The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 6

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.7/10(24 votes)

   #1 - Plaintiffs and Defendants

   S6:E110/14/1975

   A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.

   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writer:Unknown

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2. 

   7.2/10(31 votes)

   #2 - Two Sundays

   S6:E210/21/1975

   An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.

   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writer:Unknown

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3. 

   8.0/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Moss

   S6:E310/28/1975

   Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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4. 

   7.7/10(77 votes)

   #4 - 84 Charing Cross Road

   S6:E411/4/1975

   An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years

   Director:Mark Cullingham

   Writer:Hugh Whitemore

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   Director:Mark Cullingham

   Writer:Hugh Whitemore
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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #5 - Keep an Eye on Albert

   S6:E511/11/1975

   Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?

   Director:Michael Tuchner

   Writer:Unknown

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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #6 - Children of the Sun

   S6:E611/18/1975

   "You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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7. 

   6.8/10(8 votes)

   #7 - After the Solo

   S6:E711/25/1975

   A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.

   Director:Moira Armstrong

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Moira Armstrong

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8. 

   7.8/10(15 votes)

   #8 - Through the Night

   S6:E812/2/1975

   A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.

   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writer:Unknown

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9. 

   7.7/10(41 votes)

   #9 - A Passage to England

   S6:E912/9/1975

   A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Leon Griffiths

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   Writer:Leon Griffiths
10. 

    8.2/10(170 votes)

    #10 - Rumpole of the Bailey

    S6:E1012/16/1975

    Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.

    Director:John Gorrie

    Writer:John Mortimer

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    Writer:John Mortimer
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    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #11 - The Other Woman

    S6:E111/6/1976

    An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.

    Director:Michael Simpson

    Writer:Watson Gould

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    Director:Michael Simpson

    Writer:Watson Gould
12. 

    7.8/10(2234 votes)

    #12 - Nuts in May

    S6:E121/13/1976

    Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.

    Director:Mike Leigh

    Writer:Mike Leigh

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    Director:Mike Leigh

    Writer:Mike Leigh
13. 

    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Doran's Box

    S6:E131/20/1976

    A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Packman's Barn

    S6:E141/27/1976

    John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #15 - A Story to Frighten the Children

    S6:E152/3/1976

    A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.

    Director:Herbert Wise

    Writer:John Hopkins

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    Writer:John Hopkins
16. 

    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #16 - The Happy Hunting Ground

    S6:E162/10/1976

    The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #17 - The Jumping Bean Bag

    S6:E172/17/1976

    An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    7.3/10(51 votes)

    #18 - Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

    S6:E182/24/1976

    A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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19. 

    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Love Letters on Blue Paper

    S6:E193/2/1976

    Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

    Director:Waris Hussein

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Willie Rough

    S6:E203/9/1976

    A story depicting life in a shipyard

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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21. 

    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Tiptoe through the Tulips

    S6:E213/16/1976

    A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.

    Director:Claude Whatham

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    7.0/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Peddler

    S6:E223/23/1976

    One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?

    Director:Claude Whatham

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Early Struggles

    S6:E233/30/1976

    A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood

    Director:Stephen Frears

    Writer:Unknown

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24. 

    7.7/10(50 votes)

    #24 - Double Dare

    S6:E244/6/1976

    A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.

    Director:John Mackenzie

    Writer:Dennis Potter

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    Director:John Mackenzie

    Writer:Dennis Potter
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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The House of Bernarda Alba

    S6:E257/28/1976

    The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.

    Director:Claude Whatham

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Claude Whatham

    Writer:Unknown