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The Best Seasons of Play for Today

Every season of Play for Today ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Play for Today!

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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

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#1

Season 6

25 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1975

7.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Moss 8.5
#2

Season 2

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1971

7.4/ 10
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Best episodeE18 · A Time to Keep 8.4
#3

Season 5

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1974

7.3/ 10
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Best episodeE8 · Gangsters 8.2

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#4

Season 7

19 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1976

7.3/ 10
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Best episodeE12 · Spend, Spend, Spend 8.2
#5

Season 8

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1977

7.3/ 10
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Best episodeE14 · The Spongers 8.5
#6

Season 10

28 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1979

7.3/ 10
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Best episodeE4 · Even Solomon 8.2
#7

Season 11

27 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1980

7.2/ 10
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Best episodeE17 · The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner 8.7
#8

Season 13

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1982

7.2/ 10
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Best episodeE9 · Last Love 7.9
#9

Season 3

28 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1972

7.2/ 10
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Best episodeE11 · Shakespeare or Bust 7.9
#10

Season 4

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1973

7.1/ 10
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Best episodeE19 · The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil 8.5
#11

Season 9

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1978

7.0/ 10
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Best episodeE13 · Waterloo Sunset 8.4
#12

Season 14

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1983

6.9/ 10
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Best episodeE8 · Under the Hammer 8.2
#13

Season 12

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1981

6.8/ 10
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Best episodeE7 · United Kingdom 8.6
#14

Season 1

24 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1970

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Angels Are So Few 7.8