Talk:Play for Today

The Black Stuff and other productions possibly associated with Play for Today
The Black Stuff was not a Play for Today. --User:DRR (comment was added to the main page, moved here by Angmering 17:07, 29 June 2006 (UTC))


 * According to Episode list Part 2: 1977-84, it wasn't; but, according to rest, it was. --213.216.199.6 10:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)


 * The Black Stuff was made for Play for Today in 1978, but eventually transmitted on 2 January 1980 as a one-off play, i.e. not as a PfT. In fact, the series was running at the time, the closest episode (Chance of a Lifetime) being shown the following day. Nick Cooper 23:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I have removed a reference to BftB, presumably added in the years since the above comments were made, because it is a convoluted argument to count it as a spin off series:
 * ...Boys from the Blackstuff, a hard-hitting 1982 BBC2 drama serial by Alan Bleasdale which spun-off from his play The Black Stuff, made in 1978 although not screened until 1980, and only then as a one-off play and not part of PfT.
 * Its connection to PfT though, is mentioned in the Wikipedia piece on Boys from the Blackstuff. That ought to do. Philip Cross (talk) 14:47, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Other productions currently listed elsewhere as associated with Play for Today but not listed as such according to the BBC Genome database are: It's not fully clear on what basis the other sources assign these productions to Play for Today. My opinion is that these should be added to the main list (with explanatory caveats in the Notes column) only if it can be shown that when transmitted they were introduced (either on screen or by the continuity announcer) as Plays for Today, or if they were produced as Plays for Today, albeit not billed or transmitted as such. CaptainZond (talk) 17:15, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Act of Betrayal (BBC1, 23 Mar 1972; repeat of 3 Jan 1971 Play of the Month) (BBC Television Drama site )
 * Emma's Time (BBC1, 6 Apr 1972; repeat of 13 May 1970 Wednesday Play) (BBC Television Drama site )
 * The Evacuees (BBC2, 5 March 1975) (TV Cream website )
 * By Common Consent (BBC1, 5 June 1975) (BFI database and TV Cream website )
 * The House of Bernarda Alba (BBC2, 28 July 1976) (TV Cream website )
 * Number On End (BBC1, 25 November 1980) (TV Cream website )
 * Dear Brutus (BBC1, 27 January 1981) (TV Cream website and U. of Reading spreadsheet 'Single Plays 1955-1994' )
 * Play Not-Quite-For Today: Series One (TV Cream website )
 * Being Normal (BBC1, 27 July 1983)
 * Gunfight At The Joe Kaye Corral (BBC1, 3 August 1983)
 * Ring Of Keys (BBC1, 10 August 1983)
 * Bazaar and Rummage (BBC1, 17 August 1983)
 * Floating Off (BBC1, 24 August 1983) (also BFI database and U. of Reading spreadsheet 'Single Plays 1955-1994' )
 * Stan’s Last Game (BBC1, 25 October 1983) (also BFI database and U. of Reading spreadsheet 'Single Plays 1955-1994' )
 * Submariners (BBC1, 1 November 1983)
 * Martin Luther – Heretic (BBC1, 8 November 1983)
 * Reith (BBC1, 14 & 15 November 1983)
 * One of Ourselves (BBC1, 22 November 1983)
 * An Englishman Abroad (BBC1, 29 November 1983 and subsequent repeats on BBC2 and BBC4)
 * The Aerodrome (BBC1, 13 December 1983)
 * Orwell on Jura (BBC1, 20 December 1983)
 * Keep On Running (BBC2, 6 April 1984) (TV Cream website )
 * Long Live the Babe (BBC2, 11 April 1984) (BFI database and TV Cream website )
 * Fire At Magilligan (BBC2, 27 June 1984) (TV Cream website )
 * Play Not-Quite-For Today: Series Two (TV Cream website )
 * Terra Nova (BBC1, 13 November 1984)
 * The Long March (BBC1, 20 November 1984)
 * Punters (BBC1, 27 November 1984)
 * Stars of the Roller State Disco (BBC1, 4 December 1984)
 * Talk to Me (BBC1, 11 December 1984)
 * More Lives Than One (BBC1, 18 December 1984)
 * The Last Evensong (BBC1, 8 January 1985)
 * Bird Fancier (BBC1, 15 January 1985)
 * The Exercise (BBC1, 22 January 1985)
 * Four Days in July (BBC1, 29 January 1985)
 * Brigadista (BBC1, 5 February 1985)
 * I would agree. I am going to make a start by putting in The Black Stuff. pyrococcal (talk) 12:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Additions
I've added Rhys Adrian's The Foxtrot to the list of famous/notable plays featured in the series. Even the stinkers are of note! Absurdtrousers (talk) 18:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Controversies
Does anyone know where this comment should be placed?
 * Towards the end of the run, three plays set in Northern Ireland were written by Graham Reid. Known as the Billy Plays, they starred Kenneth Branagh as Billy Martin in his first acting role following his graduation from RADA.

It's currently in the "controversies" section, but reads as a simple statement of uncontroversial fact. --Northernhenge (talk) 11:05, 10 March 2013 (UTC)


 * 'History' is the best option, and it is where the passage is now located. Philip Cross (talk) 12:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

The complete broadcast details
Having researched the BBC Genome Database, this is the complete list of plays broadcast under the Play For Today strand, excluding repeats, unless the repeat was a first showing under the play strand (such as Our Day Out, which was not billed as Play For Today under its first broadcast on BBC2). I have excluded anything such as The Black Stuff or An Englishman Abroad that were shown as single plays on BBC1 and are often associated with the strand as, according to the Genome database, they were never given Play For Today billing.

