The series is a British television anthology drama that aired on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984.
A British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC, aired on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984, featuring over 300 original plays, stage adaptations, and novel adaptations, ranging from 50 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes in length.
1. The Long Distance Piano Player
Aired: Oct 15, 1970Play For Today began with Alan Sharp's script about a man whose marriage is u...
Aired: Oct 22, 1970A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
Aired: Oct 29, 1970A couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bo...
Aired: Nov 5, 1970For the BBC's WEDNESDAY PLAY series, Dennis Potter offered one of his "visita...
Aired: Nov 12, 1970A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging ...
6. I Can't See My Little Willie
Aired: Nov 19, 1970When it's time to wet the baby's head, it's surprising the secrets that emerg...
Aired: Nov 26, 1970A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was ...
Aired: Dec 3, 1970A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral. This editi...
Aired: Dec 10, 1970After a long-term relationship ends, Norah moves to a remote house in the cou...
Aired: Dec 17, 1970A lonely young man longing to be accepted lies his way into a local church. T...
Aired: Jan 7, 1971A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school. This edition is missi...
Aired: Jan 14, 1971A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, l...
Aired: Jan 21, 1971A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he j...
Aired: Jan 28, 1971An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their pi...
Aired: Feb 4, 1971Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and com...
Aired: Feb 11, 1971A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in ...
Aired: Feb 18, 1971Charges that the Reverend 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members ...
Aired: Apr 29, 1971The lives of Gwen and Arthur are complicated when Gwen's long-lost husband co...
Aired: May 6, 1971An ultra-realistic procedural drama of a social worker's investigation into t...
Aired: May 13, 1971A trilogy of plays - "A Time to Keep", "The Whaler's Return" and "Celia" - ex...
Aired: May 20, 1971When a pay discrepancy continues without any resolution, glass factory worker...
Aired: May 27, 1971Edith is a very successful writer. Her husband, Gerald, is a very much less s...
Aired: Jun 3, 1971The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos. This editi...
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