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Play for Today : Season 5
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Air date: 31 Oct '74 - 22 episodesPlay 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.
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List of Episodes (22)
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Play for Today (1970)
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1. Leeds--United!
31 Oct '74About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story
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Play for Today (1970)
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2. Baby Love
07 Nov '74After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
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3. Back of Beyond
14 Nov '74
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Play for Today (1970)
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4. The Bevellers
21 Nov '74The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory
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Play for Today (1970)
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5. Taking Leave
28 Nov '74
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Play for Today (1970)
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6. Fugitive
05 Dec '74
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Play for Today (1970)
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7. Eleanor
12 Dec '74
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Play for Today (1970)
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8. Gangsters
09 Jan '75A story exploring the Birmingham underworld
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Play for Today (1970)
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9. The After Dinner Game
16 Jan '75
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Play for Today (1970)
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10. Breath
23 Jan '75A story about an asthma sufferer
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Play for Today (1970)
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11. The Death of a Young, Young Man
30 Jan '75Three young students suspended from school face various problems.
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Play for Today (1970)
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12. Sunset Across the Bay
20 Feb '75A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.
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Play for Today (1970)
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13. Funny Farm
27 Feb '75One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital
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14. Goodbye
06 Mar '75
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Play for Today (1970)
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15. Just Another Saturday
13 Mar '75A young man participating in the Orange Parade in Glasgow becomes disillusioned with the pageant when he discovers its unpleasant and violent history and witnesses the participants' attacks on Catholics.
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Play for Today (1970)
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16. A Child of Hope
24 Apr '75
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Play for Today (1970)
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17. The Saturday Party
01 May '75When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.
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Play for Today (1970)
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18. Wednesday Love
08 May '75
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Play for Today (1970)
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19. The Dandelion Clock
15 May '75In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.
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Play for Today (1970)
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20. Brassneck
22 May '75
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21. The Floater
29 May '75
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Play for Today (1970)
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22. By Common Consent
05 Jun '75Political fantasy about a fascist regime
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