Play for Today - Season 2
19 episodes
Episode 1
Traitor
A British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists
Episode 2
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
Edna, the Inebriate Woman is a British television drama written by Jeremy Sandford which was transmitted by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series on 21 October 1971. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, I
Episode 3
Evelyn
Frank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.
Episode 4
O Fat White Woman
The wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students
Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
Michael Regan
A man gets revenge on a pub owner
Episode 7
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.
Episode 8
Pal
Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.
Episode 9
The Pigeon Fancier
A retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.
Episode 10
Home
A story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home
Episode 11
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 o
Episode 12
Stocker's Copper
In Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop
Episode 13
The House on Highbury Hill
A married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.
Episode 14
In the Beautiful Caribbean
A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica
Episode 15
Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course
Episode 16
The Villa Maroc
A couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa
Episode 17
Cows
A social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.
Episode 18
A Time to Keep
Episode 19
The Fishing Party
The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing