7.6/10109 votes#1 - The Bar Mitzvah Boy
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1976
A story exploring the emotions of a boy undrgoing the traditional Jewish ceremony
Director: Michael Tuchner
Writer: Jack Rosenthal
- 6.8/1016 votes
#2 - Bet Your Life
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1976
Like alcoholism, gambling is a disease. Ches, a compulsive gambler, is sent for medical help. A wonder drug perhaps? Or hypnosis maybe? Ches finds that his psychiatrist has other ideas.
Director: Les Blair
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1015 votes
#3 - Rocky Marciano Is Dead
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1976
Harry Marcus is a former welterweight champion mourning the loss of the past and dreaming of a return to the glory years of boxing. When a squatter moves in next door, does he have what it takes to fulfil Harry's dreams?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10168 votes#4 - The Elephants' Graveyard
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1976
Bunny’s wife thinks he is a postman, but in reality he spends his days in the Scottish hills. One day he meets Jody, a fellow walker.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1016 votes
#5 - Housewives' Choice
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1976
When Joyce appears on the door-step she looks like the perfect 'kindly, respectable lady whom Marcia needs to look after her baby. But Joyce only seems to be the average housewife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1038 votes
#6 - Your Man from Six Counties
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1976
A young man from Belfast is sent south to stay with relatives in an attempt to keep him out of trouble.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1014 votes
#7 - Buffet
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1976
Freddie is going through an existential crisis as everyone around him seems to doubt their own identity and the entire purpose of conversation. Surrounded by inflation and extra marital affairs, his only solace is in buffet room drinking.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Love on a Gunboat
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 1/4/1977
In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has still not recovered. Neither has Leslie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10338 votes
#9 - The Kiss of Death
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/1977
A young man's chances at romance are thwarted by his own shyness.
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
- 6.7/1027 votes
#10 - Our Flesh and Blood
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/18/1977
How Mums and Dads feel when they have one.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1024 votes
#11 - Do As I Say
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/25/1977
A quietly unhappy housewife finds a stranger in her house and is raped at knife-point by him. But when she turns to friends, neighbors and her parents-in-law for sympathy, they all seem preoccupied by other matters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1074 votes
#12 - Spend, Spend, Spend
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/1977
The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of a 1960s football pools winner, based on a true story
Director: N/A
Writer: Jack Rosenthal
- 7.5/10100 votes
#13 - A Photograph
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/1977
A couple receives a photograph in the mail of two girls sitting in front of a caravan and neither can identify the people or the place.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10103 votes
#14 - The Price of Coal (1)
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/1977
A pair of plays, broadcast over two weeks, about mining life: ""Meet the People,"" about a coal mining community preparing for a royal visit, and ""Back to Reality,"" about a coal mining disaster that brings tragedy to a community.
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1078 votes
#15 - The Price of Coal (2)
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/1977
A pair of plays, broadcast over two weeks, about mining life: ""Meet the People,"" about a coal mining community preparing for a royal visit, and ""Back to Reality,"" about a coal mining disaster that brings tragedy to a community.
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1019 votes
#16 - Gotcha
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/1977
A student holds his teacher hostage in the classroom on the last day of school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/108 votes
#17 - Campion's Interview
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 4/12/1977
A story about school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1025 votes
#18 - A Choice of Evils
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/1977
The story of Father Borelli who in Rome during World War II must choose between freedom and his principles
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - The Country Party
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1977
Richard Elkinson, the former stockbroker, is now running a country restaurant. His daughter decides to spring a surprise on him in an attempt to change his life for the better.
Director: Barry Davis
Writer: Brian Clark
The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 7
Every episode of Play for Today Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 7!
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"The Bar Mitzvah Boy" is the best rated episode of "Play for Today" season 7. It scored 7.6/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Michael Tuchner and written by Jack Rosenthal, it aired on 9/14/1976. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Bet Your Life".