I am not a wikipedian, so I don't know how you format for the site to create a table, hence my posting it here in 'raw' format, grouped by broadcast series. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the site can format it and move it to the actual page? That would be great!

1st Broadcast	-	Channel	-	Title	-	Author	-	Director	-	Lead Actor 15-Oct-70	-	BBC1	-	The Long Distance Piano Player	-	Alan Sharp	-	Philip Saville	-	Ray Davies 22-Oct-70	-	BBC1	-	The Right Prospectus	-	John Osborne	-	Alan Cooke	-	George Cole 29-Oct-70	-	BBC1	-	The Largest Theatre In The World: The Lie	-	Ingmar Bergman & Paul Britten Austin	-	Alan Bridges	-	Frank Finlay 5-Nov-70	-	BBC1	-	Angels Are So Few	-	Dennis Potter	-	Gareth Davis	-	Tom Bell 12-Nov-70	-	BBC1	-	The Write-Off	-	George Salverson	-	Rudi Dorin	-	Cecil Linder 19-Nov-70	-	BBC1	-	I Can't See My Little Willie	-	Douglas Livingstone	-	Alan Clarke	-	Nigel Stock 26-Nov-70	-	BBC1	-	A Distant Thunder	-	Maurice Edelmax	-	James Ferman	-	Adrienne Cori 3-Dec-70	-	BBC1	-	Hearts And Flowers	-	Peter Nichols	-	Christopher Morahan	-	Anthony Hopkins 10-Dec-70	-	BBC1	-	Robin Redbreast	-	John Bowen	-	James McTaggart	-	Anna Cropper 17-Dec-70	-	BBC1	-	The Hallelujah Handshake	-	Colin Welland	-	Alan Clarke	-	Tony Calvin 7-Jan-71	-	BBC1	-	Alma Mater	-	David Hodson	-	James Ferman	-	Ian Carmichael 14-Jan-71	-	BBC1	-	Circle Line	-	W. Stephen Gilbert	-	Claude Watham	-	Michael Feast 21-Jan-71	-	BBC1	-	Hell's Angel	-	David Agnew	-	Alan Cooke	-	Katharine Blake 28-Jan-71	-	BBC1	-	The Piano	-	Julia Jones	-	James Cellan Jones	-	Glyn Owen 4-Feb-71	-	BBC1	-	Billy's Last Stand	-	Barry Hines	-	John Glenister	-	Dudley Foster 11-Feb-71	-	BBC1	-	The Largest Theatre In The World: The Rainbirds	-	Clive Exton	-	Philip Saville	-	Madge Ryan 18-Feb-71	-	BBC1	-	Reddick	-	Munroe Scott	-	Mervyn Rosenzveig	-	Donald Harron 11-Mar-71	-	BBC1	-	No Trams To Lime Street	-	Alun Owen, Marty Wilde & Ronnie Scott	-	Piers Haggard	-	Anthony May 18-Mar-71	-	BBC1	-	Mad Jack	-	Tom Clarke	-	Jack Gold	-	Michael Jayston 25-Mar-71	-	BBC1	-	Scenes From Family Life	-	Barry Bermange	-	Naomi Capon	-	Denholm Elliott 1-Apr-71	-	BBC1	-	Wind Versus Polygamy	-	Obi Egbuna	-	Naomi Capon	-	Earl Cameron 8-Apr-71	-	BBC1	-	Playmates	-	Johnny Speight	-	John McGrath	-	Marty Feldman 15-Apr-71	-	BBC1	-	Sovereign's Company	-	Don Shaw	-	Alan Clarke	-	Ronald Culver 22-Apr-71	-	BBC1	-	Season Of The Witch	-	Desmond McCarthy & Johnny Byrne	-	Desmond McCarthy	-	Julie Driscoll 29-Apr-71	-	BBC1	-	The Foxtrot	-	Rhys Adrian with Michael Bates	-	Philip Saville	-	Donald Pleasence 6-May-71	-	BBC1	-	When The Bough Breaks	-	Tony Parker	-	James Ferman	-	Hannah Gordon 13-May-71	-	BBC1	-	Orkney	-	George Mackay Brown & John McGrath	-	James McTaggart	-	Maurice Roeves 20-May-71	-	BBC1	-	The Rank And File	-	Jim Allen	-	Ken Loach	-	Peter Kerrigan 27-May-71	-	BBC1	-	The Man In The Sidecar	-	Simon Gray	-	James McTaggart	-	Gemma Jones 3-Jun-71	-	BBC1	-	Everybody Say Cheese	-	Douglas Livingstone	-	Alan Clarke	-	Roy Kinnear 10-Jun-71	-	BBC1	-	The Cellar And The Almond Tree	-	David Mercer	-	Alan Bridges	-	Celia Johnson 17-Jun-71	-	BBC1	-	The Italian Table	-	William Trevor	-	Herbert Wise	-	Leonard Rossiter 24-Jun-71	-	BBC1	-	There is Also Tomorrow	-	Hugo Charteris	-	John Mackenzie	-	Glyn Houston 1-Jul-71	-	BBC1	-	Chariot Of Fire	-	Tony Parker	-	James Ferman	-	Rosemary Leach -		-		-		-		-		 14-Oct-71	-	BBC1	-	Traitor	-	Dennis Potter	-	Alan Bridges	-	John Le Mesurier 21-Oct-71	-	BBC1	-	Edna, The Inebriate Woman	-	Jeremy Sandford	-	Ted Kotcheff	-	Patricia Hayes 28-Oct-71	-	BBC1	-	Evelyn	-	Rhys