Synopsis
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.
Series Information
- First Aired
- 1970
- Last Aired
- 1985
- Seasons
- 14
- Episodes
- 314
- Episode Length
- 75 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Network
- BBC One
- Status
- Ended
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (10 votes)
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