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Play for Today

1970–1985 · 14 seasons

A mixed bag of serious British stage plays on screen, often talky and socially minded, rewarding close attention but uneven from episode to episode.

Genres
Drama
Overview
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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Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Alan Clarke, Barry Davis, John Mackenzie, Philip Saville
    Written by
    Brian Clark, Dennis Potter, John McGrath, Mike Leigh
    Starring
    Peter Cellier, Gareth Thomas, Amanda Barrie, Linda Robson, Iain Cuthbertson, Hywel Bennett, Roy Boyd, Peter Sallis
    Music
    Carey Blyton
    Cinematography
    John Wyatt, Remi Adefarasin
    Length
    14 seasons, 314 episodes, 75 min each
    Network
    BBC One
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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