Adrian	-	Piers Haggard	-	Edward Woodward 4-Nov-71	-	BBC1	-	O Fat White Woman	-	William Trevor	-	Philip Saville	-	Peter Jeffrey 11-Nov-71	-	BBC1	-	Thank You Very Much	-	N. F. Simpson	-	Claude Watham	-	Julian Holloway 18-Nov-71	-	BBC1	-	Michael Regan	-	Robert Holles	-	John Gorrie	-	David Burke 25-Nov-71	-	BBC1	-	Skin Deep	-	Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook	-	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	-	Donald Pleasence 2-Dec-71	-	BBC1	-	Pal	-	Alun Owen	-	Silvio Narizzano	-	Robin Phillips 9-Dec-71	-	BBC1	-	The Pigeon Fancier	-	Peter Hankin	-	James Ferman	-	Bert Palmer 6-Jan-72	-	BBC1	-	Home	-	David Storey	-	Lindsay Anderson	-	John Gielgud 13-Jan-72	-	BBC1	-	Still Waters	-	Julia Jones	-	James McTaggart	-	Margery Mason 20-Jan-72	-	BBC1	-	Stocker's Copper	-	Tom Clarke	-	Jack Gold	-	Bryan Marshall 27-Jan-72	-	BBC1	-	The House On Highbury Hill	-	Piers Paul Read	-	John Glenister	-	Colin Farrell 3-Feb-72	-	BBC1	-	In The Beautiful Caribbean	-	Barry Reckord	-	Philip Saville	-	Calvin Lockhart 10-Feb-72	-	BBC1	-	Ackerman, Dougall And Harker	-	Don Shaw	-	Ted Kotcheff	-	Martin C. Thurley 17-Feb-72	-	BBC1	-	The Villa Maroc	-	Willis Hall	-	Herbert Wise	-	Thora Hird 24-Feb-72	-	BBC1	-	Cows	-	Howard Barker	-	John Gorrie	-	Alison Leggatt 1-Jun-72	-	BBC1	-	The Fishing Party	-	Peter Terson	-	Michael Simpson	-	Brian Glover -		-		-		-		-		 9-Oct-72	-	BBC1	-	The Reporters	-	Arthur Hopcraft	-	Michael Apted	-	Robert Urquhart 16-Oct-72	-	BBC1	-	A Life Is Forever	-	Tony Parker	-	Alan Clarke	-	Maurice O'Connell 23-Oct-72	-	BBC1	-	Carson Country	-	Dominic Behan	-	Piers Haggard	-	J. G. Devlin 30-Oct-72	-	BBC1	-	Man Friday	-	Adrian Mitchell	-	James McTaggart	-	Colin Blakely 6-Nov-72	-	BBC1	-	Triple Exposure	-	David Halliwell	-	Alan Cooke	-	Alec McCowen 13-Nov-72	-	BBC1	-	Better Than The Movies	-	John Elliot	-	Roy Battersby	-	Bryan Marshall 20-Nov-72	-	BBC1	-	The General's Day	-	William Trevor	-	John Gorrie	-	Alistair Sim 27-Nov-72	-	BBC1	-	The Bankrupt	-	David Mercer	-	Christopher Morahan	-	Joss Ackland 4-Dec-72	-	BBC1	-	Just Your Luck	-	Peter McDougall	-	Mike Newell	-	Lesley Mackie 11-Dec-72	-	BBC1	-	The Bouncing Boy	-	John McGrath	-	Maurice Hatton	-	Norman Eshley 8-Jan-73	-	BBC1	-	Shakespeare - Or Bust	-	Peter Terson	-	Brian Parker	-	Janet Suzman 15-Jan-73	-	BBC1	-	Land Of Green Ginger	-	Alan Plater	-	Brian Parker	-	Gwen Taylor 22-Jan-73	-	BBC1	-	Kisses At Fifty	-	Colin Welland	-	Michael Apted	-	Bill Maynard 29-Jan-73	-	BBC1	-	Highway Robbery	-	Michael O'Neal & Jeremy Seabrook	-	Michael Apted	-	John Collin 5-Feb-73	-	BBC1	-	Song At Twilight	-	Willis Hall	-	Herbert Wise	-	Colin Blakely 12-Feb-73	-	BBC1	-	Only Make Believe	-	Dennis Potter	-	Robert Knights	-	Keith Barron 19-Feb-73	-	BBC1	-	For Syliva Or The Air Show	-	John Burrows & John Harding	-	Barry Davis	-	John Burrows 26-Feb-73	-	BBC1	-	The Operation	-	Roger Smith	-	Roy Battersby	-	George Lazenby 5-Mar-73	-	BBC1	-	Access To The Children	-	William Trevor	-	Philip Saville	-	Joss Ackland 12-Mar-73	-	BBC1	-	Hard Labour	-	Mike Leigh	-	Mike Leigh	-	Liz Smith 19-Mar-73	-	BBC1	-	Man Above Men	-	David Hare	-	Alan Clarke	-	Gwen Watford 26-Mar-73	-	BBC1	-	Speech Day	-	Barry Hines	-	John Goldschmidt	-	David Smith 14-May-73	-	BBC1	-	Steps Back	-	David Halliwell	-	Brian Parker	-	David Hill 4-Jun-73	-	BBC1	-	Three's One	-	Penelope Mortimer	-	Alistair Reid	-	Hywel Bennett 11-Jun-73	-	BBC1	-	Edward G - Like The Film Star	-	John Harvey-Flint	-	James Ferman	-	Robert Lang 18-Jun-73	-	BBC1	-	Blooming Youth	-	Leslie Blair	-	Leslie Blair	-	Philip Jackson 25-Jun-73	-	BBC1	-	The