Ended

Play for Today

6.6 10

1970

1h 15m

14 seasons

Drama

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.

Seasons

Cast

Nigel Hawthorne

Graham, Major Lewis Rolfe, Stanek / Vanek, Morris Shelman, Fulton, Police Captain, Jack

, Elfie, Keith's Granny, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Oxfam, Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Thornley

Simon Simpson, Graham, Eric, Edward, Sullivan, Mick, Bernard Blincoe

Client, Jennings, Mr. Dowdeswell, Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital, Jim

Alison Steadman

Kay Pasmore, Nonie, Jan Blincoe, Veronica, Susan

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, Melanie, Hilda, Brenda, June

Donald Duck, Dennis Turner, Neeley, Production Monitor, Lytton

Alderman, Thomas Dwyer, Coxswain, Pinnock

Uncle Ernest, Father, Jackson Arnott, Philips, Mr Leslie

Jeremy Butler, Campion, Symington, Hooper, Bill Rochester

Arthur, Mr. Hutton, Jim Platt, Barman

Desmond Hughes, Captain Wigmore, Raymond, Lord North

Patrick Troughton

Victor Marsden, Malcolm, Judge Barnes-Ritchie

Kid, 2nd Youth (as Philip Davis), Mr. Destry, Post Office Clerk

Huq, Altab Shahid, Gaoler, Airport worker

Rita, Turner, Annabel, Maureen

Sheldon, Sgt-Major Pusey, Pearson, Father Borrelli

Gerry Broadbent, Terry, Maurice, Jehovah's Witness

Elizabeth Spriggs

Maggie, Sonia Marsden, Alice Duckworth, Olive James

Robin, Major-Domo, Waiter, Derek

Leonard Rossiter

James Hazeldine

Kenneth Branagh

Dominick Hide, Arsenic

The Cleaner, Customer

Mother, Mary Hunter, Julia Branston

Max, Robin, Piers

Geoffrey Palmer

Jack Buckett, , Detetective Chief Inspector Harris

Greta, Typing Pool Supervisor, Maggie

Russell, , Bruce

Ellis Cripper, Albert, Malcolmson

Arne, Les Cannon

Forcett, Hotel Manager, Clive Bates

Nikolay Tashkov, Weiss

Dr. Leafer, Thomas - Celia

Taxi Driver, Woodbine, Blake

Leslie Potter, Farley-Smythe, Simon Hulse

Alfred, Narrator, Stevens

Michael Graham Cox

Willie de Salis, David Pond, Wally Edge

Maurice Stapleton, Dean, Alan Berry

Ralph, Daniel, Vicar

Chris, John Hansen, Blakeney

Maud, Mrs. Miller, Celia's Mother

Gurjeet Singh Khera, Rafiq, Merchant

Ann, Eleanor, Tessa

Caroline Langrishe

Jill, Jane Winters, Jane

Roderick Bagley, Reader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice), Tony Lyle

Olive Major, Aunt KItty, Doris

Edward Hardwicke

Gareth, Brinson, Paediatrician

George A. Cooper

Lionel, Ashcroft, Frank Palmer

Fowler, Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves', Doctor

Richard O'Callaghan

Clive, Tortoiseshell, Mike

Ashford, Hampshire, Mr. James

Mary Purser, Dr. Barbara Moore, Lavinia

Monica Potter, Margaret Hanson, Jill

Constance Chapman

Mops, Marion, Marie Goodliffe

James Macleod, Robert Walsh, Ronald - Celia

Jonathan Duttine

Keith Nicholson, Stone, Jimmy Walker

Sgt., , Mr. Chancer

Julian Holloway

John, Dennis Saunders, Jake Summers

Anand, Raji, Jashir Singh Mahail

Iain Cuthbertson

Mr. Leo Crowley

Maurice O'Connell

1st Policeman at Southend

Christopher Villiers

Frances de la Tour

Marcia, Maria Waite

Deborah Fairfax

Girl, Miss Benson

Michael Kitchen

Dick Foster, Alan

Patient, The Hit

1st Policeman, Geoffrey

Peter Barkworth

Richard Elkinson

Tom Fisher, Ex-W.O. Higham

Georgine Anderson

Mrs. Franklin, Helen Childers

Louise, Mrs. Hutton

Stephanie Turner

Jane, Gillian Otway

Bus Conductor, Andrews

Frank King, Ministry Official

1st Docker, Mr Briggs

Frank Benyon, Bruce Tetley

Caroline Blakiston

Benjamin Whitrow

Sir Frederic Carlion, Horace Rumpole

Janine Duvitski

John Arnott, Terry

Frances Tomelty

Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Champing

Anthony Hopkins

Alexander Tashkov, Bob Goodliffe

William Waite, Wallace Pidgeon

Dr. Ackerly, Walter Dodds

Susan Fleetwood

Pamela Redman, Janet Morton

John Normington

Donald Pleasence

Gerry Muddiman, Samuel Johnson

Andrew Patterson, Steve Riches

Dr. Monday, Enid

Gordon, Detective Sergeant Baxter

Maurice Roëves

Bill - A Time to Keep, Ted Hardin

Mr. Osmond, Herbert

Communist Speaker, Policeman

Christopher Benjamin

Mr Porter, Rabbi

Doris Muddiman, Judge

, Cardinal Volponi

Arthur Palmer, Coade

Mrs. Brown, Mrs Kay

Detective, Harry Shoe

Elizabeth Carter, Norah Palmer

Air Steward, Savory

Ella Burns, Mrs. Galt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Sarah, Marjorie Berry

