Play for Today
Series19701 h 15 min14 seasons
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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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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
Jack
Liz Smith
Keith's Granny
Bernard Hill
Mick
Alison Steadman
Veronica
Malcolm Terris
Jennings
June Brown
Hilda
Colin Douglas
Mr Leslie
Tony Caunter
Alderman
Colin Jeavons
Donald Duck
Frances Tomelty
Woman in the Ward
Julian Curry
Symington
Graham Ashley
Mr. Hutton
John Bird
Captain Wigmore
Patrick Troughton
Victor Marsden
Trevor Peacock
Sheldon
Phil Davis
Post Office Clerk
Albert Moses
Gaoler
Dave Hill
Terry
Rosalind Ayres
Turner
Elizabeth Spriggs
Alice Duckworth
Gwyneth Strong
Carol
James Greene
Det. Sgt. Gregg
Stanley Lebor
Major-Domo
Leonard Rossiter
Arthur