

Play for Today
Overview
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.
Seasons (15)
Specials
7 Episodes
1987
Series 1
24 Episodes
1970
Series 2
19 Episodes
1971
Series 3
28 Episodes
1972
Series 4
22 Episodes
1973
Series 5
22 Episodes
1974
Series 6
25 Episodes
1975
Series 7
19 Episodes
1976
Series 8
18 Episodes
1977
Series 9
21 Episodes
1978
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