Play for Today - Season 4

Play for Today - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes22
DatesOct 18, 1973 - Jul 4, 1974
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Episodes

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Season 4Episode 175 min

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friendship begins.
Oct 18, 1973
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Season 4Episode 275 min

Her Majesty's Pleasure

They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making. Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star. Mother Bear has escaped. Still, there is some consolation. The new arrival looks a likely Goldilocks. 'There's one or two who'll be after him,' says Woodbine - and he knows all their weaknesses.
Oct 25, 1973
Jack Point
Season 4Episode 375 min

Jack Point

An amateur operatic society is preparing a Gilbert and Sullivan production, and someone new is needed for the role of Jack Point - but who will break this to the veteran who's always done it?
Nov 1, 1973
The Emergency Channel
Season 4Episode 475 min

The Emergency Channel

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?
Nov 8, 1973
Mummy and Daddy
Season 4Episode 575 min

Mummy and Daddy

An early retirement and a seaside bungalow-for Arthur and Marion it's not a chance to miss, especially since their son is buying the bungalow. Arthur's full of plans - GCE, garden, beach-not to mention his own "bit of an interesting diversion." But after a year the delight is beginning to tarnish.
Nov 15, 1973
Private Practice
Season 4Episode 675 min

Private Practice

Why does Sylvia Payne , with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's school friend coming to visit?
Nov 22, 1973
Shutdown
Season 4Episode 775 min

Shutdown

Bernie gets a temporary job as an electrician during a factory's annual minimal workforce period. But what secrets is Bernie hiding, and is he really all he claims?
Nov 29, 1973
Baby Blues
Season 4Episode 875 min

Baby Blues

After ten years of trying, Lavinia, and a large team of medics, finally manage to produce a live baby. She should now be able to start living her dream, but what happens next is not at all the paradise she has been looking forward to.
Dec 6, 1973
Jingle Bells
Season 4Episode 975 min

Jingle Bells

Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day football - but, among the celebrations, some hard home-truths.
Dec 13, 1973
The Lonely Man's Lover
Season 4Episode 1075 min

The Lonely Man's Lover

A young farmgirl begins a romance with an artist
Jan 17, 1974
All Good Men
Season 4Episode 1175 min

All Good Men

An elderly politician looks back over his career while being interviewed by a TV producer
Jan 31, 1974
Joe's Ark
Season 4Episode 1275 min

Joe's Ark

A pet shop owner forsakes his religious beliefs when his daughter gets cancer
Feb 14, 1974
Hot Fat
Season 4Episode 1375 min

Hot Fat

Sauna baths are supposed to relax you, but it rather depends who you meet in there.
Feb 21, 1974
Easy Go
Season 4Episode 1475 min

Easy Go

A group of Deptford youngsters hang about by the River Thames on a hot day. When they and some nearby dockers spot a valuable copper boiler floating in the river the two rival factions try to get at it first. The youngsters succeed, but on their way to the totter's yard they are waylaid by the adults, who take the copper off them.
Mar 7, 1974
Headmaster
Season 4Episode 1575 min

Headmaster

Fisher is good at his job but in new circumstances that isn't enough: he has to face the risks of competition for something bigger.
Mar 14, 1974
Penda's Fen
Season 4Episode 1675 min

Penda's Fen

Penda's Fen is a British television play which was written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke. Commissioned by BBC producer David Rose, it was transmitted as part of the corporation's Play for Today series.
Mar 21, 1974
Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?
Season 4Episode 1775 min

Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?

At the climax of the School Sports something went drastically wrong. Now, Wallace Pidgeon faces the contradictory demands of the bird-watching headmaster, his pupils, his pork-magnate father-in-law and his "child bride."
Mar 28, 1974
Three for the Fancy
Season 4Episode 1875 min

Three for the Fancy

Further adventures of three Derbyshire miners
Apr 11, 1974
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Season 4Episode 1975 min

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The exploitation of the Scottish land and its people from the 18th century to the present
Jun 6, 1974
Schmoedipus
Season 4Episode 2075 min

Schmoedipus

A young man persuades a woman that he is her son.
Jun 20, 1974
The Childhood Friend
Season 4Episode 2175 min

The Childhood Friend

On holiday, with his family, nothing to do and his wife ill, Sasha is only too pleased to meet again the girl he loved at 17.
Jun 27, 1974
A Follower for Emily
Season 4Episode 2275 min

A Follower for Emily

The friendship of two residents of a retirement home ends up in marriage
Jul 4, 1974

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