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Episodes

Sourced according to the BBC Genome archive of Radio Times magazines. 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)

No. 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 (1970-10-15)
16mm black and white print.
2	2	"The Right Prospectus"	Alan Cooke	John Osborne	Irene Shubik	George Cole	22 October 1970 (1970-10-22)
3	3	"The Lie"	Alan Bridges	Ingmar Bergman & Paul Britten Austin	Graeme McDonald	Frank Finlay	29 October 1970 (1970-10-29)
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.
4	4	"Angels Are So Few"	Gareth Davies	Dennis Potter	Graeme McDonald	Tom Bell	5 November 1970 (1970-11-05)
5	5	"The Write-Off"	Rudi Dorin	George Salverson	Rudi Dorin	Cec Linder	12 November 1970 (1970-11-12)
Canadian production. Missing.
6	6	"I Can't See My Little Willie"	Alan Clarke	Douglas Livingstone	Irene Shubik	Nigel Stock	19 November 1970 (1970-11-19)
Missing except for domestic audio recording.
7	7	"A Distant Thunder"	James Ferman	Maurice Edelman	Irene Shubik	Adrienne Corri	26 November 1970 (1970-11-26)
Missing.
8	8	"Hearts and Flowers"	Christopher Morahan	Peter Nichols	Irene Shubik	Anthony Hopkins	3 December 1970 (1970-12-03)
16mm black and white print.
9	9	"Robin Redbreast"	James MacTaggart	John Bowen	Graeme McDonald	Anna Cropper	10 December 1970 (1970-12-10)
Due to a power outage, the ending of this episode was blacked out in many areas, necessitating a repeat of the full episode on 25 February 1971. 16mm black and white print. DVD release by the BFI.
10	10	"The Hallelujah Handshake"	Alan Clarke	Colin Welland	Graeme McDonald	Tony Calvin	17 December 1970 (1970-12-17)
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.
11	11	"Alma Mater"	James Ferman	David Hodson	Irene Shubik	Ian Carmichael	7 January 1971 (1971-01-07)
Missing.
12	12	"Circle Line"	Claude Whatham	W. Stephen Gilbert	Graeme MacDonald	Michael Feast	14 January 1971 (1971-01-14)
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 (1971-01-21)
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 (1971-01-28)
15	15	"Billy's Last Stand"	John Glenister	Barry Hines	Graeme McDonald	Dudley Foster	4 February 1971 (1971-02-04)
Missing.
16	16	"The Rainbirds"	Philip Saville	Clive Exton	Irene Shubik	Madge Ryan	11 February 1971 (1971-02-11)
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 (1971-02-18)
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 (1971-03-11)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.
-	-	"Mad Jack"	Jack Gold	Tom Clarke	Graeme McDonald	Michael Jayston	18 March 1971 (1971-03-18)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play. 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 (1971-03-25)
Originally an episode of Plays of Today.
-	-	"Wind Versus Polygamy"	Naomi Capon	Obi Egbuna	Michael Bakewell	Earl Cameron	1 April 1971 (1971-04-01)
Originally an episode of Theatre 625.
-	-	"Playmates"	John McGrath	Johnny Speight	Graeme McDonald	Marty Feldman	8 April 1971 (1971-04-08)
Originally part of "Double Bill", an episode of The Wednesday Play.
-	-	"Sovereign's Company"	Alan Clarke	Don Shaw	Irene Shubik	Roland Culver	15 April 1971 (1971-04-15)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play. Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.
-	-	"Season of the Witch"	Desmond McCarthy	Desmond McCarthy & Johnny Byrne	Anne Head	Julie Driscoll	15 April 1971 (1971-04-15)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.
18	18	"The Foxtrot"	Philip Saville	Rhys Adrian	Irene Shubik	Donald Pleasence	29 April 1971 (1971-04-29)
16mm black and white print.
19	19	"When the Bough Breaks"	James Ferman	Tony Parker	Irene Shubik	Hannah Gordon	6 May 1971 (1971-05-06)
20	20	"Orkney"	James MacTaggart	George Mackay Brown & John McGrath	Graeme McDonald	Maurice Roëves	13 May 1971 (1971-05-13)
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 (1971-05-20)
Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset.
22	22	"The Man in the Sidecar"	James MacTaggart	Simon Gray	Graeme McDonald	Gemma Jones	27 May 1971 (1971-05-27)
Missing.
23	23	"Everybody Say Cheese"	Alan Clarke	Douglas Livingstone	Irene Shubik	Roy Kinnear	3 June 1971 (1971-06-03)
Missing.
-	-	"The Cellar and the Almond Tree"	Alan Bridges	David Mercer	Graeme McDonald	Celia Johnson	10 June 1971 (1971-06-10)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.
-	-	"The Italian Table"	Herbert Wise	William Trevor	Irene Shubik	Leonard Rossiter	17 June 1971 (1971-06-17)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.
-	-	"There is Also Tomorrow"	John Mackenzie	Hugo Charteris	Graeme McDonald	Glyn Houston	24 June 1971 (1971-06-24)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.
-	-	"Chariot of Fire"	James Ferman	Tony Parker	Irene Shubik	Rosemary Leach	1 July 1971 (1971-07-01)
Originally an episode of The Wednesday Play.

