Play for Today - Season 9

Episode 1

Nina

The story of two Soviet dissidents living in London and slowly coming apart under the strain of his drinking and her enforced separation from her child

Episode 2

Victims of Apartheid

George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.

Episode 3

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

A young man is declared a hero when he catches a burglar until it's discovered that the burglar is a dwarf.

Episode 4

Dinner at the Sporting Club

A story about young boxers whose fighting provides entertainment for diners at a sporting club

Episode 5

Donal and Sally

Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems - problems which alarm their families and the instructors at Strathvale Centre.

Episode 6

Sorry

Consists of two plays ""Audience"" and ""Private View"" about a brewery worker and writer who incurs the wrath of the autocratic government

Episode 7

Butterflies Don't Count

"Whether priest or thespian, never once let yourself doubt that the role you're playing is real. Lead your little flock from childhood to the grave via God's sweet sacraments and let no doubts intrude

Episode 8

Soldiers Talking Cleanly

A freelance TV presenter has been hired by the BBC to film a documentary about the British army stationed in Germany. Unfortunately the budget is so low he is only allowed to film soldiers talking, an

Episode 9

One Bummer Newsday

What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?

Episode 10

The Out of Town Boys

"This could be a bit special, Maggie. This could be the first case of an office block falling down during the topping-out party."

Episode 11

Vampires

Three boys watch horror films on late night TV and see a man in a local cemetery whom they believe to be a vampire.

Episode 12

The Chief Mourner

For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the police when his wife is murdered.

Episode 13

Waterloo Sunset

A young man and an old woman try to fit in when their neighborhood goes West Indian

Episode 14

Blue Remembered Hills

The play activities of seven children living in the countryside during the summer of 1943 end in tragedy; the children were played by adults in childrens clothing. The title is taken from A.E. Housma

Episode 15

Who's Who

A story about a dinner party given by the managers and employees of a brokerage house

Episode 16

The Last Window Cleaner

The Irish troubles as seen by residents of a boarding house called ""The Crumlin View""

Episode 17

Ploughman's Share

"Ploughman. Nobody calls you that. You're a has-been. Your head and heart went into a museum wi' that lot you keep in there. Face it: you're redundant."

Episode 18

Degree of Uncertainty

"I'm 37 years old, remember? I'm not a dead-pan, genned-up, discreetly nymphomaniac ex-head-girl like the majority of your female students. I'm an innocent. I'm vulnerable."

Episode 19

Light

A village in Cheshire. A deserted cinema. A poet murdered by Stalin. A blown fuse. Victor Silvester. Pickets on trial. Trimmers and fishwires.

Episode 20

Coming Out

A closeted homosexual writer is content to lead a double life

Episode 21

Don't Be Silly

A young wife tries to cope with her abusive husband.