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The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 10

Every episode of Play for Today Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 10!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Play for Today Season 10 Episode 1 - Long Distance Information
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Long Distance Information

    S10:E1

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

    Director:Stephen Frears
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 2 - Cries from a Watchtower
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Cries from a Watchtower

    S10:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 3 - Comedians
    8.2/10(73 votes)

    #3 - Comedians

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 4 - Even Solomon
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Even Solomon

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 5 - Just a Boy's Game
    8.0/10(283 votes)

    #5 - Just a Boy's Game

    S10:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 6 - Billy
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Billy

    S10:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 7 - A Hole in Babylon
    7.0/10(95 votes)

    #7 - A Hole in Babylon

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #8 - The Slab-Boys

    S10:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - Katie: The Year of a Child

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 10 - The Network
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #10 - The Network

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 11 - Chance of a Lifetime
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Chance of a Lifetime

    S10:E11

    A young man quits school and joins the army.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 12 - Keep Smiling
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Keep Smiling

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 13 - Dreams of Leaving
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #13 - Dreams of Leaving

    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:Unknown

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  14. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 14 - Thicker Than Water
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Thicker Than Water

    S10:E14

    Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 15 - Murder Rap
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Murder Rap

    S10:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 16 - Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    S10:E16

    Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #17 - No Defence

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 18 - That Crazy Woman
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - That Crazy Woman

    S10:E18

    Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #19 - A Gift from Nessus

    S10:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 20 - Kate, the Good Neighbour
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Kate, the Good Neighbour

    S10:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 21 - Buses
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Buses

    S10:E21

    A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 22 - Shadows on Our Skin
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Shadows on Our Skin

    S10:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 23 - Ladies
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Ladies

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 24 - The Vanishing Army
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #24 - The Vanishing Army

    S10:E24

    A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life

    Director:Richard Loncraine
    Writer:Robert Holles

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  25. Play for Today Season 10 Episode 25 - Not for the Likes of Us
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Not for the Likes of Us

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Long Distance Information" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 10. It scored 7.4/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Stephen Frears and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/11/1979. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Cries from a Watchtower".