April Cotton, Lady Caroline

Mrs. Anderson, Louisa

Mr. Newman, Harry Edmunds

Sister Kapoor, Dr. Bannerjee

First Lord A.V. Alexander, Gowran Cripper

Johnny, Prison Warder

Larrington Walker

Abercrombie, Consultant

Matron, 1st Policewoman

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Bernard

Mr. Smythe, Commander Jack Broome

Ginny, Lee-Ann Good

Dr. Whitehead, Dr. Sillitoe

Grace, Christine Reynolds

Priscilla Morgan

Sylvia, Jean Goodliffe

Geoffrey Chater

Mr. Calder, Philip Hartley

Mr. Pasmore, George Harley - England 1980

Roland Jeffries, Warren

Dearbhla Molloy

Judith, Fidelma

Mrs. Vigo, Vera Lambert

Alice Pike, Alice Dearth

Duncan Brewster, Jim McLeod

Elizabeth Sellars

Mrs. Coade, Annabel Fox

The Detective Sergeant, Jack Parry

Ticket Collector, Alfie

Luke, Archie MacLean

Jan Citron, Peter

Geoffrey Leesley

Police Constable, Father

Kenneth Cranham

Alan Grieves, Tom

Michael Stainton

Personnel Manager, Tom

The Judge, Mark

Sybil Broome, Mrs. O'Brien

Mr. Somper, Schnorrer

Warren Mitchell

Jennifer Daniel

Sir Geoffrey Wolf

John Le Mesurier

Pam St. Clement

Angela Pleasence

Richard Beckinsale

Vernon Dobtcheff

Geoffrey Hinsliff

Michael Crawford

Patricia Routledge

Stanley Wilkinson

Patrick Godfrey

Patrick Stewart

Geoffrey Hughes

Michael Barrington

John Franklyn-Robbins

Christopher Ryan

Lynda La Plante

Floella Benjamin

Solicitor's Clerk

Rhys McConnochie

Elisabeth Sladen

John Scott Martin

Ralph Richardson

Daragh O'Malley

Mona Washbourne

Bernard Archard

Royston Tickner

Harriet Philpin

Jennie Hesselwood

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Valery (Night Nurse)

Lorraine Brunning

Reverend J. Franklin

David Threlfall

Lesley Manville

Marguerite Hardiman

Lynne Frederick

Benedict Taylor

Sylvia Coleridge

Great Aunt Mavis

Bernadette Shortt

Peggy Aitchison

Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'

Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Counsel, at Public Hearing

Philip Hucknell

Rosemarie Dunham

Maureen Callaghan

Andrew Beaumont

Christine Mountain

Christine Buckley

Audrey's Husband

Social Security Clerk

Councillor Bass

Richard Massingham

Det. Sgt. Gregg

Donald Pickering

Richard O'Sullivan

Annette Crosbie

Dr. Ernest Farman

Michael Brennan

Aggressive Man (uncredited)

Thorley Walters

Old Wedding Guest

Man from Wimbledon

Desmond Llewelyn

Official in Dream

Gordon Rollings

Margaretta Scott

Magistrate Terris

William Morgan Sheppard

Barbara Atkinson

Barrie Fletcher

Daisy - Lady Carlion

Penelope Wilton

Virginia Carlion

Lindsey Carlion

Denyse Alexander

Speaker of the House of Commons

Norman Rossington

''The Trevor Preston Duo''

Bartley Humbolt

Michael Elphick

Sir Henry Barkham

Sir Andrew Manton QC

Kiffer Weisselberg

Katharine Blake

Cynthia McKenna

Edward Woodward

Edward de Souza

Joanna Van Gyseghem

Thomas Baptiste

Richard Pearson

Robert Urquhart

Christine Hargreaves

Caroline Mortimer

Andrew McCulloch

Lady Chatterley

Mrs. Richardson

Freddie Fletcher

Evelyn de Plume

Gillian Taylforth

Bridget Armstrong

Herman Ja Toivo

Roger Lloyd Pack

Susan Penhaligon

Derrick O'Connor

Susan Glanville

Frederick Treves

Candace Glendenning

Reginald Stewart

Jeffery Kissoon

Deborah Fallender

Jennifer Hilary

Davina / Lady Caroline

Sir Fergus / Sir James

Miriam Margolyes

Elizabeth Estensen

John Matshikiza

Sylvestra Le Touzel

John Pennington

Richard Devizes

Mike Hargreaves

Constantine Gregory

Vincent Marzello

American Executive

Big Jim Collins

Penelope Horner

Fiona Dunkerley

Matthew Stradling

Arthur Lovegrove

Michael Chesden

Sally Anne Newton

Dinsdale Landen

Paola Dionisotti

James Laurenson

Gabrielle Lloyd

Shirley Stelfox

Gillian Martell

George Harley - Spain 1936

Patricia Garwood

George Roubicek

Nigel Humphreys

Jacqueline Tong

George Costigan

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Rosemary Martin

Caroline Guthrie

Kenneth Farrington

Pete Lee-Wilson

Nicholas Lyndhurst

Anthony Higgins

Frank Middlemass

Nicholas Frankau

Rosalie Crutchley

Leonard Preston

Caroline Quentin

Receptionist at Songstack

Ann Scott-Jones

Charlotte Cornwell

Girl (Stella Estelle)

Professor Burrows

Donald Churchill

Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

The Sheika Fatima

Benjamin Feitelson

Madeleine Walsh

The Defence Counsel

Non-speaking extra (uncredited)

Michael Aldridge

John Bourke-White

Pete Postlethwaite

'Costello The Second'

2nd Policewoman

Robbie Coltrane

American Woman Don

Tim Pigott-Smith

Josephine Welcome

William Russell

Maurice Colbourne

David Hargreaves

C.A. Brunston, Q.C.

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Stephen Churchett

Examining Judge

Arthur Pentelow

Michael J. Jackson

Michael Mellinger

Brian Protheroe