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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!

Top season
Season 6
7.4avg
Best episode
S8E14 The Spongers
8.584 votes
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#1

Season 6

25 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1975

7.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Rumpole of the Bailey 8.2
#2

Season 2

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1971

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

Season 5

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1974

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Leeds--United! 8.1

Other Seasons

#4

Season 7

19 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1976

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

Season 8

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1977

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE14 · The Spongers 8.5
#6

Season 10

28 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1979

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Comedians 8.1
#7

Season 11

27 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1980

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

Season 13

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1982

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE17 · A Matter of Choice for Billy 7.5
#9

Season 3

28 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1972

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

Season 4

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1973

7.1/ 10
Average Rating
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
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · Waterloo Sunset 8.4
#12

Season 14

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1983

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Young Shoulders 7.7
#13

Season 12

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1981

6.8/ 10
Average Rating
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

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Top-rated Play for Today episodes

  1. #1The Spongers S8E148.5
  2. #2The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil S4E198.5
  3. #3A Time to Keep S2E188.4
  4. #4Rumpole of the Bailey S6E108.2
  5. #5The Muscle Market S11E128.4

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