Series 2 (1971–1972)

No. 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 (1971-10-14)
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 (1971-10-21)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set. 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 (1971-10-28)
27	4	"O Fat White Woman"	Philip Saville	William Trevor	Irene Shubik	Peter Jeffrey	4 November 1971 (1971-11-04)
28	5	"Thank You Very Much"	Claude Whatham	N. F. Simpson	Graeme McDonald	Julian Holloway	11 November 1971 (1971-11-11)
16mm black and white print.
29	6	"Michael Regan"	John Gorrie	Robert Holles	Irene Shubik	David Burke	18 November 1971 (1971-11-18)
30	7	"Skin Deep"	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook	Graeme McDonald	Donald Pleasence	25 November 1971 (1971-11-25)
Missing.
31	8	"Pal"	Silvio Narizzano	Alun Owen	Irene Shubik	Robin Phillips	2 December 1971 (1971-12-02)
Missing.
32	9	"The Pigeon Fancier"	James Ferman	Peter Hankin	Irene Shubik	Bert Palmer	9 December 1971 (1971-12-09)
16mm black and white print.
33	10	"Home"	Lindsay Anderson	David Storey	Jac Venza	John Gielgud	6 January 1972 (1972-01-06)
Adapted by the playwright from his original stage play of the same name. A NET/CBC production. DVD release by Metrodome.
34	11	"Still Waters"	James MacTaggart	Julia Jones	Graeme McDonald	Margery Mason	13 January 1972 (1972-01-13)
35	12	"Stocker's Copper"	Jack Gold	Tom Clarke	Graeme McDonald	Bryan Marshall	20 January 1972 (1972-01-20)
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.
36	13	"The House on Highbury Hill"	John Glenister	Piers Paul Read	Graeme McDonald	Colin Farrell	27 January 1972 (1972-01-27)
Missing.
37	14	"In the Beautiful Caribbean"	Philip Saville	Barry Reckord	Irene Shubik	Calvin Lockhart	3 February 1972 (1972-02-03)
Missing.
38	15	"Ackerman, Dougall and Harker"	Ted Kotcheff	Don Shaw	Irene Shubik	Martin C. Thurley	10 February 1972 (1972-02-10)
39	16	"The Villa Maroc"	Herbert Wise	Willis Hall	Irene Shubik	Thora Hird	17 February 1972 (1972-02-17)
40	17	"Cows"	John Gorrie	Howard Barker	Graeme McDonald	Alison Leggatt	24 February 1972 (1972-02-24)
Missing.
41	18	"The Fishing Party"	Michael Simpson	Peter Terson	David Rose	Brian Glover	1 June 1972 (1972-06-01)
DVD release by Simply Media.

Series 3 (1972–1973)

No. 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 (1972-10-09)
43	2	"A Life Is Forever"	Alan Clarke	Tony Parker	Irene Shubik	Maurice O'Connell	16 October 1972 (1972-10-16)
Missing.
44	3	"Carson Country"	Piers Haggard	Dominic Behan	Graeme McDonald	J. G. Devlin	23 October 1972 (1972-10-23)
45	4	"Man Friday"	James MacTaggart	Adrian Mitchell	Graeme McDonald	Colin Blakely	30 October 1972 (1972-10-30)
Missing.
46	5	"Triple Exposure"	Alan Cooke	David Halliwell	Irene Shubik	Alec McCowen	6 November 1972 (1972-11-06)
47	6	"Better Than the Movies"	Roy Battersby	John Elliot	Graeme McDonald	Bryan Marshall	13 November 1972 (1972-11-13)
Missing.
48	7	"The General's Day"	John Gorrie	William Trevor	Irene Shubik	Alistair Sim	20 November 1972 (1972-11-20)
49	8	"The Bankrupt"	Christopher Morahan	David Mercer	Graeme McDonald	Joss Ackland	27 November 1972 (1972-11-27)
50	9	"Just Your Luck"	Mike Newell	Peter McDougall	Graeme McDonald	Lesley Mackie	4 December 1972 (1972-12-04)
BBC DVD.
51	10	"The Bouncing Boy"	Maurice Hatton	John McGrath	Graeme McDonald	Norman Eshley	11 December 1972 (1972-12-11)
52	11	"Shakespeare or Bust"	Brian Parker	Peter Terson	David Rose	Janet Suzman	8 January 1973 (1973-01-08)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.
53	12	"Land of Green Ginger"	Brian Parker	Alan Plater	David Rose	Gwen Taylor	15 January 1973 (1973-01-15)
54	13	"Kisses at Fifty"	Michael Apted	Colin Welland	Graeme McDonald	Bill Maynard	22 January 1973 (1973-01-22)
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 (1973-01-29)
Missing.
56	15	"Song at Twilight"	Herbert Wise	Willis Hall	Irene Shubik	Colin Blakely	5 February 1973 (1973-02-05)
Missing.
57	16	"Only Make Believe"	Robert Knights	Dennis Potter	Graeme McDonald	Keith Barron	12 February 1973 (1973-02-12)
58	17	"For Sylvia, or the Air Show"	Barry Davis	John Burrows & John Harding	Kenith Trodd	John Burrows	19 February 1973 (1973-02-19)
Missing.
59	18	"The Operation"	Roy Battersby	Roger Smith	Kenith Trodd	George Lazenby	26 February 1973 (1973-02-26)
60	19	"Access to the Children"	Philip Saville	William Trevor	Irene Shubik	Joss Ackland	5 March 1973 (1973-03-05)
61	20	"Hard Labour"	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh	Tony Garnett	Liz Smith	12 March 1973 (1973-03-12)
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.
62	21	"Man Above Men"	Alan Clarke	David Hare	Mark Shivas	Gwen Watford	19 March 1973 (1973-03-19)
Missing.
63	22	"Speech Day"	John Goldschmidt	Barry Hines	Graeme McDonald	David Smith	26 March 1973 (1973-03-26)
64	23	"Steps Back"	Brian Parker	David Halliwell	David Rose	David Hill	14 May 1973 (1973-05-14)
65	24	"Three's One"	Alastair Reid	Penelope Mortimer	Graeme McDonald	Hywel Bennett	4 June 1973 (1973-06-04)
Missing.
66	25	"Edward G: Like the Filmstar"	James Ferman	John Harvey-Flint	Graeme McDonald	Robert Lang	11 June 1973 (1973-06-11)
Missing.
67	26	"Blooming Youth"	Leslie Blair	Leslie Blair	Tony Garnett	Philip Jackson	18 June 1973 (1973-06-18)
68	27	"The Stretch"	Peter Dews	Julia Jones	Graeme McDonald	June Ellis	25 June 1973 (1973-06-25)
Missing.
69	28	"Making the Play"	Michael Hayes	Terence Brady & Charlotte Bingham	Kenith Trodd	James Bolam	2 July 1973 (1973-07-02)
Missing.

