Play for Today(1970)

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  1. The Reporters

  1972-10-09 · 75m

  Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.

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  2. A Life Is for Ever

  1972-10-16 · 75m

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

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  3. Carson Country

  1972-10-23 · 75m

  A story about the origin of the Stormont state

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  4. Man Friday

  1972-10-30 · 75m

  The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint

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  5. Triple Exposure

  1972-11-06 · 75m

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

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  6. Better than the Movies

  1972-11-13 · 75m

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

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  7. The General's Day

  1972-11-20 · 75m

  An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.

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  8. The Bankrupt

  1972-11-27 · 75m

  A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.

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  9. Just Your Luck

  1972-12-04 · 75m

  A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.

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  10. The Bouncing Boy

  1972-12-11 · 75m

  A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

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  11. Shakespeare or Bust

  1973-01-08 · 75m

  The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge

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  12. Land of Green Ginger

  1973-01-15 · 75m

  Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?

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  13. Kisses at Fifty

  1973-01-22 · 69m

  A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.

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  14. Highway Robbery

  1973-01-29 · 75m

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

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  15. Song at Twilight

  1973-02-05 · 75m

  The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline

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  16. Only Make Believe

  1973-02-12 · 75m

  As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.

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  17. For Sylvia or The Air Show

  1973-02-19 · 75m

  Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.

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  18. The Operation

  1973-02-26 · 75m

  David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.

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  19. Access to the Children

  1973-03-05 · 75m

  Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?

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  20. Hard Labour

  1973-03-12 · 75m

  The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner

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  21. Man Above Men

  1973-03-19 · 75m

  "I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."

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  22. Speech Day

  1973-03-26 · 75m

  Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day

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  23. Steps Back

  1973-05-14 · 75m

  "Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?

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  24. Three's One

  1973-06-04 · 75m

  Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?

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  25. Edward G.--Like the Film Star

  1973-06-11 · 75m

  Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

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  26. Blooming Youth

  1973-06-18 · 75m

  The problems of four people sharing an apartment

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  27. The Stretch

  1973-06-25 · 75m

  Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.

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  28. Making the Play

  1973-07-02 · 75m

  They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away?

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