Play for Today - Season 5

Play for Today - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes22
DatesOct 31, 1974 - Jun 5, 1975
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Episodes

Leeds--United!
Season 5Episode 175 min

Leeds--United!

About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story
Oct 31, 1974
Baby Love
Season 5Episode 275 min

Baby Love

After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Nov 7, 1974
Back of Beyond
Season 5Episode 375 min

Back of Beyond

Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'
Nov 14, 1974
The Bevellers
Season 5Episode 475 min

The Bevellers

The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory
Nov 21, 1974
Taking Leave
Season 5Episode 575 min

Taking Leave

"Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six years - that's long enough out of any man's life." Mike's time is nearly up. The army gives him a weekend pass so he's home from Ulster to decide whether to sign on again. His parents want him to stay but he's wondering whether the family's own flare-ups aren't a bit too like the Troubles he has left behind.
Nov 28, 1974
Fugitive
Season 5Episode 675 min

Fugitive

After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order.
Dec 5, 1974
Eleanor
Season 5Episode 775 min

Eleanor

Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at school and virtually ignored by her parents. With a mundane working existence awaiting her, she desires a chance at another life - but at what cost?
Dec 12, 1974
Gangsters
Season 5Episode 875 min

Gangsters

A story exploring the Birmingham underworld
Jan 9, 1975
The After Dinner Game
Season 5Episode 975 min

The After Dinner Game

Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protége professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.
Jan 16, 1975
Breath
Season 5Episode 1075 min

Breath

A story about an asthma sufferer
Jan 23, 1975
The Death of a Young, Young Man
Season 5Episode 1175 min

The Death of a Young, Young Man

Three young students suspended from school face various problems.
Jan 30, 1975
Sunset Across the Bay
Season 5Episode 1275 min

Sunset Across the Bay

A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.
Feb 20, 1975
Funny Farm
Season 5Episode 1375 min

Funny Farm

One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital
Feb 27, 1975
Goodbye
Season 5Episode 1475 min

Goodbye

"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and with it all the trappings of a good life in Maida Vale.
Mar 6, 1975
Just Another Saturday
Season 5Episode 1575 min

Just Another Saturday

A young man participating in the Orange Parade in Glasgow becomes disillusioned with the pageant when he discovers its unpleasant and violent history and witnesses the participants' attacks on Catholics.
Mar 13, 1975
A Child of Hope
Season 5Episode 1675 min

A Child of Hope

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its "illegal administration" of their country.
Apr 24, 1975
The Saturday Party
Season 5Episode 1775 min

The Saturday Party

When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.
May 1, 1975
Wednesday Love
Season 5Episode 1875 min

Wednesday Love

Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
May 8, 1975
The Dandelion Clock
Season 5Episode 1975 min

The Dandelion Clock

In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.
May 15, 1975
Brassneck
Season 5Episode 2075 min

Brassneck

England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.
May 22, 1975
The Floater
Season 5Episode 2175 min

The Floater

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.
May 29, 1975
By Common Consent
Season 5Episode 2275 min

By Common Consent

Political fantasy about a fascist regime
Jun 5, 1975

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