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Play for Today

1970–1985
14 Seasons
314 Episodes

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.

CAST
Nigel HawthorneGrahamLiz SmithMrs. ThornleyBernard HillBernard BlincoeMalcolm TerrisMr. DowdeswellAlison SteadmanKay PasmoreJune BrownJuneColin JeavonsLyttonTony CaunterAldermanColin DouglasUncle Ernest
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSEnded
RATING
6.6
NETWORK
BBC One
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