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.
Colin Welland
Writer
Graeme MacDonald
Producer
Tony Doyle
Blake
Eamonn Boyce
Dubliner
Remi Adefarasin
Director of Photography
Alan Clarke
Director
Claude Whatham
Director
Philip Saville
Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
Mike Leigh
Director / Writer
Michael Simpson
Director
James Ferman
Director
John Gorrie
Director
Mike Newell
Director
Michael Apted
Director
Paul Seed
Director
Gavin Millar
Director
Piers Haggard
Director
Ken Loach
Director
Michael Tuchner
Director
Les Blair
Director
Herbert Wise
Director
Alan Bridges
Director
Jack Gold
Director
Stephen Frears
Director
Gerald Blake
Director
Robert Knights
Director
John McGrath
Director
David Hare
Director
Christopher Morahan
Director
Barry Davis
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Director
David Maloney
Director
Richard Loncraine
Director
Alan Cooke
Director
Jon Amiel
Director
Kenneth Ives
Director
Roy Battersby
Director
Peter Cregeen
Director
Moira Armstrong
Director
Stuart Burge
Director
Carol Wiseman
Director
Desmond Davis
Director
Richard Wilson
Director
Bill Bain
Director
John Mackenzie
Director
Colin Bucksey
Director
John Glenister
Director
Waris Hussein
Director
Mark Cullingham
Director
Frank Cox
Director
Michael Darlow
Director
Lindsay Anderson
Director
Gareth Davies
Director
Anthony Page
Director
Charles Sturridge
Director
James Cellan Jones
Director
Jim Stephens
Editorial Services
Robin Sales
Editor
Kenith Trodd
Producer
All Bowlly
Theme Song Performance
Dennis Potter
Writer
Jeremy Paul
Writer
Alan Bleasdale
Writer
Howard Brenton
Writer
Stephen Poliakoff
Writer
John Elliot
Writer
David Rudkin
Writer
Brian Clark
Writer
Jack Rosenthal
Writer
Clive Exton
Writer
Trevor Griffiths
Writer
Alan Sharp
Writer
Leon Griffiths
Writer
Alun Owen
Writer
John Mortimer
Writer
Andrew Davies
Writer
David Halliwell
Writer
Richard Harris
Writer
Arthur Hopcraft
Writer
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
David Mercer
Writer
Ingmar Bergman
Writer
John Hopkins
Writer
Stephen Davis
Writer
Jeremy Sandford
Writer
Watson Gould
Writer
Robert Holmes
Writer
Philip Martin
Writer
Caroline Langrishe
Jane Winters
Tom Chadbon
Len
Leonard Rossiter
Arthur
Timothy Spall
Gordon
James Hazeldine
Chris
John Gielgud
Harry
Bob Hoskins
Blake
Alison Steadman
Veronica
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
Nigel Hawthorne
Major Lewis Rolfe
Su Elliot
June
Frances Barber
Melody
Sheila Kelley
Janice
Tim Curry
Glen
Anna Cropper
Elizabeth Carter
Tom Bell
Michael Biddle
Geoffrey Palmer
Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
Jon Morrison
Bunny
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
Charles Lamb
Grandad
Warren Clarke
Alfred / Narrator
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
1st Policeman / Geoffrey
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
Merchant / Gurjeet Singh Khera
Robert Booth
Keith
Malcolm Terris
Mr. Dowdeswell / Jennings / Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital
Andrew Beaumont
Kevin
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 / Hilda / Brenda
Allan Surtees
Mr. Newman
Graham Ashley
Barman / Jim Platt / Mr. Hutton / Arthur
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
Mother / Julia Branston / 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
Julia Watson
Nurse
Anita Carey
Jill / Sharon
Patsy Rowlands
Miriam
Maria Charles
Rita Green
Harry Landis
Solly
Tessa Wyatt
Jane
Alan Rowe
Frank King / Ministry Official
