Play For Today
Play For Today is a drama series on BBC4. A revival of the iconic format, championing emerging new voices behind the camera. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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1:00:00Play For Today
A big winning lottery ticket stirs up 53 years of suppressed emotions in a relationship.
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1:00:00Romantic comedy about a rebellious woman forced to start over in a hellish retirement home
Series 2
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1:00:00Gripping intimate drama set during a relentless hospital night shift. With Archie Panjabi.
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1:00:00A comedian is drawn into a nightmare when a bloodied young man collapses at his doorstep.
A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth’s doorstep and makes a frightening claim. Dennis Potter’s play starring Tim Curry, Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins.
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1:00:00Comedy with Phyllis Logan as a grandmother who protesting against train developers.
1:00:00Survival dramedy in which a wild camping trip unravels into a battle of egos and survival.
Young Stephen, in the last summer of his boyhood, has a very clear and intense view of the world, but an awakened force in the landscape is trying to communicate some warning, a peril he is in.
The 1974 TV adaptation of John McGrath's iconic 7:84 play about the exploitation of the Scottish people through history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom.
Patricia Hayes stars in Jeremy Sandford’s play about a down and out woman who wanders through life in an alcoholic haze, without a job, a home or any money.
Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays and all the hazards involved. Keith and Candice Marie arrive at a Dorset campground for ten nights of idyllic bliss.
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1:00:00Teacher Amy is pushed to her breaking point during an Ofsted inspection.