Play for Today

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Play for Today was a landmark British television anthology drama series produced by the BBC from 1970 to 1984, known for its socially conscious, often controversial single plays by leading contemporary writers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Play for Today canonical 21
Play for Today (TV series) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television anthology series
alsoKnownAs Play for Today (TV series)
linked to: Play for Today
broadcastSchedule weekday evening
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
endTime 1984
executiveProducer Alan Shallcross
David Rose
Graeme MacDonald
linked to: Graeme McDonald

Innes Lloyd
Irene Shubik
Kenith Trodd
Louis Marks
Margaret Matheson
Richard Eyre
Ron Craddock
Shaun Sutton
Thames Television (co‑productions)?
linked to: Thames Television
followedBy Screen One
Screen Two
format single plays
genre anthology drama
television play
hasFormat stand‑alone television plays
hasInfluenced later British television drama
language English
locationOfProduction BBC Television Centre
medium television
notableFor controversial subject matter
socially conscious drama
notableWork A Passage to England
A Photograph
Abigail’s Party
linked to: Abigail's Party

Bar Mitzvah Boy
Blue Remembered Hills
Brimstone and Treacle
Cathy Come Home
Country
Just a Boys’ Game
Nuts in May
Penda’s Fen
Rumpole of the Bailey
Spend, Spend, Spend
The Black Stuff
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
The Other Woman
The Spongers
numberOfSeries 14
originallyAiredOn BBC Television
originalNetwork BBC1
linked to: BBC One
partOf BBC television drama output
predecessor The Wednesday Play
producer BBC
startTime 1970
subjectMatter political issues
social change in 1970s Britain
working‑class life in Britain
typicalRuntime 50–100 minutes

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armchair Theatre influenced Play for Today
The Wednesday Play influenced Play for Today
The Wednesday Play followedBy Play for Today
Abigail's Party televisionAdaptationSeries Play for Today
subject linked to: Abigail's Party (stage)
Abigail's Party partOf Play for Today
Nuts in May partOf Play for Today
Michael Apted directedTelevision Play for Today
Ken Hutchison notableWork Play for Today
Julie Covington notableWork Play for Today
Play for Today alsoKnownAs Play for Today (TV series)
linked to: Play for Today
Irene Shubik notableWork Play for Today
Irene Shubik workedOn Play for Today
Jim Allen wroteFor Play for Today
Blue Remembered Hills partOfSeries Play for Today
The Black Stuff partOf Play for Today
Piers Haggard notableWork Play for Today
Piers Haggard directedEpisodesOf Play for Today
Honky associatedWorkType Play for Today
Robin Redbreast partOf Play for Today
Brimstone and Treacle (television play) partOf Play for Today
subject linked to: Brimstone and Treacle