Play for Today - Season 2

Play for Today - Season 2

Season 2

Network
Episodes19
DatesOct 14, 1971 - Jun 1, 1972
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Episodes

Traitor
Season 2Episode 160 min

Traitor

Why would someone who claims to love their country betray it? Dennis Potter's fascinating play features a BAFTA-winning performance from John le Mesurier.

Oct 14, 1971
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
Season 2Episode 290 min

Edna, the Inebriate Woman

Patricia Hayes won a BAFTA for her remarkable performance in this legendary film from the writer of Cathy Come Home, about an elderly, drunken vagrant living rough in 70s Britain.

Oct 21, 1971
Evelyn
Season 2Episode 350 min

Evelyn

Frank is 40 and worried about his age, which he says is 35. His girl-friend keeps him young, but who are her friends?

Oct 28, 1971
O Fat White Woman
Season 2Episode 470 min

O Fat White Woman

The wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students
Nov 4, 1971
Thank You Very Much
Season 2Episode 540 min

Thank You Very Much

A social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors.
Nov 11, 1971
Michael Regan
Season 2Episode 670 min

Michael Regan

A man gets revenge on a pub owner
Nov 18, 1971
Skin Deep
Season 2Episode 775 min

Skin Deep

An awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer.
Nov 25, 1971
Pal
Season 2Episode 875 min

Pal

Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.
Dec 2, 1971
The Pigeon Fancier
Season 2Episode 975 min

The Pigeon Fancier

A retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.
Dec 9, 1971
Home
Season 2Episode 1075 min

Home

A story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home
Jan 6, 1972
Still Waters
Season 2Episode 1175 min

Still Waters

A marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of an unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.
Jan 13, 1972
Stocker's Copper
Season 2Episode 1275 min

Stocker's Copper

In Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop
Jan 20, 1972
The House on Highbury Hill
Season 2Episode 1375 min

The House on Highbury Hill

A married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.
Jan 27, 1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean
Season 2Episode 1475 min

In the Beautiful Caribbean

A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica
Feb 3, 1972
Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
Season 2Episode 1575 min

Ackerman, Dougall and Harker

A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course
Feb 10, 1972
The Villa Maroc
Season 2Episode 1675 min

The Villa Maroc

A couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa
Feb 17, 1972
Cows
Season 2Episode 1775 min

Cows

A social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.
Feb 24, 1972
A Time to Keep
Season 2Episode 1875 min

A Time to Keep

Apr 27, 1972
The Fishing Party
Season 2Episode 1975 min

The Fishing Party

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing
Jun 1, 1972

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