Stretch	-	Julia Jones	-	Peter Dews	-	June Ellis 2-Jul-73	-	BBC1	-	Making The Play	-	Terence Brady & Charlotte Bingham	-	Michael Hayes	-	James Bolam -		-		-		-		-		 18-Oct-73	-	BBC1	-	Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont	-	Elizabeth Taylor	-	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	-	Celia Johnson 25-Oct-73	-	BBC1	-	Her Majesty's Pleasure	-	Jimmy O'Connor	-	Barry Davis	-	John Bindon 1-Nov-73	-	BBC1	-	Jack Point	-	Colin Welland	-	Michael Apted	-	Stephen Murray 8-Nov-73	-	BBC1	-	The Emergency Channel	-	John Bowen	-	Robert Knights	-	Richard Pascoe 15-Nov-73	-	BBC1	-	Mummy And Daddy	-	Douglas Livingstone	-	Barry Davis	-	Neil Wilson 22-Nov-73	-	BBC1	-	Private Practice	-	Peter Hankin	-	Peter Cregeen	-	Priscilla Morgan 29-Nov-73	-	BBC1	-	Shutdown	-	Tony Perrin	-	John Mackenzie	-	Freddie Fletcher 6-Dec-73	-	BBC1	-	Baby Blues	-	Nemone Lethbridge	-	James McTaggart	-	Zena Walker 13-Dec-73	-	BBC1	-	Jingle Bells	-	Arthur Hopcraft	-	Claude Whathan	-	Colin Farrell 17-Jan-74	-	BBC1	-	The Lonely Man's Lover	-	Barry Collins	-	Brian Parker	-	Jan Francis 31-Jan-74	-	BBC1	-	All Good Men	-	Trevor Griffiths	-	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	-	Bill Fraser 7-Feb-74	-	BBC1	-	Easy Go	-	Brian Clark & Ronnie King	-	Michael Tuchner	-	Alun Armstrong 14-Feb-74	-	BBC1	-	Joe's Ark	-	Dennis Potter	-	Alan Bridges	-	Freddie Jones 21-Feb-74	-	BBC1	-	Hot Fat	-	Jack Rosenthal	-	Derek Bennett	-	Richard O'Callaghan 14-Mar-74	-	BBC1	-	Headmaster	-	John Challen	-	Anthony Page	-	Frank Windsor 21-Mar-74	-	BBC1	-	Penda's Fen	-	David Rudkin	-	Alan Clarke	-	Spencer Banks 28-Mar-74	-	BBC1	-	Pigeon, Hawk Or Dove? -	Michael Sadler	-	David Rose	-	Iain Cuthbertson 11-Apr-74	-	BBC1	-	Three For The Fancy	-	Peter Terson	-	Matthew Robinson	-	Brian Glover 6-Jun-74	-	BBC1	-	The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil	-	John McGrath	-	John Mackenzie	-	Charles Kearney 20-Jun-74	-	BBC1	-	Schmoedipus	-	Dennis Potter	-	Barry Davis	-	Anna Cropper 27-Jun-74	-	BBC1	-	The Childhood Friend	-	Piers Paul Read	-	Mike Newell	-	Anthony Hopkins 4-Jul-74	-	BBC1	-	A Follower For Emily	-	Brian Clark	-	Alan Clarke	-	Herbert Ramskill -		-		-		-		-		 31-Oct-74	-	BBC1	-	Leed's - United! -	Colin Welland	-	Roy Battersby	-	Lynne Perrie 7-Nov-74	-	BBC1	-	Baby Love	-	David Edgar	-	Barry Davis	-	Patti Love 14-Nov-74	-	BBC1	-	Back Of Beyond	-	Julia Jones	-	Desmond Davis	-	Rachel Roberts 21-Nov-74	-	BBC1	-	The Levellers	-	Roddy McMillan	-	Moira Armstrong	-	Roddy McMillan 28-Nov-74	-	BBC1	-	Taking Leave	-	Joyce Neary	-	John Mackenzie	-	George Sewell 5-Dec-74	-	BBC1	-	Fugitive	-	Sean Walsh	-	Peter Gill	-	Stephen Rea 12-Dec-74	-	BBC1	-	Eleanor	-	William Trevor	-	Barry Davis	-	Colin Douglas 9-Jan-75	-	BBC1	-	Gangsters	-	Philip Martin	-	Philip Saville	-	Maurice Colbourne 16-Jan-75	-	BBC1	-	The After Dinner Game	-	Malcolm Bradbury & Christopher Rigsby	-	Robert Knights	-	Timothy West 23-Jan-75	-	BBC1	-	Breath	-	Elaine Feinstein	-	Matthew Robinson	-	Angela Pleasence 30-Jan-75	-	BBC1	-	The Death Of A Young Man	-	Willy Russell	-	Viktors Ritelis	-	Gary Brown 20-Feb-75	-	BBC1	-	Sunset Across The Bay	-	Alan Bennett	-	Stephen Frears	-	Gabrielle Daye 27-Feb-75	-	BBC1	-	Funny Farm	-	Roy Minton	-	Alan Clarke	-	Tim Preece 6-Mar-75	-	BBC1	-	Goodbye	-	Hugh Whitemore	-	Gavin Millar	-	Jeremy Kemp 13-Mar-75	-	BBC1	-	Just Another Saturday	-	Peter McDougall	-	John Mackenzie	-	John Morrison 24-Apr-75	-	BBC1	-	Child Of Hope	-	John Elliot	-	Graham Evans	-	Leon Gluckman 1-May-75	-	BBC1	-	The Saturday Party	-	Brian Clark	-	Barry Davis	-	Peter Barkworth 8-May-75	-	BBC1	