Series 4 (1973–1974)

No. 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 (1973-10-18)
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 (1973-10-25)
72	3	"Jack Point"	Michael Apted	Colin Welland	Kenith Trodd	Stephen Murray	1 November 1973 (1973-11-01)
73	4	"The Emergency Channel"	Robert Knights	John Bowen	Graeme McDonald	Richard Pascoe	8 November 1973 (1973-11-08)
Missing.
74	5	"Mummy and Daddy"	Barry Davis	Douglas Livingstone	Kenith Trodd	Neil Wilson	15 November 1973 (1973-11-15)
Incomplete.
75	6	"Private Practice"	Peter Cregeen	Peter Hankin	Mark Shivas	Priscilla Morgan	22 November 1973 (1973-11-22)
Missing.
76	7	"Shutdown"	John Mackenzie	Tony Perrin	Kenith Trodd	Freddie Fletcher	29 November 1973 (1973-11-29)
Repeated 19 June 1975.
77	8	"Baby Blues"	James MacTaggart	Lethbridge Nemone Lethbridge	Kenith Trodd	Zena Walker	6 December 1973 (1973-12-06)
78	9	"Jingle Bells"	Claude Whatham	Arthur Hopcraft	Graeme McDonald	Colin Farrell	13 December 1973 (1973-12-13)
Missing.
79	10	"The Lonely Man's Lover"	Brian Parker	Barry Collins	David Rose	Jan Francis	17 January 1974 (1974-01-17)
80	11	"All Good Men"	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	Trevor Griffiths	Graeme McDonald	Bill Fraser	31 January 1974 (1974-01-31)
81	12	"Joe's Ark"	Alan Bridges	Dennis Potter	Graeme McDonald	Freddie Jones	14 February 1974 (1974-02-14)
82	13	"Hot Fat"	Derek Bennett	Jack Rosenthal	Graeme McDonald	Richard O'Callaghan	21 February 1974 (1974-02-21)
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 (1974-03-07)
Postponed from 7 February 1974.
84	15	"Headmaster"	Anthony Page	John Challen	Graeme McDonald	Frank Windsor	14 March 1974 (1974-03-14)
Spun off as a series in 1977.
85	16	"Penda's Fen"	Alan Clarke	David Rudkin	David Rose	Spencer Banks	21 March 1974 (1974-03-21)
Blu-ray and DVD by the BFI. also included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.
86	17	"Pidgeon - Hawk Or Dove?"	David Rose	Michael Sadler	David Rose	Iain Cuthbertson	28 March 1974 (1974-03-28)
87	18	"Three for the Fancy"	Matthew Robinson	Peter Terson	David Rose	Brian Glover	11 April 1974 (1974-04-11)
88	19	"The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black Oil"	John Mackenzie	John McGrath	Graeme McDonald	Charles Kearney	6 June 1974 (1974-06-06)
Adapted from the stage play of the same name. Blu-ray & DVD releases by Panamint Cinema.
89	20	"Schmoedipus"	Barry Davis	Dennis Potter	Kenith Trodd	Anna Cropper	20 June 1974 (1974-06-20)
90	21	"The Childhood Friend"	Mike Newell	Piers Paul Read	Graeme McDonald	Anthony Hopkins	27 June 1974 (1974-06-27)
91	22	"A Follower for Emily"	Alan Clarke	Brian Clark	Graeme McDonald	Herbert Ramskill	4 July 1974 (1974-07-04)
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.

Series 5 (1974–1975)

No. 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 (1974-10-31)
93	2	"Baby Love"	Barry Davis	David Edgar	Kenith Trodd	Patti Love	7 November 1974 (1974-11-07)
Adapted from the play.
94	3	"Back of Beyond"	Desmond Davis	Julia Jones	Graeme McDonald	Rachel Roberts	14 November 1974 (1974-11-14)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.
95	4	"The Bevellers"	Moira Armstrong	Roddy McMillan	Pharic MacLaren	Roddy McMillan	21 November 1974 (1974-11-21)
96	5	"Taking Leave"	John Mackenzie	Joyce Neary	Kenith Trodd	George Sewell	28 November 1974 (1974-11-28)
97	6	"Fugitive"	Peter Gill	Sean Walsh	Kenith Trodd	Stephen Rea	5 December 1974 (1974-12-05)
98	7	"Eleanor"	Barry Davis	William Trevor	Irene Shubik	Colin Douglas	12 December 1974 (1974-12-12)
99	8	"Gangsters"	Philip Saville	Philip Martin	Barry Hanson	Maurice Colbourne	9 January 1975 (1975-01-09)
Included on the Gangsters DVD set. Spun off as a TV series.
100	9	"The After Dinner Game"	Robert Knights	Malcolm Bradbury & Christopher Bigsby	David Rose	Timothy West	16 January 1975 (1975-01-16)
101	10	"Breath"	Matthew Robinson	Elaine Feinstein	David Rose	Angela Pleasence	23 January 1975 (1975-01-23)
102	11	"The Death of a Young, Young Man"	Viktors Ritelis	Willy Russell	David Rose	Gary Brown	30 January 1975 (1975-01-30)
103	12	"Sunset Across the Bay"	Stephen Frears	Alan Bennett	Innes Lloyd	Gabrielle Daye	20 February 1975 (1975-02-20)
Included on the Alan Bennett at the BBC DVD boxset.
104	13	"Funny Farm"	Alan Clarke	Roy Minton	Mark Shivas	Tim Preece	27 February 1975 (1975-02-27)
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.
105	14	"Goodbye"	Gavin Millar	Hugh Whitemore	Kenith Trodd	Jeremy Kemp	6 March 1975 (1975-03-06)
From the novel by William Sansom.
106	15	"Just Another Saturday"	John Mackenzie	Peter McDougall	Graeme McDonald	Jon Morrison	13 March 1975 (1975-03-13)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set. & 'The Peter McDougall Collection' DVD set. Winner of the 1975 Italia Prize for Television Drama Programmes.
107	16	"Child of Hope"	Graham Evans	John Elliot	Graeme McDonald	Leon Gluckman	24 April 1975 (1975-04-24)
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 (1975-05-01)
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 (1975-05-08)
110	19	"The Dandelion Clock"	John Bruce	Wilson John Haire	Ann Scott	Verona O'Hara	15 May 1975 (1975-05-15)
Missing.
111	20	"Brassneck"	Mike Newell	Howard Brenton & David Hare	Graeme McDonald	Jeremy Kemp	22 May 1975 (1975-05-22)
Adapted from the play.
112	21	"The Floater"	Barry Davis	Peter Prince	Graeme McDonald	Richard Beckinsale	29 May 1975 (1975-05-29)
113	22	"By Common Consent"	John Robins	Paul Thompson	TBA	TBA	5 June 1975 (1975-06-05)

