Play for Today

Single drama's potential to engage mass audiences with social comment and artistic experimentation.


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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials May 1975 June 2024 8
Season 1 October 1970 June 1971 23
Season 2 October 1971 June 1972 19
Season 3 October 1972 July 1973 28
Season 4 October 1973 July 1974 22
Season 5 October 1974 June 1975 22
Season 6 October 1975 July 1976 26
Season 7 September 1976 April 1977 19
Season 8 October 1977 August 1978 19
Season 9 October 1978 July 1979 21
Season 10 October 1979 May 1980 28
Season 11 October 1980 May 1981 26
Season 12 October 1981 April 1982 22
Season 13 October 1982 October 1983 19
Season 14 February 1984 August 1984 15
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Specials 0
Unassigned Episodes 317
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 317

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Name Number of Episodes Dates
Michael Williams 21 06/01/1972 - 04/10/1984
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Mike Leigh 12 03/12/1973 - 03/16/1982
Alan Clarke 10 11/19/1970 - 05/12/1981
Claude Whatham 7 01/14/1971 - 11/21/1978
John Mackenzie 7 11/29/1973 - 11/08/1979
Philip Saville 7 10/15/1970 - 01/09/1975
Michael Lindsay-Hogg 6 11/25/1971 - 12/02/1975
David Hare 6 03/19/1973 - 01/17/1980
John McGrath 6 12/11/1972 - 11/11/1980
Richard Eyre 5 01/23/1979 - 10/20/1981
James MacTaggart 5 12/10/1970 - 12/06/1973
Michael Apted 5 10/09/1972 - 10/18/1977
James Ferman 5 11/26/1970 - 06/11/1973
John Gorrie 5 11/18/1971 - 03/17/1981
Mike Newell 5 12/04/1972 - 01/31/1978
Les Blair 5 06/18/1973 - 01/06/1981
Michael Simpson 4 06/01/1972 - 01/03/1978
Alan Gibson 4 12/09/1980 - 12/14/1982
Roland Joffe 3 01/24/1978 - 12/08/1981
Richard Wilson (I) 3 01/26/1982 - 03/27/1984
Alan Bridges 3 10/29/1970 - 02/14/1974
Stephen Frears 3 02/20/1975 - 10/11/1979
Paul Seed 3 02/16/1982 - 02/21/1984
Horace Ové 3 11/29/1979 - 03/10/1981
Baz Taylor 3 01/20/1981 - 11/16/1982
Robert Knights 3 02/12/1973 - 12/06/1977
Barry Davis 3 06/20/1974 - 09/25/1987
Gerald Blake 3 12/22/1981 - 04/06/1982
Anthony Garner 3 02/28/1984 - 03/06/1984
Herbert Wise 3 02/17/1972 - 02/03/1976
Jack Gold 3 01/20/1972 - 03/31/1981
Piers Haggard 3 10/28/1971 - 03/13/1984
Kenneth Ives 3 07/24/1979
Michael Tuchner 3 03/07/1974 - 09/14/1976
Ken Loach 3 05/20/1971 - 04/05/1977
Christopher Menaul 2 07/31/1984
Jon Amiel 2 03/23/1982 - 03/08/1983
Richard Loncraine 2 11/08/1977 - 04/03/1980
Bill Craske 2 02/13/1979 - 12/02/1980
Tony Bicat 2 01/12/1982
Christopher Morahan 2 12/03/1970 - 11/27/1972
Colin Bucksey 2 02/14/1978 - 04/26/1983
Ted Kotcheff 2 10/21/1971 - 02/10/1972
Bryan Forbes 2 12/23/1980
David Rose 2 01/02/1980 - 11/25/1980
Brian Parker 2 02/10/1976 - 11/14/1978
Derek Lister 2 02/03/1981 - 04/14/1981
Alan Cooke 2 10/22/1970 - 11/06/1972
Carol Wiseman 2 04/10/1979 - 07/17/1984
Gavin Millar 2 03/06/1975 - 11/09/1982
Gareth Davies 1 11/05/1970
Paul Annett 1 03/06/1979
Alistair Reid 1 06/04/1973
Desmond Davis 1 11/14/1974
Brian Gibson 1 01/30/1979
John Davis 1 08/28/1984
Dion Boucicault 1 01/07/1971
Sarah Pia Anderson 1 03/15/1983
John Glenister 1 01/27/1972
Jack Goldschmidt 1 03/15/1977
Jim Goddard 1 01/02/1980
Peter Cregeen 1 11/22/1973
Jennifer Johnston 1 03/20/1980
Michael Bradwell 1 03/20/1984
Anthony Page 1 03/14/1974
Ben Bolt 1 04/10/1984
William S. Gilbert 1 11/01/1973
Robert C. O'Brien 1 02/28/1984
Rudi Dorin 1 11/12/1970
Frank Cox 1 12/15/1981
Moira Armstrong 1 11/25/1975
Federico Garcia Lorca 1 07/28/1976
Lindsay Anderson 1 01/06/1972
Mark Cullingham 1 11/04/1975
Nicholas Renton 1 08/24/1983
Bill Bain 1 12/16/1980
John Robbins 1 06/05/1975
James Cellan Jones 1 10/28/1980
Mervyn Rozensveig 1 02/18/1971
Bob Hird 1 12/06/1979
Philip Bonham-Carter 1 04/05/1983
Giles Foster 1 01/03/1980
VÁclav Havel 1 11/21/1978