-	Wednesday Love	-	Arthur Hopcraft	-	Michael Apted	-	Lois Daine 15-May-75	-	BBC1	-	The Dandelion Clock	-	Wilson John Haire	-	John Bruce	-	Verona O'Hara 22-May-75	-	BBC1	-	Brassneck	-	Howard Brenton & David Hare	-	Mike Newell	-	Jeremy Kemp 29-May-75	-	BBC1	-	The Floater	-	Peter Prince	-	Barry Davis	-	Richard Beckinsale -		-		-		-		-		 14-Oct-75	-	BBC1	-	Plaintiffs & Defendants	-	Simon Gray	-	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	-	Alan Bates 21-Oct-75	-	BBC1	-	Two Sundays	-	Simon Gray	-	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	-	Alan Bates 28-Oct-75	-	BBC1	-	Moss	-	Bernard Kops	-	Philip Saville	-	Warren Mitchell 4-Nov-75	-	BBC1	-	84 Charing Cross Road	-	Helen Hanff & Hugh Whitemore	-	Mark Cullingham	-	Frank Finlay 11-Nov-75	-	BBC1	-	Keep An Eye On Albert	-	Brian Glover	-	Michael Tuchner	-	Susan Tracy 18-Nov-75	-	BBC1	-	Children Of The Sun	-	Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook	-	Viktors Ritelle	-	Godfrey James 25-Nov-75	-	BBC1	-	After The Solo	-	John Challen	-	Moira Armstrong	-	Leonard Rossiter 2-Dec-75	-	BBC1	-	Through The Night	-	Trevor Griffiths	-	Michael Lindsay-Hogg	-	Alison Steadman 9-Dec-75	-	BBC1	-	A Passage To England	-	Leon Griffiths	-	John Mackenzie	-	Colin Welland 16-Dec-75	-	BBC1	-	Rumpole Of The Bailey	-	John Mortimer	-	John Gorrie	-	Leo McKern 6-Jan-76	-	BBC1	-	The Other Woman	-	Watson Gould	-	Michael Simpson	-	Jane Lapotaire 13-Jan-76	-	BBC1	-	Nuts In May	-	Mike Leigh	-	Mike Leigh	-	Roger Sloman 20-Jan-76	-	BBC1	-	Doran's Box	-	Eric Coltart	-	Matthew Robinson	-	Peter Eyre 27-Jan-76	-	BBC1	-	Packman's Barn	-	Alick Rowe	-	Chris Menaul	-	John Barrett 3-Feb-76	-	BBC1	-	A Story To Frighten The Children	-	John Hopkins	-	Herbert Wise	-	Geoffrey Palmer 10-Feb-76	-	BBC1	-	The Happy Hunting Ground	-	Tom Hadaway	-	Brian Parker	-	Neil Phillips 17-Feb-76	-	BBC1	-	Jumping Bean Bag	-	Robin Chapman	-	Alan Cooke	-	David Dixon 24-Feb-76	-	BBC1	-	Clay, Smeddum And Greenden	-	Lewis Grassic Gibbon & Bill Craig	-	Moira Armstrong	-	Fulton Mackay 2-Mar-76	-	BBC1	-	Love Letters On Blue Paper	-	Arnold Wesker	-	Waris Hussein	-	Patrick Troughton 9-Mar-76	-	BBC1	-	Willie Rough	-	Bill Bryden	-	Bob McIntosh	-	James Grant 16-Mar-76	-	BBC1	-	Tiptoe Through The Tulips	-	Beryl Bainbridge	-	Claude Whatham	-	Rosemary Leach 23-Mar-76	-	BBC1	-	The Peddler	-	E. A. Whitehead	-	Claude Whatham	-	John Hurt 30-Mar-76	-	BBC1	-	Early Struggles	-	Peter Prince	-	Stephen Frears	-	Paul Nicholas 6-Apr-76	-	BBC1	-	Double Dare	-	Dennis Potter	-	John Mackenzie	-	Alan Dobie -		-		-		-		-		 14-Sep-76	-	BBC1	-	Bar Mitzvah Boy	-	Jack Rosenthal	-	Michael Tuchner	-	Jeremy Steyn 21-Sep-76	-	BBC1	-	Bet Your Life	-	Leslie Blair	-	Leslie Blair	-	Reginald Stewart 28-Sep-76	-	BBC1	-	Rocky Marciano Is Dead	-	Bernard Kops	-	Graham Evans	-	Ron Moody 12-Oct-76	-	BBC1	-	The Elephant's Graveyard	-	Peter McDougall	-	John Mackenzie	-	Billy Connolly 19-Oct-76	-	BBC1	-	Houswive's Choice	-	Roy Kendall	-	Chris Thomson	-	Frances de la Tour 26-Oct-76	-	BBC1	-	Your Man From Six Counties	-	Colin Welland	-	Barry Davis	-	Donal McCann 2-Nov-76	-	BBC1	-	Buffet	-	Rhys Adrian	-	Mike Newell	-	Tony Britton 4-Jan-77	-	BBC1	-	Love On A Gunboat	-	Malcolm Bradbury	-	Robert Knights	-	Stephen Moore 11-Jan-77	-	BBC1	-	The Kiss Of Death	-	Mike Leigh	-	Mike Leigh	-	David Threlfall 18-Jan-77	-	BBC1	-	Our Flesh And Blood	-	Mike Stott	-	Pedr James	-	Bernard Hill 25-Jan-77	-	BBC1	-	Do As I Say	-	Charles Wood	-	Barry Davis	-	Angela Down 15-Mar-77	-	BBC1	-	Spend, Spend, Spend! -	Jack Rosenthal	-	John Goldschmidt	-	Susan Littler 22-Mar-77	-	BBC1	-	A