Play for Today — Series 1

Oct 15, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

Oct 22, 1970 · 1h 15m

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

Oct 29, 1970 · 1h 15m

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

Nov 5, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

Nov 12, 1970 · 1h 15m

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.

Nov 19, 1970 · 1h 15m

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

Nov 26, 1970 · 1h 15m

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

Dec 3, 1970 · 1h 15m

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

Dec 10, 1970 · 1h 15m

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

Dec 17, 1970 · 1h 15m

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

Jan 7, 1971 · 1h 15m

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

Jan 14, 1971 · 1h 15m

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.

Jan 21, 1971 · 1h 15m

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

Jan 28, 1971 · 1h 15m

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

Feb 4, 1971 · 1h 15m

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

Feb 11, 1971 · 1h 15m

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.

Feb 18, 1971 · 1h 15m

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

Apr 29, 1971 · 1h 15m

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

May 6, 1971 · 1h 15m

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

May 13, 1971 · 1h 15m

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

May 20, 1971 · 1h 15m

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

May 27, 1971 · 1h 15m

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

Jun 3, 1971 · 1h 15m

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

Jun 10, 1971