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The Worst Episodes of Play for Today

Every episode of Play for Today ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Play for Today!

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run,...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Write-Off" is the worst rated episode of "Play for Today". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/12/1970. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "I Can't See My Little Willie".

  • The Write-Off
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    #1 - The Write-Off

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1970

    A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Can't See My Little Willie
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    #2 - I Can't See My Little Willie

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1970

    A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

    Director: Alan Clarke

    Writer: N/A

  • A Distant Thunder
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    #3 - A Distant Thunder

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1970

    A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

    Director: James Ferman

    Writer: N/A

  • Alma Mater
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    #4 - Alma Mater

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1971

    A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

    Director: James Ferman

    Writer: N/A

  • Circle Line
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    #5 - Circle Line

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1971

    A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.

    Director: Claude Whatham

    Writer: N/A

  • Hell's Angel
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    #6 - Hell's Angel

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1971

    A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Billy's Last Stand
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    #7 - Billy's Last Stand

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1971

    Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reddick
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    #8 - Reddick

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1971

    Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man in the Sidecar
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    #9 - The Man in the Sidecar

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/27/1971

    A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Everybody Say Cheese
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    #10 - Everybody Say Cheese

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/3/1971

    The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

    Director: Alan Clarke

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cellar and the Almond Tree
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    #11 - The Cellar and the Almond Tree

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/10/1971

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Michael Regan
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    #12 - Michael Regan

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1971

    A man gets revenge on a pub owner

    Director: John Gorrie

    Writer: N/A

  • Skin Deep
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    #13 - Skin Deep

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1971

    An awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer.

    Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

    Writer: N/A

  • Pal
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    #14 - Pal

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1971

    Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Alun Owen

  • The Pigeon Fancier
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    #15 - The Pigeon Fancier

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1971

    A retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.

    Director: James Ferman

    Writer: N/A

  • The House on Highbury Hill
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    #16 - The House on Highbury Hill

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/1972

    A married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.

    Director: John Glenister

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Beautiful Caribbean
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    #17 - In the Beautiful Caribbean

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1972

    A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica

    Director: Philip Saville

    Writer: N/A

  • Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
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    #18 - Ackerman, Dougall and Harker

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1972

    A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course

    Director: Ted Kotcheff

    Writer: N/A

  • Cows
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    #19 - Cows

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/1972

    A social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.

    Director: John Gorrie

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fishing Party
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    #20 - The Fishing Party

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 6/1/1972

    The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing

    Director: Michael Simpson

    Writer: N/A

  • A Life Is for Ever
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    #21 - A Life Is for Ever

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/1972

    The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man Friday
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    #22 - Man Friday

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1972

    The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Triple Exposure
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    #23 - Triple Exposure

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1972

    A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them

    Director: Alan Cooke

    Writer: David Halliwell

  • Better than the Movies
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    #24 - Better than the Movies

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1972

    A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Elliot

  • Highway Robbery
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    #25 - Highway Robbery

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1973

    A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.

    Director: Michael Apted

    Writer: N/A