Play for Today - Season 6

Play for Today - Season 6

Season 6

Network
Episodes25
DatesOct 14, 1975 - Jul 28, 1976
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Episodes

Plaintiffs and Defendants
Season 6Episode 175 min

Plaintiffs and Defendants

A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.
Oct 14, 1975
Two Sundays
Season 6Episode 275 min

Two Sundays

An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.
Oct 21, 1975
Moss
Season 6Episode 375 min

Moss

Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."
Oct 28, 1975
84 Charing Cross Road
Season 6Episode 475 min

84 Charing Cross Road

An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years
Nov 4, 1975
Keep an Eye on Albert
Season 6Episode 575 min

Keep an Eye on Albert

Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?
Nov 11, 1975
Children of the Sun
Season 6Episode 675 min

Children of the Sun

"You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"
Nov 18, 1975
After the Solo
Season 6Episode 775 min

After the Solo

A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.
Nov 25, 1975
Through the Night
Season 6Episode 875 min

Through the Night

A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.
Dec 2, 1975
A Passage to England
Season 6Episode 975 min

A Passage to England

A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat
Dec 9, 1975
Rumpole of the Bailey
Season 6Episode 1075 min

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.
Dec 16, 1975
The Other Woman
Season 6Episode 1175 min

The Other Woman

An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.
Jan 6, 1976
Nuts in May
Season 6Episode 1275 min

Nuts in May

Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.
Jan 13, 1976
Doran's Box
Season 6Episode 1375 min

Doran's Box

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.
Jan 20, 1976
Packman's Barn
Season 6Episode 1475 min

Packman's Barn

John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.
Jan 27, 1976
A Story to Frighten the Children
Season 6Episode 1575 min

A Story to Frighten the Children

A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.
Feb 3, 1976
The Happy Hunting Ground
Season 6Episode 1675 min

The Happy Hunting Ground

The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.
Feb 10, 1976
The Jumping Bean Bag
Season 6Episode 1775 min

The Jumping Bean Bag

An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.
Feb 17, 1976
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Season 6Episode 1875 min

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.
Feb 24, 1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Season 6Episode 1975 min

Love Letters on Blue Paper

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?
Mar 2, 1976
Willie Rough
Season 6Episode 2075 min

Willie Rough

A story depicting life in a shipyard
Mar 9, 1976
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Season 6Episode 2175 min

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.
Mar 16, 1976
The Peddler
Season 6Episode 2275 min

The Peddler

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?
Mar 23, 1976
Early Struggles
Season 6Episode 2375 min

Early Struggles

A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood
Mar 30, 1976
Double Dare
Season 6Episode 2475 min

Double Dare

A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.
Apr 6, 1976
The House of Bernarda Alba
Season 6Episode 2575 min

The House of Bernarda Alba

The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.
Jul 28, 1976

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