Play for Today
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.
First Aired
October 15, 1970
Last Aired
February 5, 1985
Original Language
en
Popularity
33
Type
Scripted
Seasons & Episodes
Episodes
Cast
Nigel Hawthorne
Graham, Major Lewis Rolfe, Morris Shelman, Stanek / Vanek, Jack, Police Captain, Fulton
Liz Smith
Mrs. Mathews, Elfie, Mrs. Pritchett, Keith's Granny, , Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Thornley
Bernard Hill
Bernard Blincoe, Mick, Edward, Graham, Eric, Simon Simpson, Sullivan
Malcolm Terris
Jim, Client, Jennings, Mr. Dowdeswell, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
Alison Steadman
Nonie, Kay Pasmore, Susan, Veronica, Jan Blincoe
June Brown
Melanie, June, Hilda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Brenda
Colin Jeavons
Lytton, Neeley, Dennis Turner, Production Monitor, Donald Duck
Tony Caunter
Alderman, Pinnock, Coxswain, Thomas Dwyer
Colin Douglas
Philips, Jackson Arnott, Father, Mr Leslie, Uncle Ernest
Julian Curry
Hooper, Symington, Campion, Bill Rochester, Jeremy Butler
Gwyneth Strong
, Anne
Graham Ashley
Mr. Hutton, Barman, Jim Platt, Arthur
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