Michael Gambon
Max / Robin / Piers
Rosemary Leach
Rita
Barbara Young
Greta / Typing Pool Supervisor / Maggie
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
Joss Ackland
Albert / Ellis Cripper / Malcolmson
Noel Coleman
Dr. Ernest Farman
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
Elfie / Mrs. Oxfam / Mrs. Thornley / Mrs. Pritchett / Mrs. Mathews / Keith's Granny
Gerard Ryder
Hotel Manager / Clive Bates / Forcett
Gordon Rollings
Oxfam
John Duttine
Keith Nicholson
Larrington Walker
Ernest
Margaretta Scott
Magistrate Terris
Barbara Flynn
Monica Potter
Nick Stringer
Terry
Stephen Moore
Simon Hulse / Leslie Potter / Farley-Smythe
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
Horace Rumpole / Sir Frederic Carlion
Wendy Hiller
Daisy - Lady Carlion
Penelope Wilton
Virginia Carlion
Suzanne Burden
Lindsey Carlion
Frank Mills
Ashford
Nigel Stock
Arthur Palmer
Avril Elgar
Christine Reynolds
Janine Duvitski
Audrey / Vera
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 Bird
Lord North / Raymond / Captain Wigmore / Desmond Hughes
John Alderton
Paul Clements
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
Michael Barrington
Kim Hartman
Robert Brown
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Helen Fraser
John Atkinson
Jennie Hesselwood
Harriet Philpin
Ian Richardson
David Spenser
Celia Gregory
Myra Frances
Michael Bilton
Jan Francis
Brenda Bruce
Paul Copley
Sydney Tafler
Graham Crowden
Floella Benjamin
Bernard Hill
David Daker
Tony Caunter
Martin Shaw
Frank Windsor
Carmen Silvera
Maurice O'Connell
Peter Cellier
Anthony Hopkins
John Challis
Daphne Heard
John Woodnutt
Charles Gray
Roger Sloman
Kenneth Colley
Ray Winstone
Joan Hickson
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Angela Pleasence
Pam St. Clement
Bart Allison
Don Henderson
Frances Tomelty
Anne Reid
Richard Pasco
Maurice Roëves
Harry Towb
Hildegard Neil
John Le Mesurier
Julian Holloway
John Bett
David Burke
John Nettleton
Charles Dance
Noel Johnson
John Scott Martin
Derek Martin
Max Adrian
Christopher Benjamin
Philip Latham
Tim Preece
John Franklyn-Robbins
George Lazenby
Lynne Perrie
Vivian Pickles
Cheryl Hall
Terry Molloy
Warren Mitchell
George Pravda
Aubrey Morris
Julie Walters
Nicholas Ball
Vernon Dobtcheff
George Sewell
Albert Moses
Patsy Smart
Pauline Quirke
Jo Rowbottom
Cyril Cusack
Dandy Nichols
Alun Armstrong
James Ellis
Iain Cuthbertson
Fulton Mackay
Colin Douglas
Rhys McConnochie
Jennifer Daniel
John Thaw
Richard Briers
Hywel Bennett
Amanda Barrie
Gareth Thomas
Elizabeth Spriggs
Leslie Dwyer
Morag Hood
Bernard Archard
Mona Washbourne
Julian Glover
Lesley Dunlop
Donald Sumpter
Jim Broadbent
Danny Webb
William Simons
Freddie Jones
Richard Beckinsale
Royston Tickner
John Normington
John Carson
Daragh O'Malley
Anton Rodgers
Rupert Everett
Roger Avon
Georgine Anderson
Lynda La Plante
John Salthouse
Martin Boddey
Brian Capron
Christopher Ryan
Benjamin Whitrow
Spencer Banks
Arnold Diamond
Alastair Sim
Dinah Sheridan
Tony Haygarth
Christopher Villiers
Patrick Troughton
Kenneth Branagh
Gwyneth Strong
Linda Robson
George A. Cooper
Georgine Atkinson
Paul Freeman
Edward Hardwicke
Elisabeth Sladen
George Sweeney
Gerard Murphy
Helen Mirren
David Jackson
Geoffrey Hughes
Patrick Stewart
Connie Booth
Terence Bayler
Michael Sheard
Sheila Hancock
Patrick Godfrey
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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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