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The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 3

Every episode of Play for Today Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 3

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,...
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    7.9/10(49 votes)

    #1 - Shakespeare or Bust

    S3:E11

    The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge

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    Writer:N/A
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    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #2 - The Operation

    S3:E18

    David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. Background image for The General's Day
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #3 - The General's Day

    S3:E7

    An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.

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    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:N/A
  4. Background image for Only Make Believe
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #4 - Only Make Believe

    S3:E16

    As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.

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    7.5/10(35 votes)

    #5 - Land of Green Ginger

    S3:E12

    Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?

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    Director:N/A
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  6. Background image for Kisses at Fifty
    7.4/10(112 votes)

    #6 - Kisses at Fifty

    S3:E13

    A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.

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    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Song at Twilight

    S3:E15

    The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline

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    Director:Herbert Wise
    Writer:N/A
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    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Just Your Luck

    S3:E9

    A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.

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    Director:Mike Newell
    Writer:N/A
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    7.3/10(438 votes)

    #9 - Hard Labour

    S3:E20

    The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner

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    Director:Mike Leigh
    Writer:Mike Leigh
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    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #10 - The Reporters

    S3:E1

    Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.

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    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Access to the Children

    S3:E19

    Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?

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    Writer:N/A
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    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #12 - The Bouncing Boy

    S3:E10

    A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

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    Director:N/A
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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Blooming Youth

    S3:E26

    The problems of four people sharing an apartment

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    Director:Les Blair
    Writer:N/A
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    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Carson Country

    S3:E3

    A story about the origin of the Stormont state

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    Director:Piers Haggard
    Writer:N/A
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    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #15 - Speech Day

    S3:E22

    Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
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    5.6/10(13 votes)

    #16 - The Bankrupt

    S3:E8

    A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.

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    #17 - A Life Is for Ever

    S3:E2

    The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop

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    #18 - Man Friday

    S3:E4

    The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint

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    Director:N/A
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    #19 - Triple Exposure

    S3:E5

    A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them

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    #20 - Better than the Movies

    S3:E6

    A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.

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    Director:N/A
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    #21 - Highway Robbery

    S3:E14

    A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.

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    Director:Michael Apted
    Writer:N/A
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    #22 - For Sylvia or The Air Show

    S3:E17

    Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.

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    Director:N/A
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    #23 - Man Above Men

    S3:E21

    "I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."

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    Director:Alan Clarke
    Writer:N/A
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    #24 - Steps Back

    S3:E23

    "Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?

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    Director:N/A
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    #25 - Three's One

    S3:E24

    Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?

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    Director:N/A
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Shakespeare or Bust" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Michael Simpson and written by N/A, it aired on 1/8/1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Operation".