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 July 2024 9
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 20
Season 14 February 1984 February 1985 19
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Specials 0
Unassigned Episodes 323
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 323

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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
Philip Saville 7 10/15/1970 - 01/09/1975
Claude Whatham 7 01/14/1971 - 11/21/1978
John Mackenzie 7 11/29/1973 - 11/08/1979
David Hare 6 03/19/1973 - 01/17/1980
John McGrath 6 12/11/1972 - 11/11/1980
Michael Lindsay-Hogg 6 11/25/1971 - 12/02/1975
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
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
Alan Gibson 4 12/09/1980 - 12/14/1982
Michael Simpson 4 06/01/1972 - 01/03/1978
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
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
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
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
Rudi Dorin 1 11/12/1970
Frank Cox 1 12/15/1981
Robert C. O'Brien 1 02/28/1984
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
Roy Clarke 1 07/27/1991
Alan Parker 1 05/03/1975
Helene Hanff 1 11/04/1975
Stuart Burge 1 10/24/1978
Daniel Defoe 1 10/30/1972
Roy Battersby 1 10/31/1974
[Pedr James] 1 12/28/1977
Silvio Narizzano 1 12/02/1971
Maurice Hatton 1 12/11/1972
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
Jim O'Brien 1 03/20/1980
John Goldschmidt 1 03/26/1973
D.J. Goddard 1 01/13/1981
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
Dion Boucicault 1 01/07/1971
John Davis 1 08/28/1984
Sarah Pia Anderson 1 03/15/1983
John Glenister 1 01/27/1972
Jack Goldschmidt 1 03/15/1977
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Dennis Potter 9 11/05/1970 - 09/25/1987
Colin Welland 5 12/17/1970 - 10/26/1976
Trevor Griffiths 4 01/31/1974 - 10/20/1981
Peter McDougall 4 12/04/1972 - 11/08/1979
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
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
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
Derek Mahon 2 03/20/1980 - 07/31/1984
Alan Bennett 2 02/20/1975 - 11/09/1982
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
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
Roger Milner 1 12/15/1981
David Hodson 1 01/07/1971
Barrie Keeffe 1 01/23/1979
Philip Martin 1 01/09/1975
Alan Garner 1 01/17/1978
Alun Owen 1 12/02/1971
Adrian Mitchell 1 10/30/1972
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
Peter Nichols 1 12/03/1970
Robert Holles 1 11/18/1971
Jehane Markham 1 10/17/1978
Brian Thompson 1 03/09/1982
Dusty Hughes 1 01/26/1982
Alma Cullen 1 03/06/1979
Dominic Behan 1 10/23/1972
Maurice Leitch 1 03/08/1983
Willy Russell 1 12/28/1977
David Mercer 1 11/27/1972
Jeremy Sandford 1 10/21/1971
Arthur Hopcraft 1 10/09/1972
Charles Levinson 1 02/10/1981
Paul Britten Austin 1 10/29/1970
Hugh Whitemore 1 11/04/1975
Paula Milne 1 03/23/1982
Ian McEwan 1 04/24/1980
James Andrew Hall 1 04/10/1979
John Bowen 1 12/10/1970
Robert Holman 1 01/03/1980
Sean Walsh 1 12/05/1974
Tom Hadaway 1 02/10/1976
Michael O'Neill 1 11/25/1971
Frances Galloway 1 11/16/1982
David Edgar 1 01/31/1978
Richard Harris 1 07/17/1984
Munroe Scott 1 02/18/1971
Stephen Davis 1 08/24/1983
David Turner 1 10/28/1980
Mary O'Malley 1 11/08/1977
Howard Barker 1 02/24/1972
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
N.F. Simpson 1 11/11/1971
Paul Thompson 1 06/05/1975
John Osbourne 1 10/22/1970
Andrew Davies 1 03/31/1981
Nemone Lethbridge 1 12/06/1973
Barry Reckford 1 02/03/1972
David Pirie 1 04/10/1984
David Rudkin 1 03/21/1974
Julia Marian Jones 1 01/13/1972
Rachel Billington 1 07/24/1979
Piers Paul Read 1 06/27/1974
Brian Glover 1 11/11/1975
David Hopkins 1 12/22/1981
John Mortimer 1 12/16/1975
David Halliwell 1 11/06/1972
Peter Prince 1 03/30/1976
Jeremy Seabrook 1 11/25/1971
George Salverson 1 11/12/1970
Leon Griffiths 1 12/09/1975
James Duthie 1 11/14/1978
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Innes Lloyd 1 07/24/1979
Kenith Trodd 1 10/31/1974
Margaret Matheson 1 11/01/1977

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