Play for Today(1970-1984)

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Overview

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Cast

  • Nigel Hawthorne

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Graham

  • Liz Smith

    Liz Smith

    Mrs. Oxfam

  • Bernard Hill

    Bernard Hill

    Sullivan

  • Malcolm Terris

    Malcolm Terris

    Client

  • Alison Steadman

    Alison Steadman

    Nonie

  • June Brown

    June Brown

    Melanie

  • Colin Jeavons

    Colin Jeavons

    Dennis Turner

  • Tony Caunter

    Tony Caunter

    Alderman

  • Colin Douglas

    Colin Douglas

    Mr Leslie

  • Gwyneth Strong

    Gwyneth Strong

  • Graham Ashley

    Graham Ashley

    Mr. Hutton

  • John Bird

    John Bird

    Captain Wigmore

  • Patrick Troughton

    Patrick Troughton

    Victor Marsden

  • Phil Davis

    Phil Davis

    Post Office Clerk

  • Albert Moses

    Albert Moses

    Huq

  • Rosalind Ayres

    Rosalind Ayres

    Rita

  • Trevor Peacock

    Trevor Peacock

    Father Borrelli

  • Dave Hill

    Dave Hill

    Maurice

  • Elizabeth Spriggs

    Elizabeth Spriggs

    Maggie

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    Status

    Ended

    Seasons

    14

    Episodes

    309

    Last Air Date

    Aug 28, 1984

    Network

    BBC One

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