomas Baptiste | 3 April 1984 | |
302 | 9 | "Rainy Day Women" | Ben Bolt | David Pirie | Michael Wearing | Charles Dance | 10 April 1984 | |
Repeated on BBC2 8 September 1990. | ||||||||
303 | 10 | "Dog Ends" | Carol Wiseman | Richard Harris | Andrée Molyneux | Leonard Rossiter | 17 July 1984 | |
204 | 11 | "The Groundling And The Kite" | Peter Jefferies | Leonard Preston | Colin Rogers | John Duttine | 24 July 1984 | |
From BBC Birmingham | ||||||||
305 | 12 | "The Cry" | Menaul Christopher Menaul | Derek Mahon & Chris Menaul from a story by John Montague | Chris Parr | Adrian Dunbar | 31 July 1984 | |
Adapted from a story by John Montague. | ||||||||
306 | 13 | "It Could Happen To Anybody" | Laurence Moody | Hugh McManus | Bob McIntosh | Ann Scott-Jones | 14 August 1984 | |
From BBC Scotland | ||||||||
307 | 14 | "Only Children" | Michael Rolfe | Judy Forrest | Alan Shallcross | Charlotte Cornwell | 21 August 1984 | |
308 | 15 | "The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle" | John Davis | Leslie Stewart | Rob Walker | Elaine Lordan | 28 August 1984 |
Postponed broadcasts
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Lead actor | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TBA | TBA | "Brimstone & Treacle" | Barry Davis | Dennis Potter | Kenith Trodd | Denholm Elliott | 25 August 1987 | |
BBC DVD release[32] Postponed from 6 April 1976. Repeated on BBC2 5 September 1998 and on BBC4 2 January 2005. | ||||||||
TBA | TBA | "Scum" | Alan Clarke | Roy Minton | Margaret Matheson | Ray Winstone | 27 July 1991 | |
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.[5] Postponed from 8 November 1977. | ||||||||
TBA | TBA | "Pillion" | Keith Evans | Paul Copley | Richard Eyre | TBA | Unbroadcast | |
Recorded in 1979 but never transmitted. |
References
edit- ^ "BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Play For Today: Volume 1 (4-Disc Blu-ray Box Set)". shop.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ "Play for Today: Robin Redbreast". 25 February 1971. p. 41 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Robin Redbreast". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969 - 1989) (Blu-ray Box Set)". shop.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g Play for Today: Seven Selected Plays repeat season, 11 March - 22 April 1971.
- ^ a b c "Ken Loach at the BBC [DVD] [1965]". amazon.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "Play for Today Volume 3 (Blu-ray Box Set)". shop.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ 'Home - the television adaption of David Storey's acclaimed play' DVD, Metrodome, 2004
- ^ a b c d e f g "Play For Today: Volume 2 (3-Disc Blu-ray Box Set)". shop.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ^ "The Fishing Party - A Play for Today". simplymedia.tv.[dead link]
- ^ 'Just Your Luck' DVD, BBC, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f 'Mike Leigh at the BBC' 6-disc DVD set, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2009
- ^ "Penda's Fen (Blu-ray)". shop.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black Oil Blu-ray". panamint.co.uk/. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ 'Gangsters - the complete series' 4 DVD set, BBC / 2|Entertain CCTV30272, 2006
- ^ 'Alan Bennett at the BBC', 4-disc DVD boxset, BBC / 2|Entertain BBCDVD3041, 2009
- ^ 'The Peter McDougall Collection' 5-disc DVD set, BBC, 2007
- ^ 'The Classic Drama: Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt' DVD, Acorn Media, 2007
- ^ Shubik 2000, p. 177
- ^ a b 'Jack Rosenthal at the BBC' 5-disc DVD set, Acorn Media AV9975, 2011
- ^ 'Abigail's Party' DVD, BBC BBCDVD1181, 2003
- ^ 'Our Day Out - A Play of the Week' DVD, Simply Media 188000, 2018 https://simplymedia.tv/product/188000/
- ^ 'Dinner at the Sporting Club' DVD, Simply Media 106813, 2003 https://simplymedia.tv/product/106813/
- ^ a b 'Helen Mirren at the BBC' 6-disc DVD set, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2008
- ^ 'The Slab Boys' DVD, John Williams Productions Ltd JW472. 2008
- ^ 'Boys from the Black Stuff' 3-disc DVD set, BBC BBCDVD1178, 2003
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BBCG TBS
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "BBC One - Play for Today, Series 10 - The Black Stuff". Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ 'The Imitation Game - A Play for Today' DVD, Simply Media 188001, 2018 https://simplymedia.tv/product/188001/
- ^ a b 'The Flipside of Dominick Hide & Another Flip for Dominick' DVD, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2005
- ^ 'Brimstone and Treacle' DVD, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2004