Photograph	-	John Bowen	-	John Glenister	-	John Stride 12-Apr-77	-	BBC1	-	Gotcha / Campion's Interview	-	Barrie Keefe / Brian Clarke	-	Barry Davis	-	Philip Davis 19-Apr-77	-	BBC1	-	A Choice For Elvis	-	Jim Allen	-	Jane Howell	-	Stephen Murray 26-Apr-77	-	BBC1	-	The Country Party	-	Brian Clark	-	Barry Davis	-	Peter Barkworth -		-		-		-		-		 18-Oct-77	-	BBC1	-	Stronger Than The Sun	-	Stephen Poliakoff	-	Michael Apted	-	Francesca Annis 25-Oct-77	-	BBC1	-	Come The Revolution	-	Robin Chapman	-	Michael Darlow	-	Vivian Pickles 1-Nov-77	-	BBC1	-	Abigail's Party	-	Mike Leigh	-	Mike Leigh	-	Alison Steadman 8-Nov-77	-	BBC1	-	Oy Vey Maria	-	Mary O'Malley	-	Richard Loncraine	-	Cheryl Hall 15-Nov-77	-	BBC1	-	Nipper	-	Barrie Keefe	-	Brian Farnham	-	Coral Atkins 22-Nov-77	-	BBC1	-	One Day At A Time	-	Denis Cannan	-	Ronald Wilson	-	Stephanie Cole 29-Nov-77	-	BBC1	-	The Mayor's Charity	-	Henry Livings	-	Mike Newell	-	Thora Hird 5-Dec-77	-	BBC1	-	Catchpenny Twist	-	Stewart Parker	-	Robert Knights	-	Sam Dale 13-Dec-77	-	BBC1	-	Charades	-	Antonia Fraser	-	Roderick Graham	-	Jennifer Hilary 20-Dec-77	-	BBC1	-	The Thin End Of The Wedge	-	Sean McCarthy	-	John Black	-	Tom Marshall 3-Jan-78	-	BBC1	-	Scully's New Year's Ever	-	Alan Bleasdale	-	Michael Simpson	-	Andrew Schofield 10-Jan-78	-	BBC1	-	Licking Hitler	-	David Hare	-	David Hare	-	Kate Nelligan 17-Jan-78	-	BBC1	-	Red Shift	-	Alan Garner	-	John Mackenzie	-	Stephen Petcher 24-Jan-78	-	BBC1	-	The Spongers	-	Jim Allen	-	Ronald Joffe	-	Christine Hargreaves 31-Jan-78	-	BBC1	-	Destiny	-	David Edgar	-	Mike Newell	-	Colin Jeavons 7-Feb-78	-	BBC1	-	Our Day Out	-	Willy Russell	-	Pedr James	-	Alun Armstrong 14-Feb-78	-	BBC1	-	The After Dinner Joke	-	Caryl Churchill	-	Colin Bucksey	-	Paula Wilcox 18-Apr-78	-	BBC1	-	Days Of Hope: 1916 - Joining Up	-	Jim Allen	-	Ken Loach	-	Paul Copley 25-Apr-78	-	BBC1	-	Days Of Hope: 1921 - Every Pit In Britain Is Idle	-	Jim Allen	-	Ken Loach	-	Paul Copley 2-May-78	-	BBC1	-	Days Of Hope: 1924 - A Miracle	-	Jim Allen	-	Ken Loach	-	Paul Copley 9-May-78	-	BBC1	-	Days Of Hope: 1926 - General Strike	-	Jim Allen	-	Ken Loach	-	Paul Copley 1-Aug-78	-	BBC1	-	The Price Of Coal: Meet The People	-	Barry Hines	-	Ken Loach	-	Bobby Knutt 8-Aug-78	-	BBC1	-	The Price Of Coal: Back To Reality	-	Barry Hines	-	Ken Loach	-	Bobby Knutt 22-Aug-78	-	BBC1	-	The Legion Hall's Bombing	-	Caryl Churchill	-	Roland Joffe	-	David Kelly -		-		-		-		-		 17-Oct-78	-	BBC1	-	Nina	-	Jehane Markham	-	Alan Clarke	-	Jack Shepherd 24-Oct-78	-	BBC1	-	Victims Of Apartheid	-	Tom Clarke	-	Stuart Burge	-	John Kani 31-Oct-78	-	BBC1	-	A Touch Of The Tiny Hacketts	-	John Esmonde & Bob Larbey	-	James Cellan Jones	-	Ray Brooks 7-Nov-78	-	BBC1	-	Dinner At The Sporting Club	-	Leon Griffiths	-	Brian Gibson	-	John Thaw 14-Nov-78	-	BBC1	-	Donal And Sally	-	James Duthie	-	Brian Parker	-	Gerard Kelly 21-Nov-78	-	BBC1	-	Sorry…	-	Vaclav Havel & Vera Blackwell	-	Claude Whatham	-	Michael Crawford 28-Nov-78	-	BBC1	-	Butterflies Don't Count	-	Wally K. Daly	-	Kenneth Ives	-	Frank Mills 5-Dec-78	-	BBC1	-	Soldiers Talking, Cleanly	-	Mike Stott	-	Alan Dossor	-	Bob Mason 12-Dec-78	-	BBC1	-	One Bummer Newsday	-	Andy McSmith	-	Michael Darlow	-	Simon Rouse 2-Jan-79	-	BBC1	-	The Out Of Town Boys	-	Ron Hutchinson	-	Robert Knights	-	Joe Lynch 9-Jan-79	-	BBC1	-	Vampires	-	Dixie Williams	-	John Goldschmidt	-	Peter Moran 16-Jan-79	-	BBC1	-	The Chief Mourner	-	John Elliot	-	David Rose	-	Richard Pasco 23-Jan-79	-	BBC1	-	Waterloo Sunset	-	Barrie Keefe	-	Richard Eyre	-	Queenie Watts 30-Jan-79	-	BBC1	-	Blue Remembered Hills	-	Dennis Potter	-	Brian Gibson	