TODO: overall numbering off from here!!!! Series 6 (1975–1976)

No. 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 (1975-10-14)
114	2	"Two Sundays"	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	Simon Gray	Kenith Trodd	Alan Bates	21 October 1975 (1975-10-21)
115	3	"Moss"	Philip Saville	Bernard Kops	Irene Shubik	Warren Mitchell	28 October 1975 (1975-10-28)
116	4	"84, Charing Cross Road"	Mark Cullingham	Helene Hanff & Hugh Whitemore	Mark Shivas	Frank Finlay	4 November 1975 (1975-11-04)
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 (1975-11-11)
118	6	"Children of the Sun"	Viktors Ritelis	Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook	Ann Scott	Godfrey James	18 November 1975 (1975-11-18)
Last missing episode.
119	7	"After the Solo"	Moira Armstrong	John Challen	Ann Scott	Leonard Rossiter	25 November 1975 (1975-11-25)
120	8	"Through the Night"	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	Trevor Griffiths	Ann Scott	Alison Steadman	2 December 1975 (1975-12-02)
121	9	"A Passage to England"	John Mackenzie	Leon Griffiths	Kenith Trodd	Colin Welland	9 December 1975 (1975-12-09)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.
122	10	"Rumpole of the Bailey"	John Gorrie	John Mortimer	Irene Shubik	Leo McKern	16 December 1975 (1975-12-16)
DVD release by Acorn. 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).
123	11	"The Other Woman"	Michael Simpson	Watson Gould	David Rose	Jane Lapotaire	6 January 1976 (1976-01-06)
From BBC Birmingham.
124	12	"Nuts in May"	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh	David Rose	Roger Sloman	13 January 1976 (1976-01-13)
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.
125	13	"Doran's Box"	Matthew Robinson	Eric Coltart	David Rose	Peter Eyre	20 January 1976 (1976-01-20)
Exists only as a domestic video recording.
126	14	"Packman's Barn"	Menaul Christopher Menaul	Alick Rowe	David Rose	John Barrett	27 January 1976 (1976-01-27)
127	15	"A Story to Frighten the Children"	Herbert Wise	John Hopkins	Graeme McDonald	Geoffrey Palmer	3 February 1976 (1976-02-03)
128	16	"The Happy Hunting Ground"	Brian Parker	Tom Hadaway	Anne Head	Neil Phillips	10 February 1976 (1976-02-10)
129	17	"Jumping Bean Bag"	Alan Cooke	Robin Chapman	Rosemary Hill	David Dixon	17 February 1976 (1976-02-17)
130	18	"Clay, Smeddum and Greenden"	Moira Armstrong	Lewis Grassic Gibbon & Bill Craig	Pharic MacLaren	Fulton Mackay	24 February 1976 (1976-02-24)
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 (1976-03-02)
132	20	"Willie Rough"	Bob McIntosh	Bill Bryden	Pharic MacLaren	James Grant	9 March 1976 (1976-03-09)
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 (1976-03-16)
134	22	"The Peddler"	Claude Whatham	E. A. Whitehead	Graeme McDonald	John Hurt	23 March 1976 (1976-03-23)
135	23	"Early Struggles"	Stephen Frears	Peter Prince	Graeme McDonald	Paul Nicholas	30 March 1976 (1976-03-30)
136	24	"Double Dare"	John Mackenzie	Dennis Potter	Kenith Trodd	Alan Dobie	6 April 1976 (1976-04-06)
137	25	"The House of Bernarda Alba"	Claude Whatham	Federico García Lorca	TBA	TBA	28 July 1976 (1976-07-28)

TODO: The Price of Coal cleanup Series 7 (1976–1977)

