Play for Today (1970)
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Play for Today (1970)
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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, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
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Cast & Crew.
Graeme MacDonald
Producer
Colin Welland
Writer
Tony Doyle
Blake
Eamonn Boyce
Dubliner
Remi Adefarasin
Director of Photography
Alan Clarke
Director
Philip Saville
Director
Claude Whatham
Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
Mike Leigh
Director / Writer
John Gorrie
Director
Michael Apted
Director
James Ferman
Director
Michael Simpson
Director
Mike Newell
Director
Les Blair
Director
Michael Tuchner
Director
Stephen Frears
Director
Piers Haggard
Director
Gavin Millar
Director
Paul Seed
Director
Robert Knights
Director
Jack Gold
Director
Gerald Blake
Director
Ken Loach
Director
Herbert Wise
Director
Alan Bridges
Director
David Hare
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Christopher Morahan
Director
John McGrath
Director
David Maloney
Director
Alan Cooke
Director
Barry Davis
Director
Richard Loncraine
Director
John Mackenzie
Director
Michael Darlow
Director
Kenneth Ives
Director
Bill Bain
Director
Desmond Davis
Director
John Glenister
Director
Jon Amiel
Director
Carol Wiseman
Director
Stuart Burge
Director
Roy Battersby
Director
Colin Bucksey
Director
Waris Hussein
Director
Richard Wilson
Director
Moira Armstrong
Director
Peter Cregeen
Director
James Cellan Jones
Director
Mark Cullingham
Director
Gareth Davies
Director
Frank Cox
Director
Charles Sturridge
Director
Anthony Page
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Director
Jim Stephens
Editorial Services
Robin Sales
Editor
Kenith Trodd
Producer
All Bowlly
Theme Song Performance
Dennis Potter
Writer
Jeremy Paul
Writer
Howard Brenton
Writer
Brian Clark
Writer
Stephen Poliakoff
Writer
Alan Bleasdale
Writer
John Elliot
Writer
Jack Rosenthal
Writer
David Rudkin
Writer
John Mortimer
Writer
Arthur Hopcraft
Writer
John Hopkins
Writer
David Halliwell
Writer
David Mercer
Writer
Ingmar Bergman
Writer
Richard Harris
Writer
Leon Griffiths
Writer
Alun Owen
Writer
Clive Exton
Writer
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
Trevor Griffiths
Writer
Robert Holmes
Writer
Alan Sharp
Writer
Andrew Davies
Writer
Watson Gould
Writer
Jeremy Sandford
Writer
Stephen Davis
Writer
Philip Martin
Writer
Caroline Langrishe
Jane Winters
Tom Chadbon
Len
Leonard Rossiter
Arthur
Timothy Spall
Gordon
James Hazeldine
Chris
John Gielgud
Harry
Alison Steadman
Veronica
Bob Hoskins
Blake
Billy Connolly
Jody
Peter Firth
Dominick Hide
Frances de la Tour
Maria Waite
Ralph Richardson
Jack
John Hurt
Alec Cassell
Elizabeth Dawn
Enid
Eric Richard
Stan
Lorraine Brunning
Tina
Kay Stonham
Hazel
Tim Barker
Harold
Su Elliot
June
Nigel Hawthorne
Major Lewis Rolfe
Frances Barber
Melody
Sheila Kelley
Janice
Tim Curry
Glen
Anna Cropper
Elizabeth Carter
Tom Bell
Michael Biddle
Jon Morrison
Bunny
Geoffrey Palmer
Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
Sue Vanner
Clare
Deborah Fairfax
Girl / Miss Benson
Michael Kitchen
Alan
David Smith
Ronnie Warboys
Peter Marshall
Maggie's Son
Pat Heywood
Beatrice
David Threlfall
Robert
Lesley Manville
Vivienne
Bryan Pringle
Henry
John Grillo
The Vet
Warren Clarke
Alfred / Narrator
Charles Lamb
Grandad
Liz Crowther
Doctor
Alec McCowen
Percy
Sheila Allen
Veronica
Marguerite Hardiman
Mary
Jane Lapotaire
Kim
Lynne Frederick
Nikki
Benedict Taylor
Ben
Pippa Guard
