6.8/1022 votes#1 - Plaintiffs and Defendants
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1975
A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1031 votes
#2 - Two Sundays
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1975
An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1011 votes
#3 - Moss
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1975
Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1072 votes
#4 - 84 Charing Cross Road
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1975
An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years
Director: Mark Cullingham
Writer: Hugh Whitemore
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Keep an Eye on Albert
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1975
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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Children of the Sun
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1975
"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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/109 votes
#7 - After the Solo
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1975
A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.
Director: Moira Armstrong
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1016 votes
#8 - Through the Night
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1975
A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1038 votes
#9 - A Passage to England
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1975
A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat
Director: N/A
Writer: Leon Griffiths
8.3/10159 votes#10 - Rumpole of the Bailey
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1975
Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: John Mortimer
- 7.7/1027 votes
#11 - The Other Woman
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1976
An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.
Director: Michael Simpson
Writer: Watson Gould
7.8/102,125 votes#12 - Nuts in May
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1976
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
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Doran's Box
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1976
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Packman's Barn
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1976
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1010 votes
#15 - A Story to Frighten the Children
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1976
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
- 6.6/1012 votes
#16 - The Happy Hunting Ground
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1976
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1016 votes
#17 - The Jumping Bean Bag
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1976
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1047 votes
#18 - Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1976
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1010 votes
#19 - Love Letters on Blue Paper
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1976
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: N/A
- 7.2/108 votes
#20 - Willie Rough
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/9/1976
A story depicting life in a shipyard
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1011 votes
#21 - Tiptoe through the Tulips
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 3/16/1976
A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.
Director: Claude Whatham
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1013 votes
#22 - The Peddler
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/23/1976
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: N/A
- 6.9/1013 votes
#23 - Early Struggles
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 3/30/1976
A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1048 votes
#24 - Double Dare
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 4/6/1976
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
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - The House of Bernarda Alba
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 7/28/1976
The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.
Director: Claude Whatham
Writer: N/A
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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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Plaintiffs and Defendants" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 6. It scored 6.8/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and written by N/A, it aired on 10/14/1975. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Two Sundays".