No. 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 (1976-09-14)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set. & the 'Jack Rosenthal at the BBC' DVD set. 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 (1976-09-21)
139	3	"Rocky Marciano Is Dead"	Graham Evans	Bernard Kops	Graeme McDonald	Ron Moody	28 September 1976 (1976-09-28)
140	4	"The Elephants' Graveyard"	John Mackenzie	Peter McDougall	Graeme McDonald	Billy Connolly	12 October 1976 (1976-10-12)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set. and 'The Peter McDougall Collection' DVD set.
141	5	"Housewives' Choice"	Chris Thomson	Roy Kendall	Kenith Trodd	Frances de la Tour	19 October 1976 (1976-10-19)
142	6	"Your Man From Six Counties"	Barry Davis	Colin Welland	Kenith Trodd	Donal McCann	26 October 1976 (1976-10-26)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.
143	7	"Buffet"	Mike Newell	Rhys Adrian	Graeme McDonald	Tony Britton	2 November 1976 (1976-11-02)
144	8	"Love on a Gunboat"	Robert Knights	Malcolm Bradbury	David Rose	Stephen Moore	4 January 1977 (1977-01-04)
145	9	"The Kiss of Death"	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh	David Rose	David Threlfall	11 January 1977 (1977-01-11)
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.
146	10	"Our Flesh and Blood"	Pedr James	Mike Stott	David Rose	Bernard Hill	18 January 1977 (1977-01-18)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.
147	11	"Do As I Say"	Barry Davis	Charles Wood	Graeme McDonald	Angela Down	25 January 1977 (1977-01-25)
148	12	"Spend, Spend, Spend"	John Goldschmidt	Jack Rosenthal	Graeme McDonald	Susan Littler	15 March 1977 (1977-03-15)
Included on the Jack Rosenthal at the BBC DVD set. 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 (1977-03-22)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 1 BFI Blu-ray set.
150	14	"The Price of Coal: Part 1 - Meet the People"	Ken Loach	Barry Hines	Tony Garnett	Bobby Knutt	1 August 1978 (1978-08-01)
Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset.
151	15	"The Price of Coal: Part 2 - Back to Reality"	Ken Loach	Barry Hines	Tony Garnett	Bobby Knutt	8 August 1978 (1978-08-08)
Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset.
152	16	"Gotcha"	Barry Davis	Barrie Keeffe	Margaret Matheson	Philip Davis Phil Davis	12 April 1977 (1977-04-12)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set. Double Bill.
152	16	"Campion's Interview"	Barry Davis	Brian Clark	Margaret Matheson	Julian Curry	12 April 1977 (1977-04-12)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set. Double Bill.
153	17	"A Choice of Evils"	Jane Howell	Jim Allen	Margaret Matheson	Stephen Murray	19 April 1977 (1977-04-19)
154	18	"The Country Party"	Barry Davis	Brian Clark	Mark Shivas	Peter Barkworth	26 April 1977 (1977-04-26)
Sequel to "The Saturday Party".

TODO numbering issues until end of season: Series 8 (1977–1978)

No. 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 (1977-10-18)
155	2	"Come the Revolution"	Michael Darlow	Robin Chapman	Rosemary Hill	Vivian Pickles	25 October 1977 (1977-10-25)
156	3	"Abigail's Party"	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh	Margaret Matheson	Alison Steadman	1 November 1977 (1977-11-01)
Adapted from the stage play of the same name. DVD release by BBC, also included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.
157	4	"Oy Vay Maria"	Richard Loncraine	Mary O'Malley	Margaret Matheson	Cheryl Hall	8 November 1977 (1977-11-08)
158	5	"Nipper"	Brian Farnham	Barrie Keeffe	Margaret Matheson	Coral Atkins	15 November 1977 (1977-11-15)
159	6	"One Day at a Time"	Ronald Wilson	Denis Cannan	Innes Lloyd	Stephanie Cole	22 November 1977 (1977-11-22)
160	7	"The Mayor's Charity"	Mike Newell	Henry Livings	Richard Broke	Thora Hird	29 November 1977 (1977-11-29)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set.
161	8	"Catchpenny Twist"	Robert Knights	Stewart Parker	TBA	Sam Dale	5 December 1977 (1977-12-05)
162	9	"Charades"	Roderick Graham	Antonia Fraser	Pharic MacLaren	Jennifer Hilary	13 December 1977 (1977-12-13)
163	10	"The Thin End of the Wedge"	John Black	Sean McCarthy	Pharic MacLaren	Tom Marshall	20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)
164	11	"Scully's New Year's Eve"	Michael Simpson	Alan Bleasdale	David Rose	Andrew Schofield	3 January 1978 (1978-01-03)
165	12	"Licking Hitler"	David Hare	David Hare	David Rose	Kate Nelligan	10 January 1978 (1978-01-10)
1979 BAFTA Best Single Play award winner.
166	13	"Red Shift"	John Mackenzie	Alan Garner	David Rose	Stephen Petcher	17 January 1978 (1978-01-17)
Adapted from the novel of the same name.
167	14	"The Spongers"	Roland Joffé	Jim Allen	Tony Garnett	Christine Hargreaves	24 January 1978 (1978-01-24)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set. 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 (1978-01-31)
Adapted from the play.
169	16	"Our Day Out"	Pedr James	Willy Russell	David Rose	Alun Armstrong	7 February 1978 (1978-02-07)
DVD release by Simply Media 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 (1978-02-14)
171	18	"The Legion Hall Bombing"	Roland Joffé	Caryl Churchill	Margaret Matheson	David Kelly	22 August 1978 (1978-08-22)

Series 9 (1978–1979)