Helene Hanff 1 11/04/1975
Roy Clarke 1 07/27/1991
Alan Parker 1 05/03/1975
Roy Battersby 1 10/31/1974
Stuart Burge 1 10/24/1978
Daniel Defoe 1 10/30/1972
Maurice Hatton 1 12/11/1972
[Pedr James] 1 12/28/1977
Silvio Narizzano 1 12/02/1971
Charles Stewart 1 11/15/1979
Ingmar Bergman 1 10/29/1970
Charles Sturridge 1 10/19/1982
John Bruce 1 11/24/1981
Michael Darlow 1 10/25/1977
John Goldschmidt 1 03/26/1973
Jim O'Brien 1 03/20/1980
D.J. Goddard 1 01/13/1981
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Dennis Potter 9 11/05/1970 - 09/25/1987
Colin Welland 5 12/17/1970 - 10/26/1976
Peter McDougall 4 12/04/1972 - 11/08/1979
Trevor Griffiths 4 01/31/1974 - 10/20/1981
Simon Gray 3 05/27/1971 - 10/21/1975
Alan Bleasdale 3 01/03/1978 - 01/13/1981
Barry Hines 3 03/26/1973 - 04/05/1977
William Trevor 3 11/04/1971 - 01/06/1981
Jeremy Paul 3 05/14/1980 - 12/14/1982
Peter Terson 3 06/01/1972 - 04/11/1974
Stewart Parker 3 12/06/1977 - 11/24/1981
Graham Reid 3 02/16/1982 - 02/21/1984
Jim Allen 3 05/20/1971 - 12/08/1981
Jack Rosenthal 3 05/03/1975 - 03/15/1977
Brian Clark 2 03/07/1974 - 07/04/1974
David Storey 2 01/06/1972 - 10/21/1980
Don Shaw 2 02/10/1972 - 04/26/1983
Douglas Livingstone 2 11/19/1970 - 06/03/1971
Howard Brenton 2 05/22/1975 - 03/13/1984
Willis Hall 2 02/17/1972 - 02/05/1973
Tom Clarke 2 01/20/1972 - 10/24/1978
Peter Hankin 2 12/09/1971 - 11/22/1973
Stephen Poliakoff 2 10/18/1977 - 10/19/1982
Caryl Churchill 2 02/14/1978 - 08/22/1978
Tony Parker 2 05/06/1971 - 10/16/1972
Alan Bennett 2 02/20/1975 - 11/09/1982
Derek Mahon 2 03/20/1980 - 07/31/1984
Roy Minton 2 02/27/1975 - 07/27/1991
Rhys Adrian 2 04/29/1971 - 10/28/1971
Leslie Stewart 2 10/26/1982 - 08/28/1984
John Challen 2 03/14/1974 - 11/25/1975
David Leland 2 02/10/1981 - 05/12/1981
Ron Hutchinson 2 01/02/1979 - 02/13/1979
John Osbourne 1 10/22/1970
Andrew Davies 1 03/31/1981
David Pirie 1 04/10/1984
Nemone Lethbridge 1 12/06/1973
Barry Reckford 1 02/03/1972
David Rudkin 1 03/21/1974
Piers Paul Read 1 06/27/1974
Julia Marian Jones 1 01/13/1972
Rachel Billington 1 07/24/1979
Brian Glover 1 11/11/1975
David Hopkins 1 12/22/1981
John Mortimer 1 12/16/1975
David Halliwell 1 11/06/1972
Jeremy Seabrook 1 11/25/1971
Peter Prince 1 03/30/1976
George Salverson 1 11/12/1970
Leon Griffiths 1 12/09/1975
James Duthie 1 11/14/1978
Roger Milner 1 12/15/1981
Barrie Keeffe 1 01/23/1979
David Hodson 1 01/07/1971
Philip Martin 1 01/09/1975
Adrian Mitchell 1 10/30/1972
Alan Garner 1 01/17/1978
Alun Owen 1 12/02/1971
Jim Hawkins 1 11/29/1979
Clive Exton 1 02/11/1971
Alan Sharp 1 10/15/1970
Robert Holmes 1 04/03/1980
Doug Lucie 1 03/20/1984
John Byrne 1 12/06/1979
John Osborne 1 10/22/1970
Robert Holles 1 11/18/1971
Peter Nichols 1 12/03/1970
Jehane Markham 1 10/17/1978
Brian Thompson 1 03/09/1982
Dusty Hughes 1 01/26/1982
Alma Cullen 1 03/06/1979
Willy Russell 1 12/28/1977
Dominic Behan 1 10/23/1972
Maurice Leitch 1 03/08/1983
David Mercer 1 11/27/1972
Arthur Hopcraft 1 10/09/1972
Jeremy Sandford 1 10/21/1971
Charles Levinson 1 02/10/1981
Ian McEwan 1 04/24/1980
Paul Britten Austin 1 10/29/1970
Hugh Whitemore 1 11/04/1975
Paula Milne 1 03/23/1982
James Andrew Hall 1 04/10/1979
Sean Walsh 1 12/05/1974
John Bowen 1 12/10/1970
Robert Holman 1 01/03/1980
David Edgar 1 01/31/1978
Tom Hadaway 1 02/10/1976
Michael O'Neill 1 11/25/1971
Frances Galloway 1 11/16/1982
Richard Harris 1 07/17/1984
Munroe Scott 1 02/18/1971
Stephen Davis 1 08/24/1983
Howard Barker 1 02/24/1972
David Turner 1 10/28/1980
Mary O'Malley 1 11/08/1977
E.A. Whitehead 1 03/23/1976
Vera Blackwell 1 11/21/1978
John Hopkins 1 02/03/1976
Neville Smith 1 10/11/1979
Paul Thompson 1 06/05/1975
N.F. Simpson 1 11/11/1971
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Margaret Matheson 1 11/01/1977
Innes Lloyd 1 07/24/1979
Kenith Trodd 1 10/31/1974

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