8.1/1075 votes#1 - Leeds--United!
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1974
About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story
Director: Roy Battersby
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - Baby Love
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/1974
After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1046 votes
#3 - Back of Beyond
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/1974
Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'
Director: Desmond Davis
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1013 votes
#4 - The Bevellers
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1974
The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Taking Leave
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/1974
"Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six years - that's long enough out of any man's life." Mike's time is nearly up. The army gives him a weekend pass so he's home from Ulster to decide whether to sign on again. His parents want him to stay but he's wondering whether the family's own flare-ups aren't a bit too like the Troubles he has left behind.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Fugitive
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/1974
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Eleanor
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1974
Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at school and virtually ignored by her parents. With a mundane working existence awaiting her, she desires a chance at another life - but at what cost?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1058 votes
#8 - Gangsters
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/9/1975
A story exploring the Birmingham underworld
Director: Philip Saville
Writer: Philip Martin
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - The After Dinner Game
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/16/1975
Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protége professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Breath
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/23/1975
A story about an asthma sufferer
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - The Death of a Young, Young Man
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/1975
Three young students suspended from school face various problems.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10140 votes
#12 - Sunset Across the Bay
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1975
A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Alan Bennett
- 7.0/1073 votes
#13 - Funny Farm
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/1975
One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital
Director: Alan Clarke
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Goodbye
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/6/1975
"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and with it all the trappings of a good life in Maida Vale.
Director: Gavin Millar
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10161 votes
#15 - Just Another Saturday
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 3/13/1975
A young man participating in the Orange Parade in Glasgow becomes disillusioned with the pageant when he discovers its unpleasant and violent history and witnesses the participants' attacks on Catholics.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - A Child of Hope
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 4/24/1975
Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its "illegal administration" of their country.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Elliot
- 8.1/1023 votes
#17 - The Saturday Party
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 5/1/1975
When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.
Director: Barry Davis
Writer: Brian Clark
- 7.5/1015 votes
#18 - Wednesday Love
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/8/1975
Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - The Dandelion Clock
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 5/15/1975
In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1010 votes
#20 - Brassneck
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/1975
England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Howard Brenton
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - The Floater
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/29/1975
A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - By Common Consent
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 6/5/1975
Political fantasy about a fascist regime
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 5
Every episode of Play for Today Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Leeds--United!" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by Roy Battersby and written by N/A, it aired on 10/31/1974. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Baby Love".