No. 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 (1978-10-17)
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.
179	2	"Victims Of Apartheid"	Stuart Burge	Tom Clarke	Richard Eyre	John Kani	24 October 1978 (1978-10-24)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set.
180	3	"A Touch Of The Tiny Hacketts"	James Cellan Jones	John Esmonde & Bob Larbey	TBA	Ray Brooks	31 October 1978 (1978-10-31)
181	4	"Dinner At The Sporting Club"	Brian Gibson	Leon Griffiths	Kenith Trodd	John Thaw	7 November 1978 (1978-11-07)
DVD release by Simply Media
182	5	"Donal And Sally"	Brian Parker	James Duthie	Anne Head	Gerard Kelly	14 November 1978 (1978-11-14)
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 (1978-11-21)
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 (1978-11-28)
185	8	"Soldiers Talking, Cleanly"	Alan Dossor	Mike Stott	Richard Eyre	Bob Mason	5 December 1978 (1978-12-05)
186	9	"One Bummer News Day"	Michael Darlow	Andy McSmith	Richard Eyre	Simon Rouse	12 December 1978 (1978-12-12)
187	10	"The Out Of Town Boys"	Robert Knights	Ron Hutchinson	David Rose	Joe Lynch	2 January 1979 (1979-01-02)
From BBC Birmingham
188	11	"Vampires"	John Goldschmidt	Dixie Williams	Tara Prem	Peter Moran	9 January 1979 (1979-01-09)
From BBC Birmingham
189	12	"The Chief Mourner"	David Rose	John Elliot	David Rose	Richard Pasco	16 January 1979 (1979-01-16)
From BBC Birmingham
190	13	"Waterloo Sunset"	Richard Eyre	Barrie Keeffe	TBA	Queenie Watts	23 January 1979 (1979-01-23)
Repeated 5 August 1980.
191	14	"Blue Remembered Hills"	Brian Gibson	Dennis Potter	Kenith Trodd	Colin Welland	30 January 1979 (1979-01-30)
Included on the Helen Mirren at the BBC DVD set. 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 (1979-02-05)
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set. Repeated on BBC2 7 September 1982.
193	16	"The Last Window Cleaner"	Bill Craske	Ron Hutchinson	Kenith Trodd	Patrick Magee	13 February 1979 (1979-02-13)
194	17	"Ploughman's Share"	Fiona Cumming	Douglas Dunn	Pharic MacLaren	Duncan Brewster	27 February 1979 (1979-02-27)
From BBC Scotland
195	18	"Degree Of Uncertainty"	Paul Annett	Alma Cullen	Pharic MacLaren	Jennie Linden	6 March 1979 (1979-03-06)
From BBC Scotland
196	19	"Light"	Jane Howell	Tony Perrin	Richard Eyre	Jim Norton	13 March 1979 (1979-03-13)
197	20	"Coming Out"	Carol Wiseman	James Andrew Hall	Kenith Trodd	Anton Rodgers	10 April 1979 (1979-04-10)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set. Repeated on BBC2 13 June 1980.
198	21	"Don't Be Silly"	Kenneth Ives	Rachel Billington	Innes Lloyd	Susan Fleetwood	24 July 1979 (1979-07-24)
Repeated 12 August 1980. Repeated on BBC4 10 November 2020.

Series 10 (1979–1980)

No. 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 (1979-10-11)
Repeated on BBC2 4 October 1980.
200	2	"Cries From A Watchtower"	Giles Foster	Stephen Lowe	Richard Eyre	Paix Copley	18 October 1979 (1979-10-18)
201	3	"Comedians"	Richard Eyre	Trevor Griffiths	Richard Eyre	Bill Fraser	25 October 1979 (1979-10-25)
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 (1979-11-01)
203	5	"Just A Boys' Game"	John Mackenzie	Peter McDougall	Richard Eyre	Frankie Miller	8 November 1979 (1979-11-08)
Included on the Play for Today Volume 2 BFI Blu-ray set. '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 (1979-11-13)
Repeated 10 November 1981.
205	7	"A Hole In Babylon"	Horace Ové	Jim Hawkins & Horace Ové	Graham Benson	T-Bone Wilson	29 November 1979 (1979-11-29)
Based on events of the 1975 Spaghetti House siege. Included on the Play for Today Volume 3 BFI Blu-ray set. 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 (1979-12-06)
Adapted from the play. DVD release by John Williams Productions
207	9	"Katie: The Year Of A Child"	Barry Davis	Ian Cullen & John Norton	John Norton	Margaret Kelly	13 December 1979 (1979-12-13)
208	10	"The Network"	Derek Lister	Stephen Fagan	Anne Head	Anthony Bate	20 December 1979 (1979-12-20)
209	11	"The Black Stuff"	Jim Goddard	Alan Bleasdale	David Rose	Bernard Hill	2 January 1980 (1980-01-02)
Included on the Boys from the Black Stuff DVD set. 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). However BBC sources today generally do refer to it as a Play for Today. 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 (1980-01-03)
Repeated 3 September 1981.
211	13	"Keep Smiling"	Paul Joyce	Paul Joyce	David Rose	Stephen Moore	10 January 1980 (1980-01-10)
From BBC Birmingham
212	14	"Dreams Of Leaving"	David Hare	David Hare	David Rose	Bill Nighy	17 January 1980 (1980-01-17)
From BBC Birmingham
213	15	"Thicker Than Water"	Alan Grint	Brian Glover	Tara Prem	Colin Douglas	24 January 1980 (1980-01-24)
From BBC Birmingham
214	16	"Murder Rap"	Peter Duffell	Michael Hastings	Richard Eyre	Arthur Lovegrove	31 January 1980 (1980-01-31)
Repeated 13 August 1981.
215	17	"Instant Enlightenment Including VAT"	John Bruce	Andrew Carr	Innes Lloyd	Simon Callow	7 February 1980 (1980-02-07)
Postponed from 22 November 1979.
216	18	"No Defence"	Clive Halls	Chris Kewbank	Innes Lloyd	Illona Linthwaite	14 February 1980 (1980-02-14)
217	19	"That Crazy Woman"	Bill Craske	David Hopkins	John Norton	Zena Walker	21 February 1980 (1980-02-21)
218	20	"A Gift From Nessus"	James Ormerod	William McIlvanney & Bill Craig	Pharic MacLaren	Ken Hutchison	28 February 1980 (1980-02-28)
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 (1980-03-06)
Repeated 27 August 1981.
220	22	"Buses"	Tim King	Geoffrey Case	Terry Coles	Sebastian Abineri	13 March 1980 (1980-03-13)
221	23	"Shadows on Our Skin"	Jim O'Brien	Jennifer Johnston & Derek Mahon	Kenith Trodd	MacRea Clarke	20 March 1980 (1980-03-20)
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 (1980-03-27)
223	25	"The Vanishing Army"	Richard Loncraine	Robert Holles	Innes Lloyd	Bill Paterson	3 April 1980 (1980-04-03)
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 (1980-04-10)
From BBC Bristol
225	27	"The Executioner"	Kenneth Ives	Lionel Goldstein	Innes Lloyd	Paul Rogers	17 April 1980 (1980-04-17)
226	28	"The Imitation Game"	Richard Eyre	Ian McEwan	Richard Eyre	Harriet Walter	24 April 1980 (1980-04-24)
DVD release by Simply Media 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 (1980-05-14)
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 (1980-06-24)
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 (1980-07-01)
First shown as a Play Of The Week on BBC2, 4 October 1978.

