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Play for Today (TV Series)

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Original title

Play for Today

Year

1970

Running time

75 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, John Mackenzie, Philip Saville, Claude Whatham, Mike Newell, James MacTaggart, Brian Parker, Brian Gibson, Roland Joffé, John Goldschmidt, Michael Apted, Michael Tuchner, Alan Gibson, Ted Kotcheff, Mark Cullingham, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Jack GoldSee 10 More

Screenwriter

Rhys Adrian, David Hare, Jim Allen, Julia Jones, Beryl Bainbridge, Peter Terson, Dennis Potter, Barrie Keefe, Howard Barker, Mike Leigh, J M. Barrie, Brian Clark, John Elliot, Tony Perrin, Colin Welland, William Trevor, Les Blair, Jeremy SandfordSee 14 More

Cast

Music

Carl Davis, Nick Bicât, Stanley Myers, Joseph Horovitz, Herbert Chappell

Cinematography

Michael Williams, Nat Crosby, Brian Tufano, Elmer Cossey, Peter Bartlett

Producer

BBC

Genre

TV Series. Drama | Anthology Series

Synopsis

TV Series (1970-1984). 14 Seasons. Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series. It was produced by the BBC and it was transmitted on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984. During this period, more than 300 different programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. Each episode was between 50 and 100 minutes in duration. Some of these plays, for example, Rumpole of the Bailey, subsequently became TV series.

Awards: 1980: BAFTA TV Awards: Nom. for Best Actress (Nelligan) for Ep. 'Dreams of Leaving'

1979: BAFTA TV Awards: Best TV Movie for Episode 'Licking Hitler'

1977: BAFTA TV Awards: Best TV Movie for Ep. 'Spend Spend Spend' & Actor. 3 Nom.

1976: BAFTA TV Awards: Best TV Movie for Episode 'Bar Mitzvah Boy'

1975: BAFTA TV Awards: Nominated for Best TV Movie and Best Actor (Alan Bates)

1972: BAFTA TV Awards: Best TV Movie for Episode 'Stoker's Copper'

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Play for Today (TV Series)

1970

Barry Davis ...