-	Colin Welland 5-Feb-79	-	BBC1	-	Who's Who? -	Mike Leigh	-	Mike Leigh	-	Simon Chandler 13-Feb-79	-	BBC1	-	The Last Window Cleaner	-	Run Hutchinson	-	Bill Craske	-	Patrick Magee 27-Feb-79	-	BBC1	-	Ploughman's Share	-	Douglas Dunn	-	Fiona Cumming	-	Duncan Brewster 6-Mar-79	-	BBC1	-	Degree Of Uncertainty	-	Alma Cullen	-	Paul Annett	-	Jennie Linden 13-Mar-79	-	BBC1	-	Coming Out	-	James Andrew Hall	-	Carol Wiseman	-	Anton Rogers 24-Jul-79	-	BBC1	-	Don't Be Silly	-	Rachel Billington	-	Kenneth Ives	-	Susan Fleetwood -		-		-		-		-		 11-Oct-79	-	BBC1	-	Long Distance Information	-	Neville Smith	-	Stephen Frears	-	Neville Smith 18-Oct-79	-	BBC1	-	Cries From A Watchtower	-	Stephen Lowe	-	Giles Foster	-	Paix Copley 25-Oct-79	-	BBC1	-	Comedians	-	Trevor Griffiths	-	Richard Eyre	-	Bill Fraser 1-Nov-79	-	BBC1	-	Even Solomon	-	Andrew Taylor	-	Roger Bamford	-	Paul Henley 8-Nov-79	-	BBC1	-	Just A Boy's Game	-	Peter McDougall	-	John Mckenzie	-	Frankie Miller 13-Nov-79	-	BBC1	-	Billy	-	G. F. Newman	-	Charles Stewart	-	Jason Plenderleith 22-Nov-79	-	BBC1	-	Instant Enlightenment Including VAT	-	Andrew Carr	-	John Bruce	-	Simon Callow 29-Nov-79	-	BBC1	-	A Hole In Babylon	-	Jim Hawkins & Horace Ove	-	Horace Ove	-	T-Bone Wilson 6-Dec-79	-	BBC1	-	The Slab Boys	-	John Byrne	-	Bob Hird	-	Gerard Kelly 13-Dec-79	-	BBC1	-	Katie: The Year Of A Child	-	Ian Cullen & John Norton	-	Barry Dams	-	Margaret Kelly 20-Dec-79	-	BBC1	-	The Network	-	Stephen Fagan	-	Derek Lister	-	Anthony Bate 3-Jan-80	-	BBC1	-	Chance Of A Lifetime	-	Robert Holman	-	Giles Foster	-	David Daker 10-Jan-80	-	BBC1	-	Keep Smiling	-	Paul Joyce	-	Paul Joyce	-	Stephen Moore 17-Jan-80	-	BBC1	-	Dreams Of Leaving	-	David Hare	-	David Hare	-	Bill Nighy 24-Jan-80	-	BBC1	-	Thicker Than Water	-	Brian Glover	-	Alan Grint	-	Colin Douglass 31-Jan-80	-	BBC1	-	Murder Rap	-	Michael Hastings	-	Peter Duffell	-	Arthur Lovegrove 14-Feb-80	-	BBC1	-	No Defence	-	Chris Kewbank	-	Clive Halls	-	Illona Linthwaite 21-Feb-80	-	BBC1	-	That Crazy Woman	-	David Hopkins	-	Bill Craske	-	Zena Walker 28-Feb-80	-	BBC1	-	A Gift From Nessus	-	William McIlvanney & Bill Craig	-	James Ormerod	-	Ken Hutchison 6-Mar-80	-	BBC1	-	Kate, The Good Neighbour	-	Peter Ransley	-	John Bruce	-	Rachel Kempson 13-Mar-80	-	BBC1	-	Buses	-	Geoffrey Case	-	Tim King	-	Sebastian Abineri 20-Mar-80	-	BBC1	-	Shadows Of Our Skin	-	Jennifer Johnston & Darek Mahon	-	Jim O'Brien	-	MacRea Clarke 27-Mar-80	-	BBC1	-	Ladies	-	Carol Bunyan	-	Durmuid Lawrence	-	Patsy Rowlands 3-Apr-80	-	BBC1	-	The Vanishing Army	-	Robert Holles	-	Richard Loncraine	-	Bill Paterson 10-Apr-80	-	BBC1	-	Not For The Likes Of Us	-	Gilly Fraser	-	Tim King	-	Pam St. Clement 17-Apr-80	-	BBC1	-	The Executioner	-	Lionel Goldstein	-	Kenneth Ives	-	Paul Rogers 24-Apr-80	-	BBC1	-	The Imitation Game	-	Ian McEwan	-	Richard Eyre	-	Harriet Walter 14-May-80	-	BBC1	-	A Walk In The Forest	-	Jeremy Paul	-	Jack Gold	-	John Alderton 24-Jun-80	-	BBC1	-	On Giant's Shoulders	-	Marjorie Wallace, Michael Robson, William Humble & Anthony Simmons	-	Anthony Simmons	-	Judi Dench 1-Jul-80	-	BBC1	-	Fearless Frank	-	Andrew Davies	-	Colin Bucksey	-	Leonard Rossiter -		-		-		-		-		 21-Oct-80	-	BBC1	-	Pasmore	-	Richard Eyre & David Storey	-	Richard Eyre	-	Philip Jackson 28-Oct-80	-	BBC1	-	C2H50H	-	David Turner	-	James Cellan Jones	-	Dinsdale Landen 4-Nov-80	-	BBC1	-	The Adventures Of Frank: 1 - Everybody's Fiddling Something	-	John McGrath, Mark Brown, Mike O'Neill & Si Cowe	-	John McGrath	-	Mick Ford 11-Nov-80	-	BBC1	-	The Adventures Of Frank: 2 - Seeds Of Ice	-	John McGrath, Mark Brown, Mike O'Neill & Si