Series 11 (1980–1981)

No. 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 (1980-10-21)
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 (1980-10-28)
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 (1980-11-04)
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 (1980-11-11)
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 (1980-11-18)
Repeated 3 August 1982.
235	6	"Jude"	Bill Craske	Lesley Bruce	June Roberts	Dorian Ford	2 December 1980 (1980-12-02)
236	7	"The Flipside Of Dominick Hide"	Alan Gibson	Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson	Chris Cherry	Peter Firth	9 December 1980 (1980-12-09)
DVD release by BBC 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 (1980-12-16)
238	9	"Jessie"	Bryan Forbes	Bryan Forbes	Neil Zeiger	Nanette Newman	23 December 1980 (1980-12-23)
Repeated 11 December 1982.
239	10	"Beyond The Pale"	Les Blair	Les Blair	John Norton	Michael Maynard	6 January 1981 (1981-01-06)
240	11	"The Muscle Market"	Alan Dossor	Alan Bleasdale	Michael Wearing	Pete Postlethwaite	13 January 1981 (1981-01-13)
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 (1981-01-20)
From BBC Birmingham
242	13	"The Cause"	Barry Davis	Derek Lister	Terry Coles	Jimmy Jewel	3 February 1981 (1981-02-03)
243	14	"Beloved Enemy"	Alan Clarke	David Leland & Charles Levinson	Keith Williams	Graham Crowden	10 February 1981 (1981-02-10)
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set. 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 (1981-02-17)
245	16	"The Union"	Ronald Wilson	Tony Perrin	Innes Lloyd	Ian Hogg	24 February 1981 (1981-02-24)
246	17	"Sorry"	Alistair Clark	Carol Bunyan	John Norton	Nicholas Ball	3 March 1981 (1981-03-03)
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 (1981-03-10)
From BBC Birmingham
248	19	"The Sin Bin"	John Gorrie	Tony Parker	June Roberts	Kenneth Cranham	17 March 1981 (1981-03-17)
249	20	"Before Water Lilies"	Alan Charlesworth	Robert Marshall	Chris Cherry	Colin Bruce	24 March 1981 (1981-03-24)
250	21	"Bavarian Night"	Jack Gold	Andrew Davies	Louis Marks	Gawn Grainger	31 March 1981 (1981-03-31)
251	22	"The Good Time Girls"	Gareth Davies	Alan Clews	Pharic MacLaren	Anne Kristen	7 April 1981 (1981-04-07)
From BBC Scotland. Repeated 27 July 1982.
252	23	"Baby Talk"	Derek Lister	Nigel Williams	Anne Head	Susan Littler	21 April 1981 (1981-04-21)
253	24	"A Turn For The Worse"	Bill Hays	John Bill	John Norton	Bernard Hill	28 April 1981 (1981-04-28)
254	25	"Psy-Warriors"	Alan Clarke	David Leland	June Roberts	Rosalind Ayres	12 May 1981 (1981-05-12)
Adapted from the play. Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set.

Series 12 (1981–1982)

No. 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 (1981-10-20)
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 (1981-10-27)
257	3	"A Room For The Winter"	Jim Goddard	Rose Tremain	June Roberts	Jack Shepherd	3 November 1981 (1981-11-03)
258	4	"No Visible Scar"	Moira Armstrong	Rosemary Davies	Innes Lloyd	Barbara Flynn	17 November 1981 (1981-11-17)
259	5	"Iris In The Traffic, Ruby In The Rain"	John Bruce	Stewart Parker	June Roberts	Frances Tomelty	24 November 1981 (1981-11-24)
Repeated on BBC2 15 February 1989.
260	6	"Protest"	Alistair Clark	Václav Havel & Vera Blackwell	Innes Lloyd	Nigel Hawthorne	1 December 1981 (1981-12-01)
Translated and adapted by Vera Blackwell from the play.
261	7	"United Kingdom"	Roland Joffé	Jim Allen	Kenith Trodd	Colin Welland	8 December 1981 (1981-12-08)
262	8	"P.Q. 17"	Frank Cox	Roger Milner & Captain Jack Broome	Innes Lloyd	Richard Briers	15 December 1981 (1981-12-15)
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 (1981-12-22)
264	10	"England's Greens And Peasant Land"	Jim Hill	Rita May	John Norton	Ron Delta	5 January 1982 (1982-01-05)
265	11	"A Cotswold Death"	Tony Bicat	Tony Bicat	Michael Wearing	Tony Richardson	12 January 1982 (1982-01-12)
266	12	"Under the Skin"	Tony Smith	Janey Preger	Peter Ansorge	Jacqueline Tong	19 January 1982 (1982-01-19)
267	13	"Commitments"	Richard Wilson Richard Wilson	Dusty Hughes	Ann Scott	Kevin McNally	26 January 1982 (1982-01-26)
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 (1982-02-02)
269	15	"The Silly Season"	Alex Marshall	Stephen Mulrine	Pharic MacLaren	Derek Anders	9 February 1982 (1982-02-09)
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 (1982-02-16)
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 (1982-02-23)
272	18	"Tishoo"	Gerald Blake Gerald Blake	Thompson Brian B. Thompson	John Norton	Paul Daneman	9 March 1982 (1982-03-09)
273	19	"Home, Sweet Home"	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh	Louis Marks	Timothy Spall	16 March 1982 (1982-03-16)
Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set.
274	20	"A Sudden Wrench"	Jon Amiel	Paula Milne	Alan Shallcross	Rosemary Martin	23 March 1982 (1982-03-23)
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 (1982-03-30)
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 (1982-04-06)

