7.4/1018 votes#1 - Long Distance Information
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1979
A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1018 votes
#2 - Cries from a Watchtower
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1979
A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1070 votes
#3 - Comedians
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/1979
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1014 votes#4 - Even Solomon
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1979
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10274 votes
#5 - Just a Boy's Game
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1979
In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1015 votes
#6 - Billy
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1979
A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1092 votes
#7 - A Hole in Babylon
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1979
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1023 votes
#8 - The Slab-Boys
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/1979
The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Katie: The Year of a Child
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1979
A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1010 votes
#10 - The Network
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/1979
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Chance of a Lifetime
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/1980
A young man quits school and joins the army.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/108 votes
#12 - Keep Smiling
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/1980
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1022 votes
#13 - Dreams of Leaving
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1980
A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.
Director: David Hare
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Thicker Than Water
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1980
Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1016 votes
#15 - Murder Rap
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1980
An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1015 votes
#16 - Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1980
Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votes
#17 - No Defence
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1980
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - That Crazy Woman
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1980
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1013 votes
#19 - A Gift from Nessus
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1980
The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votes
#20 - Kate, the Good Neighbour
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 3/6/1980
A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/109 votes
#21 - Buses
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1980
A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1016 votes
#22 - Shadows on Our Skin
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 3/20/1980
The problems of an 11-year-old boy living in the Catholic part of Londonderry
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1010 votes
#23 - Ladies
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1980
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1036 votes
#24 - The Vanishing Army
Season 10 Episode 24 - Aired 4/3/1980
A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life
Director: Richard Loncraine
Writer: Robert Holmes
- 7.2/109 votes
#25 - Not for the Likes of Us
Season 10 Episode 25 - Aired 4/10/1980
"I dunno, years of putting up with it, waiting on you all, for what? Eh? To become a 14-stone invisible woman?"
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 10
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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 N/A, it aired on 10/11/1979. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Cries from a Watchtower".