Play for Today: Series 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Play for Today Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Plaintiffs and Defendants
Oct 14, 1975 · 75 min
A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.
Two Sundays
Oct 21, 1975 · 75 min
An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.
Moss
Oct 28, 1975 · 75 min
Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."
84 Charing Cross Road
Nov 4, 1975 · 75 min
An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years
Keep an Eye on Albert
Nov 11, 1975 · 75 min
Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay T
Children of the Sun
Nov 18, 1975 · 75 min
"You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"
After the Solo
Nov 25, 1975 · 75 min
A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.
Through the Night
Dec 2, 1975 · 75 min
A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.
A Passage to England
Dec 9, 1975 · 75 min
A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat
Rumpole of the Bailey
Dec 16, 1975 · 75 min
Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.
The Other Woman
Jan 6, 1976 · 71 min
An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.
Nuts in May
Jan 13, 1976 · 75 min
Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it
Doran's Box
Jan 20, 1976 · 75 min
A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - whe
Packman's Barn
Jan 27, 1976 · 75 min
John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.
A Story to Frighten the Children
Feb 3, 1976 · 75 min
A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.
The Happy Hunting Ground
Feb 10, 1976 · 75 min
The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.
The Jumping Bean Bag
Feb 17, 1976 · 75 min
An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Feb 24, 1976 · 75 min
A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Mar 2, 1976 · 75 min
Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness t
Tiptoe through the Tulips
Mar 16, 1976 · 75 min
A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.
The Peddler
Mar 23, 1976 · 75 min
One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?
Early Struggles
Mar 30, 1976 · 75 min
A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood
Double Dare
Apr 6, 1976 · 75 min
A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.
The House of Bernarda Alba
Jul 28, 1976 · 75 min
The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.