Series 13 (1982–1983)

No. 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 (1982-10-19)
Included on the Helen Mirren at the BBC DVD set. Repeated on BBC4 25 January 2003.
278	2	"3 Minute Heroes"	Michael Custance	Leslie Stewart	Colin Rogers	Philip Freeman	26 October 1982 (1982-10-26)
From BBC Birmingham
279	3	"The Remainder Man"	Richard Wilson	Philip Martin	Ann Scott	Sheila Hancock	2 November 1982 (1982-11-02)
280	4	"Intensive Care"	Gavin Millar	Alan Bennett	Innes Lloyd	Alan Bennett	9 November 1982 (1982-11-09)
Repeated on BBC2 9 August 1992.
281	5	"A Mother Like Him"	Baz Taylor	Frances Galleymore	Alan Shallcross	Perry Fenwick	16 November 1982 (1982-11-16)
282	6	"John David"	Rodney Bennett	Paula Milne	Brenda Reid	Gwen Watford	23 November 1982 (1982-11-23)
283	7	"Aliens"	David Maloney	Alan Clews	Bob McIntosh	Anthony Higgins	30 November 1982 (1982-11-30)
From BBC Scotland
284	8	"Another Flip For Dominick"	Alan Gibson	Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson	Chris Cherry	Peter Firth	14 December 1982 (1982-12-14)
BBC DVD release 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 (1983-03-01)
286	10	"Gates Of Gold"	Jon Amiel	Maurice Leitch	Chris Parr	Peter Bayliss	8 March 1983 (1983-03-08)
287	11	"Wayne And Albert"	Sarah Pia Anderson	David Hopkins	Alan Shallcross	Arthur English	15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)
288	12	"Atlantis"	Les Chatfield	Peter Terson	Colin Rogers	Frank Middlemass	29 March 1983 (1983-03-29)
From BBC Birmingham
289	13	"The Last Term"	Philip Bonham-Carter	Raymond Hitchcock	Rosemary Hill	Christopher Villiers	5 April 1983 (1983-04-05)
290	14	"Reluctant Chickens"	Gareth Davies	David Cregan	Roger Gregory	Patrick Troughton	12 April 1983 (1983-04-12)
From BBC Birmingham
291	15	"Shall I Be Mother?"	Ronald Wilson	Peter Ransley	Anne Head	Eva Griffith	19 April 1983 (1983-04-19)
292	16	"The Falklands Factor"	Colin Bucksey	Don Shaw	Louis Marks	Donald Pleasence	26 April 1983 (1983-04-26)
293	17	"A Matter Of Choice For Billy"	Paul Seed	Graham Reid	Neil Zeiger	Kenneth Branagh	10 May 1983 (1983-05-10)
Second of the Billy trilogy.

Series 14 (1984)

No. 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 (1984-02-14)
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 (1984-02-21)
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 (1984-02-28)
Adapted from the novel. Duration 120 minutes.
297	4	"Moving On The Edge"	Anthony Garner	Rose Tremain	Rosemary Hill	Eleanor Bron	6 March 1984 (1984-03-06)
298	5	"Desert Of Lies"	Piers Haggard	Howard Brenton	Michael Wearing	Cherie Lunghi	13 March 1984 (1984-03-13)
299	6	"Hard Feelings"	Michael Bradwell	Doug Lucie	Michael Wearing	Frances Barber	20 March 1984 (1984-03-20)
Adapted from the play.
300	7	"Under The Hammer"	Richard Wilson Richard Wilson	Stephen Fagan	Michael Wearing	Peter Vaughan	27 March 1984 (1984-03-27)
301	8	"King"	Tony Smith	Barrie Keeffe	Michael Wearing	Thomas Baptiste	3 April 1984 (1984-04-03)
302	9	"Rainy Day Women"	Ben Bolt	David Pirie	Michael Wearing	Charles Dance	10 April 1984 (1984-04-10)
Repeated on BBC2 8 September 1990.
303	10	"Dog Ends"	Carol Wiseman	Richard Harris	Andrée Molyneux	Leonard Rossiter	17 July 1984 (1984-07-17)
204	11	"The Groundling And The Kite"	Peter Jefferies	Leonard Preston	Colin Rogers	John Duttine	24 July 1984 (1984-07-24)
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 (1984-07-31)
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 (1984-08-14)
From BBC Scotland
307	14	"Only Children"	Michael Rolfe	Judy Forrest	Alan Shallcross	Charlotte Cornwell	21 August 1984 (1984-08-21)
308	15	"The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle"	John Davis	Leslie Stewart	Rob Walker	Elaine Lordan	28 August 1984 (1984-08-28)

Postponed broadcasts

No. 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 (1987-08-25)
BBC DVD release 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 (1991-07-27)
Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set. Postponed from 8 November 1977.
TBA	TBA	"Pillion"	Keith Evans	Paul Copley	Richard Eyre	TBA	Unbroadcast
Recorded in 1979 but never transmitted.