Episodes
1. The Long Distance Piano Player
15 Oct 1970 · 75 min
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
2. The Right Prospectus
22 Oct 1970 · 75 min
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
3. The Lie
29 Oct 1970 · 75 min
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
4. Angels Are So Few
5 Nov 1970 · 75 min
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
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5. The Write-Off
12 Nov 1970 · 75 min
A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.
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6. I Can't See My Little Willie
19 Nov 1970 · 75 min
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
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7. A Distant Thunder
26 Nov 1970 · 75 min
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
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8. Hearts and Flowers
3 Dec 1970 · 75 min
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
9. Robin Redbreast
10 Dec 1970 · 75 min
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
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10. The Hallelujah Handshake
17 Dec 1970 · 75 min
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
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11. Alma Mater
7 Jan 1971 · 75 min
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
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12. Circle Line
14 Jan 1971 · 75 min
A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.
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13. Hell's Angel
21 Jan 1971 · 75 min
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
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14. The Piano
28 Jan 1971 · 75 min
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
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15. Billy's Last Stand
4 Feb 1971 · 75 min
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
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16. The Rainbirds
11 Feb 1971 · 75 min
A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.
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17. Reddick
18 Feb 1971 · 75 min
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
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18. The Foxtrot
29 Apr 1971 · 75 min
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
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19. When the Bough Breaks
6 May 1971 · 75 min
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
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20. Orkney
13 May 1971 · 75 min
A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present
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21. The Rank and File
20 May 1971 · 75 min
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
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22. The Man in the Sidecar
27 May 1971 · 75 min
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
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23. Everybody Say Cheese
3 Jun 1971 · 75 min
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
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24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree
10 Jun 1971
Play for Today Series 1: quick answers
How many episodes are in Play for Today Series 1?
Series 1 of Play for Today has 24 episodes, about 29 hours in total.
When did Play for Today Series 1 come out?
Series 1 premiered on 14 Oct 1970.