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The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 10

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Play for Today Season 10 Episode 4 - Even Solomon
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S10:E4

    Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction of the challenges he faces and a fascinating glimpse at the gender politics of the day.

    Director:Roger Bamford
    Writer:Andrew Taylor

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  2. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 3 - Comedians
    8.1/10(71 votes)

    S10:E3

    Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.

    Director:Richard Eyre
    Writer:Trevor Griffiths

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  3. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 5 - Just a Boy's Game
    8.0/10(284 votes)

    S10:E5

    In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was

    Director:John Mackenzie
    Writer:Peter McDougall

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  4. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 6 - Billy
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S10:E6

    A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father

    Director:Charles Stewart
    Writer:G.F. Newman

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  5. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 20 - Kate, the Good Neighbour
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    S10:E20

    A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.

    Director:John Bruce
    Writer:Peter Ransley

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  6. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 2 - Cries from a Watchtower
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    S10:E2

    A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.

    Director:Giles Foster
    Writer:Stephen Lowe

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  7. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 26 - The Executioner
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S10:E26

    Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.

    Director:Kenneth Ives
    Writer:Lionel Goldstein

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  8. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 22 - Shadows on Our Skin
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S10:E22

    The problems of an 11-year-old boy living in the Catholic part of Londonderry

    Director:Jim O'Brien
    Writers:Derek Mahon, Jennifer Johnston

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  9. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 25 - Not for the Likes of Us
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    S10:E25

    "I dunno, years of putting up with it, waiting on you all, for what? Eh? To become a 14-stone invisible woman?"

    Director:Tim King
    Writer:Gilly Fraser

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  10. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 27 - The Imitation Game
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    S10:E27

    During World War II, an idealistic young woman joins the Army Transport Service

    Director:Richard Eyre
    Writer:Ian McEwan

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  11. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 10 - The Network
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    S10:E10

    What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

    Director:Derek Lister
    Writer:Stephen Fagan

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  12. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 1 - Long Distance Information
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    S10:E1

    A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies

    Director:Stephen Frears
    Writer:Neville Smith

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  13. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 8 - The Slab-Boys
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    S10:E8

    The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory

    Director:Bob Hird
    Writer:John Byrne

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  14. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 13 - Dreams of Leaving
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S10:E13

    A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.

    Director:David Hare
    Writer:David Hare

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  15. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 17 - No Defence
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    S10:E17

    Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on his arrival he's arrested for an historical rape with seemingly no defence.

    Director:Clive Halls
    Writer:Chris Kewbank

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  16. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 24 - The Vanishing Army
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    S10:E24

    A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life

    Director:Richard Loncraine
    Writer:Robert Holles

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  17. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 15 - Murder Rap
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    S10:E15

    An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.

    Director:Peter Duffell
    Writer:Michael Hastings

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  18. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 7 - A Hole in Babylon
    7.0/10(97 votes)

    S10:E7

    Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.

    Director:Horace Ové
    Writers:Horace Ové, Jim Hawkins

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  19. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 9 - Katie: The Year of a Child
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    S10:E9

    A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.

    Director:Barry Davis
    Writers:John Norton, Ian Cullen

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  20. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 11 - Chance of a Lifetime
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    S10:E11

    A young man quits school and joins the army.

    Director:Giles Foster
    Writer:Robert Holman

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  21. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 19 - A Gift from Nessus
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S10:E19

    The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s

    Director:James Ormerod
    Writers:Bill Craig, William McIlvanney

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  22. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 28 - A Walk in the Forest
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    S10:E28

    A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident

    Director:Jack Gold
    Writers:Jeremy Paul, Edward Kuznetsov

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  23. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 23 - Ladies
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    S10:E23

    The A Shift at the MHS department store are organising a wedding gift presentation for Elaine. But what's on Miriam's mind, and why does she seem so out of sorts?

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:Carol Bunyan

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  24. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 12 - Keep Smiling
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    S10:E12

    Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of the next six months.

    Director:Paul Joyce
    Writer:Paul Joyce

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  25. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 16 - Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
    6.3/10(18 votes)

    S10:E16

    Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.

    Director:John Bruce
    Writer:Andrew Carr

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Even Solomon" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 10. It scored 8.2/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Roger Bamford and written by Andrew Taylor, it aired on 11/1/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Comedians".