Ada
Patrick Magee
Caleb Line
Trevor Ray
Alaric
Sylvia Coleridge
Great Aunt Mavis
Jean Trend
Helda
Timothy Davies
Jim Bone
Denis Lawson
Felix
Bernadette Shortt
Midge
Tony Melody
Harry Shoe
Bill Gavin
Brian
David Griffin
Carl Morgan
Jenny Donnison
Carole
Michael Carter
1st Youth
Phil Davis
2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)
Mark Wingett
3rd Youth
Richard Vernon
Mr. Price
Hal Galili
Patient / The Hit
Karl Howman
Geoffrey / 1st Policeman
Peggy Aitchison
Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Freda Dowie
Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Roger Hammond
Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'
Anthony Dawes
Man in Car
Jeffrey Segal
Counsel, at Public Hearing
Ray Brooks
Raymond Collis
Tony Selby
Stan
Patrick Newell
Mr. Nesbitt
Joanne White
Singer
Peter Barkworth
Richard Elkinson
Sheila Gish
Jane Elkinson
Jan Waters
Sarah
John Welsh
Philip Hucknell
Judi Bowker
Emma Elkinson
Robin Davies
Simon Elkinson
Bill Maynard
Harry
Nigel Havers
Harman
Rosemarie Dunham
Rene
Marjorie Yates
Audrey
Lori Wells
Sandra
Maureen Callaghan
Helen
Saeed Jaffrey
Gurjeet Singh Khera / Merchant
Robert Booth
Keith
Andrew Beaumont
Kevin
Malcolm Terris
Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital / Mr. Dowdeswell / Jennings
Christine Mountain
Lorraine
John Comer
George
Paul Luty
Terry
Ted Carroll
Mate
Pat Wallis
Flo
Christine Buckley
Winnie
John Alderson
Audrey's Husband
Kathy Proctor
Social Security Clerk
David Bradley
Policeman
David Swift
Councillor Bass
June Brown
Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital / Brenda / Hilda
Allan Surtees
Mr. Newman
Graham Ashley
Mr. Hutton / Arthur / Jim Platt / Barman
Ursula Howells
Sarah Chandler
Bill Fraser
Edward Waite
Ronald Pickup
Richard Massingham
Jack Shepherd
William Waite
James Greene
Det. Sgt. Gregg
Colin Farrell
Vicar
Doreen Mantle
Julia Branston / Mother / Mary Hunter
Eve Pearce
Mrs. Hutton / Louise
Donald Pickering
Angus Nash
Tom Georgeson
Adler
Stephanie Turner
Jane / Gillian Otway
Susan Fleetwood
Pamela Redman
Stephanie Cole
Dr. Monday
Noel Collins
Johnny
Betty Alberge
Mum
Anita Carey
Sharon / Jill
Julia Watson
Nurse
Patsy Rowlands
Miriam
Maria Charles
Rita Green
Harry Landis
Solly
Tessa Wyatt
Jane
Michael Gambon
Robin / Piers / Max
Alan Rowe
Frank King / Ministry Official
Rosemary Leach
Rita
Barbara Young
Maggie / Greta / Typing Pool Supervisor
Ronald Lacey
Mr. Lang
Stephen Rea
Shay
Michael Golden
Meikle
Tim Woodward
Storyteller
Gemma Jones
Anna Firth
Richard O'Sullivan
Whiteley
Donald Douglas
James Macleod
Annette Crosbie
Catherine
Colin Jeavons
Neeley / Dennis Turner / Donald Duck
Noel Coleman
Dr. Ernest Farman
Joss Ackland
Albert / Ellis Cripper / Malcolmson
Michael Brennan
Aggressive Man (uncredited)
David Waller
Gowran Cripper
Mary Peach
Elizabeth
Ian Holm
Alexei
Thorley Walters
Old Wedding Guest
Margery Mason
Celia's Mother
Julian Sands
Groom
Michael Lees
Man from Wimbledon
Desmond Llewelyn
Official in Dream
Caroline Blakiston
Esther / Josie
Liz Smith
Mrs. Mathews / Mrs. Pritchett / Mrs. Thornley / Mrs. Oxfam / Keith's Granny / Elfie
Gordon Rollings
Oxfam
Gerard Ryder
Clive Bates / Hotel Manager / Forcett
John Duttine
Keith Nicholson
Larrington Walker
Ernest
Margaretta Scott
Magistrate Terris
Barbara Flynn
Monica Potter
Nick Stringer
Terry
Stephen Moore
Leslie Potter / Farley-Smythe / Simon Hulse
Jeremy Sinden
Roddy
Trevor Peacock
Sgt-Major Pusey
William Morgan Sheppard
Harry Cowper
Ben Cross
Simon
Louise Jameson
Stella
Rosalind Adams
Rose
Barbara Atkinson
Aunt Darnley
Leon Sinden
Miles Darnley
John Joyce
Barman
Barrie Fletcher
Chauffeur
John Junkin
Jack
Arthur Kelly
Barney
Leo McKern
Sir Frederic Carlion / Horace Rumpole
Wendy Hiller
Daisy - Lady Carlion
Penelope Wilton
Virginia Carlion
Suzanne Burden
Lindsey Carlion
Frank Mills
Ashford
Nigel Stock
Arthur Palmer
Janine Duvitski
Vera / Audrey
Avril Elgar
Christine Reynolds
Frank Gatliff
Phillips
Michael Graham Cox
David Pond / Willie de Salis / Wally Edge
Jimmy Gardner
Summers
Rita Davies
Matron
Gillian Barge
Marrianne Webb
Liam Neeson
Him
John Alderton
Paul Clements
John Bird
Raymond / Captain Wigmore / Desmond Hughes / Lord North
Denyse Alexander
Sylvia Rose
Jeremy Kemp
Reader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice)
Donald Pleasence
Samuel Johnson
Terence Rigby
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
John Owens
Speaker of the House of Commons
Harry Fielder
Ruffian
Anne Kristen
Mrs. Galt
Angus Lennie
Minister
John G. Heller
''Vampire''
George Cole
Mr. Newbold
Brian Pettifer
Boy in Grounds
Sarah Sutton
James Bolam
Dinah Sheridan
Graham Crowden
Floella Benjamin
Daphne Heard
Brian Cant
Hilary Mason
John Cater
André Morell
Patricia Routledge
Connie Booth
Tim Preece
David Jackson
Martin Boddey
John Salthouse
Lynda La Plante
Frank Finlay
Paul Freeman
Benjamin Whitrow
Georgine Anderson
Morag Hood
Nick Tate
Laurence Payne
John Challis
Anthony Hopkins
Peter Cellier
Maurice O'Connell
Carmen Silvera
George Sweeney
Gerard Murphy
Peter Sallis
Roy Boyd
Michael Byrne
Brian Cox
Alan Bennett
Writer
Julian Holloway
Pauline Quirke
Patsy Smart
Albert Moses
George Sewell
Georgina Hale
Hilda Braid
John Bett
David Burke
Angela Pleasence
Steven Berkoff
Bruce Purchase
Philip Locke
Michael Crawford
Richard Beckinsale
Maggie Jones
Bernard Hepton
Alastair Sim
Christopher Villiers
Linda Robson
George A. Cooper
Georgine Atkinson
Edward Hardwicke
Dandy Nichols
Cyril Cusack
Jo Rowbottom
Elisabeth Sladen
Pam St. Clement
Bart Allison
Don Henderson
Frances Tomelty
John Woodvine
Stephen Greif
Thora Hird
Roy Kinnear
John Nettleton
Charles Dance
Noel Johnson
John Scott Martin
Derek Martin
Max Adrian
Christopher Benjamin
Philip Latham
John Franklyn-Robbins
George Lazenby
Michael Barrington
Charles Gray
Roger Sloman
Kenneth Colley
Ray Winstone
Joan Hickson
Geoffrey Hinsliff
John Atkinson
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Helen Fraser
Jennie Hesselwood
David Spenser
Celia Gregory
Ian Richardson
Harriet Philpin
Robert Brown
Kim Hartman
Royston Tickner
John Normington
John Carson
Daragh O'Malley
Anton Rodgers
Rupert Everett
Iain Cuthbertson
Tony Haygarth
Jennifer Daniel
Patrick Troughton
Kenneth Branagh
Gwyneth Strong
John Woodnutt
Moray Black
Vernon Dobtcheff
Nicholas Ball
Julie Walters
Aubrey Morris
George Pravda
Warren Mitchell
Terry Molloy
Cheryl Hall
Vivian Pickles
Lynne Perrie
James Ellis
Alun Armstrong
Bernard Archard
Mona Washbourne
Julian Glover
Lesley Dunlop
Donald Sumpter
Jim Broadbent
Geoffrey Hughes
Patrick Stewart
Terence Bayler
Michael Sheard
Sheila Hancock
Patrick Godfrey
James Fox
Eric Porter
Roger Avon
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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, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were (with a few exceptions noted below) between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration. A handful of these plays, including Rumpole of the Bailey, subsequently became television series in their own right.
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