Play for Today - Season 3
Season 3
Network
Episodes28
DatesOkt. 9, 1972 - Juli 2, 1973
Episodes
Season 3Episode 175 min
The Reporters
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.
Okt. 9, 1972
Season 3Episode 275 min
A Life Is Forever
The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop
Okt. 16, 1972
Season 3Episode 375 min
Carson Country
A story about the origin of the Stormont state
Okt. 23, 1972
Season 3Episode 475 min
Man Friday
The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint
Okt. 30, 1972
Season 3Episode 575 min
Triple Exposure
A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them
Nov. 6, 1972
Season 3Episode 675 min
Better than the Movies
A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.
Nov. 13, 1972
Season 3Episode 775 min
The General's Day
An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.
Nov. 20, 1972
Season 3Episode 875 min
The Bankrupt
A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Nov. 27, 1972
Season 3Episode 975 min
Just Your Luck
A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
Dez. 4, 1972
Season 3Episode 1075 min
The Bouncing Boy
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
Dez. 11, 1972
Season 3Episode 1175 min
Shakespeare or Bust
The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge
Jan. 8, 1973
Season 3Episode 1275 min
Land of Green Ginger
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?
Jan. 15, 1973
Season 3Episode 1375 min
Kisses at Fifty
A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.
Jan. 22, 1973
Season 3Episode 1475 min
Highway Robbery
A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.
Jan. 29, 1973
Season 3Episode 1575 min
Song at Twilight
The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline
Feb. 5, 1973
Season 3Episode 1675 min
Only Make Believe
As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.
Feb. 12, 1973
Season 3Episode 1775 min
For Sylvia or the Air Show
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.
Feb. 19, 1973
Season 3Episode 1875 min
The Operation
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
Feb. 26, 1973
Season 3Episode 1975 min
Access to the Children
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?
März 5, 1973
Season 3Episode 2075 min
Hard Labour
The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner
März 12, 1973
Season 3Episode 2175 min
Man Above Men
"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."
März 19, 1973
Season 3Episode 2275 min
Speech Day
Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day
März 26, 1973
Season 3Episode 2375 min
Steps Back
"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?
Mai 14, 1973
Season 3Episode 2475 min
Three's One
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?
Juni 4, 1973
Season 3Episode 2575 min
Edward G.--Like the Film Star
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.
Juni 11, 1973
Season 3Episode 2675 min
Blooming Youth
The problems of four people sharing an apartment
Juni 18, 1973
Season 3Episode 2775 min
The Stretch
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.
Juni 25, 1973
Season 3Episode 2875 min
Making the Play
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?
Juli 2, 1973
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