Play for Today(1970)
Synopsis
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.
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Seasons
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
Series 10
28 episodes · 1979
Series 11
27 episodes · 1980
Series 12
22 episodes · 1981
Series 13
18 episodes · 1982
Series 14
21 episodes · 1983
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Play for Today was first aired in 1970.
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Play for Today has 14 seasons and 314 episodes in total.
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