Play for Today: Series 1
Episodes
The Long Distance Piano Player
Oct 15, 1970 · 75 min
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
The Right Prospectus
Oct 22, 1970 · 75 min
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
The Lie
Oct 29, 1970 · 75 min
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
Angels Are So Few
Nov 5, 1970 · 75 min
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
The Write-Off
Nov 12, 1970 · 75 min
A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.
I Can't See My Little Willie
Nov 19, 1970 · 75 min
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
A Distant Thunder
Nov 26, 1970 · 75 min
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
Hearts and Flowers
Dec 3, 1970 · 75 min
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
Robin Redbreast
Dec 10, 1970 · 75 min
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
The Hallelujah Handshake
Dec 17, 1970 · 75 min
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
Circle Line
Jan 14, 1971 · 75 min
A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.
Hell's Angel
Jan 21, 1971 · 75 min
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
The Piano
Jan 28, 1971 · 75 min
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
Billy's Last Stand
Feb 4, 1971 · 75 min
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
The Rainbirds
Feb 11, 1971 · 75 min
A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.
Reddick
Feb 18, 1971 · 75 min
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
The Foxtrot
Apr 29, 1971 · 75 min
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
When the Bough Breaks
May 6, 1971 · 75 min
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
Orkney
May 13, 1971 · 75 min
A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present
The Rank and File
May 20, 1971 · 75 min
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
The Man in the Sidecar
May 27, 1971 · 75 min
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
Everybody Say Cheese
Jun 3, 1971 · 75 min
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos