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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,...
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    #1 - The Write-Off

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - I Can't See My Little Willie

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Alan Clarke
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - A Distant Thunder

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:James Ferman
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Alma Mater

    S1:E11

    A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

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    Director:James Ferman
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Circle Line

    S1:E12

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Hell's Angel

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - Billy's Last Stand

    S1:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Reddick

    S1:E17

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - The Man in the Sidecar

    S1:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Everybody Say Cheese

    S1:E23

    The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

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    Director:Alan Clarke
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - The Cellar and the Almond Tree

    S1:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Michael Regan

    S2:E6

    A man gets revenge on a pub owner

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    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Skin Deep

    S2:E7

    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.

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    #14 - Pal

    S2:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Alun Owen
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    #15 - The Pigeon Fancier

    S2:E9

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

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    Director:James Ferman
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - The House on Highbury Hill

    S2:E13

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

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - In the Beautiful Caribbean

    S2:E14

    A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Ackerman, Dougall and Harker

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Ted Kotcheff
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Cows

    S2:E17

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

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    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - The Fishing Party

    S2:E19

    The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - A Life Is for Ever

    S3:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Man Friday

    S3:E4

    The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - Triple Exposure

    S3:E5

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

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    #24 - Better than the Movies

    S3:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #25 - Highway Robbery

    S3:E14

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

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    Director:Michael Apted
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Write-Off" is the worst rated episode of "Play for Today". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/12/1970. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "I Can't See My Little Willie".