Cowe	-	John McGrath	-	Mick Ford 18-Nov-80	-	BBC1	-	Minor Complications	-	Peter Ransley	-	Moira Armstrong	-	Paola Dionisotti 2-Dec-80	-	BBC1	-	Jude	-	Lesley Bruce	-	Bill Craske	-	Dorain Ford 9-Dec-80	-	BBC1	-	The Flipside Of Dominick Hyde	-	Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson	-	Alan Gibson	-	Peter Firth 16-Dec-80	-	BBC1	-	Name For The Day	-	Colin Haydn Evans	-	Bill Bain	-	Richard O'Callaghan 23-Dec-80	-	BBC1	-	Jessie	-	Bryan Forbes	-	Bryan Forbes	-	Nanette Newman 6-Jan-81	-	BBC1	-	Beyond The Pale	-	Les Blair	-	Les Blair	-	Michael Maynard 13-Jan-81	-	BBC1	-	The Muscle Market	-	Alan Bleasdale	-	Alan Dossor	-	Pete Postlethwaite 20-Jan-81	-	BBC1	-	A Brush With Mr. Porter On The Road To El Dorado	-	Don Haworth	-	Baz Taylor	-	Christopher Benjamin 3-Feb-81	-	BBC1	-	The Cause	-	Derek Lister	-	Barry Davis	-	Jimmy Jewel 10-Feb-81	-	BBC1	-	Beloved Emily	-	David Leland & Charles Levinson	-	Alan Clarke	-	Graham Crowden 17-Feb-81	-	BBC1	-	The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner	-	Stewart Parker	-	Baz Taylor	-	Peter Sallis 24-Feb-81	-	BBC1	-	The Union	-	Tony Perrin	-	Ronald Wilson	-	Ian Hogg 3-Mar-81	-	BBC1	-	Sorry	-	Carol Bunyan	-	Alistair Clark	-	Nicholas Ball 10-Mar-81	-	BBC1	-	The Garland	-	H. O. 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 * Excellent work. I did not feel there was a need for the channel column in the article with only the last first broadcast, Scum, differing from the norm, so I have removed it. I think all the repeats not previously broadcast as a Play for Today, like the Allen/Loach Days of Hope quartet already included, should all be listed. It avoids potential confusion for those interested in this programme and single plays generally, like the point about The Blackstuff not originating as a Play for Today. However, I think it should be checked against other sources as it is possible there were episodes which were rescheduled at the last moment. I am uncertain if Brimstone and Treacle and Scum were the only ones to be problematic for BBC executives. Philip Cross (talk) 12:41, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

I found that issues 3099 and 3100 of the Radio Times are missing from the BBC Genome database, hence The Last Term (5 April 1983) and Reluctant Chickens (12 April 1983) have been added based on information from the BFI database. CaptainZond (talk) 13:44, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Play for Today on DVD
I don't think the current separate section on this is very helpful. It would be better to added a 'Released on Home Media?' column to the table of all the released, and then the cell for each play would either say 'No', or state the title & publisher of the release. Since the table can be sorted by director, the current grouping to that effect could still be reproduced. If I have a spare half hour I might make this improvement :) --pyrococcal (talk) 15:38, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I made a start... pyrococcal (talk) 15:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Done it :) pyrococcal (talk) 23:49, 3 February 2021 (UTC) I do think the info is better in that form, because you can sort the table by any column. And it is now clearer which plays are available in boxsets, and which are standalone releases. I have also tried to provide full citations for each release (although I couldn't find a few of the catalogue numbers... although frankly, what the catalogue numbers are ever used for, I do not know ;))pyrococcal (talk) 10:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)