Play for TodaySeries 12Season 12 · 1981 · 22 episodesEpisodes1CountryThe story of the disintegration of an aristocratic country estate after World War II2London Is DrowningA docudrama about what would happen if London was hit by severe flooding3A Room for the WinterJames, an expatriate South African anti-apartheid fighter, deals with his nightmares and his complaining landlady in a run-down area of London, while dreaming of his lover Stephen, left behind.4No Visible ScarA nurse is subjected to an interrogation after giving medical treatment to a terrorist leader.5Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the RainIn Belfast, Ruby has a cold and is caught in the rain while Iris is looking for work and gets caught in traffic6ProtestIn an adaptation of Václav Havel's play, a dissident, newly released from prison for political reasons, attempts to get his well-connected friend to sign a protest. In this one man play, both the roles are played by Nigel Hawthorne.7United KingdomTwo men on a local council fight the system when forced with massive spending cuts.8PQ17During World War II, a British officer is ordered to abandon a Russian convoy.9The FactoryA manager, a foreman, and two workers are all that remains of a factory yet labor relations stay the same10England's Green and Pleasant LandA planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf Course or the Allotments - will the greens survive or the peasant lands?11A Cotswold DeathA police inspector investigates the murder of an Arab sheik who had become a village's Lord of the Manor.12Under the SkinThree women involved in different ways in the women's movement.13CommitmentsPolitics and relationships during the last years of the Heath government14Life After DeathMeg: We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half.15The Silly SeasonMalcolm goes through life hating the mundanity of his existence as a factory worker and an unloved husband. But when students take up summer jobs at the factory, it reawakens both his passion for political feeling and romantic urges.16Too Late to Talk to BillyA family in Belfast deals with life after the death of the mother from cancer17Willie's Last StandWillie and his friends notice the passage of time around them, and how society is changing as their marriages stagnate. Can Willie prove to himself that he still has it, by being able to cheat on his wife just once?18TishooFrank has dedicated 19 years to researching a cure for the common cold, and is almost ready to publish a paper. Yet budget cuts and his own inability to form real relationships with those around him threaten to derail the project.19Home Sweet HomeThree postal workers and their dysfunctional families interact over cups of tea and Sunday dinner. Home Sweet Home is a 1982 television film devised and directed by Mike Leigh, for BBC TV, 'about postmen, parenthood, social workers and sex.' It was Leigh's second collaboration with Play for Today producer Louis Marks, and cinematographer Remi Adefarasin, and with composer Carl Davis—the music score featured a quartet of basses. The film was shot on location in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.20A Sudden Wrench"My life is over - and I just didn't notice it passing." A call to a radio helpline leads to depressed housewife Christine finding a new direction in life.21Eve Set the Balls of Corruption GoingAdolescents will always be obsessed by the same old subject, even when they are educated by nuns. Six ex-Classmates meet for the first time in 12 years and hilarious memories change into highly emotional situations.22Whistling WallyWhile Wally was happy there wasn't much wrong with the world, and pints seemed a small price to pay for what he gave us. But don't forget what we gave him. We gave him the knowledge he was important, at least to us.Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 13Season 14
