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Play for Today

6.3
14 seasons
309 episodes
Ended
Drama

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:October 15, 1970
Last Aired:August 28, 1984
Episode Runtime:1h 15m
Networks:
BBC One

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Seasons (15)

Season 1

Season 1

24 episodes

Aired: 1970

Season 2

Season 2

19 episodes

Aired: 1971

Season 3

Season 3

28 episodes

Aired: 1972

Season 4

Season 4

22 episodes

Aired: 1973

Season 5

Season 5

22 episodes

Aired: 1974

Season 6

Season 6

25 episodes

Aired: 1975

Season 7

Season 7

19 episodes

Aired: 1976

Season 8

Season 8

18 episodes

Aired: 1977

Season 9

Season 9

21 episodes

Aired: 1978

Season 10

Season 10

28 episodes

Aired: 1979

Season 11

Season 11

27 episodes

Aired: 1980

Season 12
5.5

Season 12

22 episodes

Aired: 1981

Season 13

Season 13

18 episodes

Aired: 1982

Season 14
7.0

Season 14

21 episodes

Aired: 1983