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Play for Today (1970)

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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.

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Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Graham, Police Captain, Morris Shelman, Major Lewis Rolfe, Stanek / Vanek, Jack, Fulton

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

, Elfie, Mrs. Thornley, Mrs. Pritchett, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Mathews

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Edward, Bernard Blincoe, Sullivan, Mick, Eric, Graham, Simon Simpson

Malcolm Terris

Malcolm Terris

Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Client, Jim, Mr. Dowdeswell, Jennings

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

Veronica, Susan, Nonie, Jan Blincoe, Kay Pasmore

June Brown

June Brown

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Brenda, June, Melanie, Hilda

Colin Jeavons

Colin Jeavons

Lytton, Production Monitor, Neeley, Donald Duck, Dennis Turner

Tony Caunter

Tony Caunter

Alderman, Coxswain, Pinnock, Thomas Dwyer

Colin Douglas

Colin Douglas

Jackson Arnott, Uncle Ernest, Philips, Father, Mr Leslie

Julian Curry

Julian Curry

Jeremy Butler, Campion, Hooper, Symington, Bill Rochester

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

1970 | 24 Episodes

Season 2

Season 2

1971 | 19 Episodes

Season 3

Season 3

1972 | 28 Episodes

Season 4

Season 4

1973 | 22 Episodes

Season 5

Season 5

1974 | 22 Episodes

Season 6

Season 6

1975 | 25 Episodes

Season 7

Season 7

1976 | 19 Episodes

Season 8

Season 8

1977 | 18 Episodes

Season 9

Season 9

1978 | 21 Episodes

Season 10

Season 10

1979 | 28 Episodes

Season 11

Season 11

1980 | 27 Episodes

Season 12

Season 12

1981 | 22 Episodes

Season 13

Season 13

1982 | 18 Episodes

Season 14

Season 14

1983 | 16 Episodes

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