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Play for Today

1970–1985

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
15 Oct 1970
Episode length
75 min
Also known as
BBC Play for Today
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writers
Adrian Mitchell, Alan Bennett, Alan Bleasdale and 207 others
Cinematography
John Wyatt, Remi Adefarasin
Music
Carey Blyton
Editors
Norman Matthews, Paul Willey, Robin Sales
Producers
Graeme MacDonald, Kenith Trodd
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 314 episodes

  • Series 1

    Season 1 · 1970

  • Series 2

    Season 2 · 1971

  • Series 3

    Season 3 · 1972

  • Series 4

    Season 4 · 1973

  • Series 5

    Season 5 · 1974

  • Series 6

    Season 6 · 1975

  • Series 7

    Season 7 · 1976

  • Series 8

    Season 8 · 1977

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