Play for Today - Season 9
Episodes
E1: Nina
The story of two Soviet dissidents living in London and slowly coming apart under the strain of his
E2: Victims of Apartheid
George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South
E3: 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
E4: Dinner at the Sporting Club
A story about young boxers whose fighting provides entertainment for diners at a sporting club
E5: Donal and Sally
Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems - p
E6: Sorry
Consists of two plays ""Audience"" and ""Private View"" about a brewery worker and writer who incurs
E7: Butterflies Don't Count
"Whether priest or thespian, never once let yourself doubt that the role you're playing is real. Lea
E8: Soldiers Talking Cleanly
A freelance TV presenter has been hired by the BBC to film a documentary about the British army stat
E9: One Bummer Newsday
What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fil
E10: The Out of Town Boys
"This could be a bit special, Maggie. This could be the first case of an office block falling down d
E11: Vampires
Three boys watch horror films on late night TV and see a man in a local cemetery whom they believe t
E12: The Chief Mourner
For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the poli
E13: Waterloo Sunset
A young man and an old woman try to fit in when their neighborhood goes West Indian
E14: Blue Remembered Hills
The play activities of seven children living in the countryside during the summer of 1943 end in tra
E15: Who's Who
A story about a dinner party given by the managers and employees of a brokerage house
E16: The Last Window Cleaner
The Irish troubles as seen by residents of a boarding house called ""The Crumlin View""
E17: Ploughman's Share
"Ploughman. Nobody calls you that. You're a has-been. Your head and heart went into a museum wi' tha
E18: Degree of Uncertainty
"I'm 37 years old, remember? I'm not a dead-pan, genned-up, discreetly nymphomaniac ex-head-girl lik
E19: Light
A village in Cheshire. A deserted cinema. A poet murdered by Stalin. A blown fuse. Victor Silvester.
E20: Coming Out
A closeted homosexual writer is content to lead a double life
E21: Don't Be Silly
A young wife tries to cope with her abusive husband.