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The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 6

Every episode of Play for Today Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 6!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Play for Today Season 6 Episode 3 - Moss
    8.5/10(16 votes)

    S6:E3

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

    Director:Philip Saville
    Writer:Bernard Kops

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  2. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 10 - Rumpole of the Bailey
    8.2/10(174 votes)

    S6:E10

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

    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:John Mortimer

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  3. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 8 - Through the Night
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S6:E8

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

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writers:Trevor Griffiths, Jan Griffiths

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  4. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 12 - Nuts in May
    7.8/10(2390 votes)

    S6:E12

    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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  5. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 24 - Double Dare
    7.8/10(52 votes)

    S6:E24

    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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  6. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 4 - 84 Charing Cross Road
    7.7/10(78 votes)

    S6:E4

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

    Director:Mark Cullingham
    Writers:Hugh Whitemore, Helene Hanff

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  7. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 9 - A Passage to England
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    S6:E9

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

    Director:John Mackenzie
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  8. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 21 - Tiptoe through the Tulips
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    S6:E21

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

    Director:Claude Whatham
    Writer:Beryl Bainbridge

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  9. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 11 - The Other Woman
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    S6:E11

    An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:Watson Gould

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  10. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 17 - The Jumping Bean Bag
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    S6:E17

    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:Alan Cooke
    Writer:Robin Chapman

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  11. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 18 - Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
    7.3/10(51 votes)

    S6:E18

    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:Moira Armstrong
    Writers:Bill Craig, Lewis Grassic Gibbon

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  12. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 20 - Willie Rough
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    S6:E20

    A story depicting life in a shipyard

    Director:Robert McIntosh
    Writer:Bill Bryden

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  13. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 2 - Two Sundays
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    S6:E2

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

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writer:Simon Gray

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  14. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 19 - Love Letters on Blue Paper
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    S6:E19

    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:Arnold Wesker

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  15. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 22 - The Peddler
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    S6:E22

    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:Ted Whitehead

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  16. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 23 - Early Struggles
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    S6:E23

    A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood

    Director:Stephen Frears
    Writer:Peter Prince

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  17. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 7 - After the Solo
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    S6:E7

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

    Director:Moira Armstrong
    Writer:John Challen

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  18. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 1 - Plaintiffs and Defendants
    6.7/10(24 votes)

    S6:E1

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

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg
    Writer:Simon Gray

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  19. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 16 - The Happy Hunting Ground
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    S6:E16

    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:Brian Parker
    Writer:Tom Hadaway

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  20. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 15 - A Story to Frighten the Children
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    S6:E15

    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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  21. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 5 - Keep an Eye on Albert
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E5

    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:Brian Glover

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  22. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 6 - Children of the Sun
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E6

    "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:Viktors Ritelis
    Writers:Jeremy Seabrook, Michael O'Neill

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  23. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 13 - Doran's Box
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E13

    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:Matthew Robinson
    Writer:Eric Coltart

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  24. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 14 - Packman's Barn
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E14

    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:Christopher Menaul
    Writer:Alick Rowe

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  25. Play for Today Season 6 Episode 25 - The House of Bernarda Alba
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S6:E25

    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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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Moss" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 6. It scored 8.5/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Philip Saville and written by Bernard Kops, it aired on 10/28/1975. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Rumpole of the Bailey".