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Series
Play for Today
📅 1970
⭐ 6.3
🕐 75 min
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Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Seasons & Episodes
E1
The Long Distance Piano Player
1970-10-15
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E2
The Right Prospectus
1970-10-22
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E3
The Lie
1970-10-29
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E4
Angels Are So Few
1970-11-05
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E5
The Write-Off
1970-11-12
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E6
I Can't See My Little Willie
1970-11-19
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E7
A Distant Thunder
1970-11-26
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E8
Hearts and Flowers
1970-12-03
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E9
Robin Redbreast
1970-12-10
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E10
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970-12-17
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E11
Alma Mater
1971-01-07
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E12
Circle Line
1971-01-14
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E13
Hell's Angel
1971-01-21
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E14
The Piano
1971-01-28
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E15
Billy's Last Stand
1971-02-04
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E16
The Rainbirds
1971-02-11
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E17
Reddick
1971-02-18
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E18
The Foxtrot
1971-04-29
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E19
When the Bough Breaks
1971-05-06
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E20
Orkney
1971-05-13
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E21
The Rank and File
1971-05-20
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E22
The Man in the Sidecar
1971-05-27
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E23
Everybody Say Cheese
1971-06-03
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E24
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1971-06-10
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E1
Traitor
1971-10-14
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E2
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
1971-10-21
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E3
Evelyn
1971-10-28
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E4
O Fat White Woman
1971-11-04
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E5
Thank You Very Much
1971-11-11
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E6
Michael Regan
1971-11-18
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E7
Skin Deep
1971-11-25
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E8
Pal
1971-12-02
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E9
The Pigeon Fancier
1971-12-09
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E10
Home
1972-01-06
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E11
Still Waters
1972-01-13
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E12
Stocker's Copper
1972-01-20
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E13
The House on Highbury Hill
1972-01-27
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E14
In the Beautiful Caribbean
1972-02-03
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E15
Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
1972-02-10
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E16
The Villa Maroc
1972-02-17
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E17
Cows
1972-02-24
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E18
A Time to Keep
1972-04-27
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E19
The Fishing Party
1972-06-01
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E1
The Reporters
1972-10-09
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E2
A Life Is for Ever
1972-10-16
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E3
Carson Country
1972-10-23
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E4
Man Friday
1972-10-30
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E5
Triple Exposure
1972-11-06
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E6
Better than the Movies
1972-11-13
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E7
The General's Day
1972-11-20
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E8
The Bankrupt
1972-11-27
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E9
Just Your Luck
1972-12-04
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E10
The Bouncing Boy
1972-12-11
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E11
Shakespeare or Bust
1973-01-08
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E12
Land of Green Ginger
1973-01-15
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E13
Kisses at Fifty
1973-01-22
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E14
Highway Robbery
1973-01-29
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E15
Song at Twilight
1973-02-05
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E16
Only Make Believe
1973-02-12
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E17
For Sylvia or The Air Show
1973-02-19
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E18
The Operation
1973-02-26
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E19
Access to the Children
1973-03-05
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E20
Hard Labour
1973-03-12
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E21
Man Above Men
1973-03-19
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E22
Speech Day
1973-03-26
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E23
Steps Back
1973-05-14
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E24
Three's One
1973-06-04
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E25
Edward G.--Like the Film Star
1973-06-11
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E26
Blooming Youth
1973-06-18
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E27
The Stretch
1973-06-25
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E28
Making the Play
1973-07-02
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E1
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973-10-18
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E2
Her Majesty's Pleasure
1973-10-25
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E3
Jack Point
1973-11-01
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E4
The Emergency Channel
1973-11-08
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E5
Mummy and Daddy
1973-11-15
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E6
Private Practice
1973-11-22
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E7
Shutdown
1973-11-29
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E8
Baby Blues
1973-12-06
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E9
Jingle Bells
1973-12-13
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E10
The Lonely Man's Lover
1974-01-17
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E11
All Good Men
1974-01-31
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E12
Joe's Ark
1974-02-14
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E13
Hot Fat
1974-02-21
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E14
Easy Go
1974-03-07
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E15
Headmaster
1974-03-14
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E16
Penda's Fen
1974-03-21
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E17
Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?
1974-03-28
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E18
Three for the Fancy
1974-04-11
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E19
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974-06-06
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E20
Schmoedipus
1974-06-20
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E21
The Childhood Friend
1974-06-27
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E22
A Follower for Emily
1974-07-04
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E1
Leeds--United!
1974-10-31
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E2
Baby Love
1974-11-07
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E3
Back of Beyond
1974-11-14
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E4
The Bevellers
1974-11-21
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E5
Taking Leave
1974-11-28
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E6
Fugitive
1974-12-05
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E7
Eleanor
1974-12-12
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E8
Gangsters
1975-01-09
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E9
The After Dinner Game
1975-01-16
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E10
Breath
1975-01-23
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E11
The Death of a Young, Young Man
1975-01-30
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E12
Sunset Across the Bay
1975-02-20
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E13
Funny Farm
1975-02-27
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E14
Goodbye
1975-03-06
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E15
Just Another Saturday
1975-03-13
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E16
A Child of Hope
1975-04-24
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E17
The Saturday Party
1975-05-01
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E18
Wednesday Love
1975-05-08
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E19
The Dandelion Clock
1975-05-15
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E20
Brassneck
1975-05-22
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E21
The Floater
1975-05-29
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E22
By Common Consent
1975-06-05
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E1
Plaintiffs and Defendants
1975-10-14
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E2
Two Sundays
1975-10-21
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E3
Moss
1975-10-28
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E4
84 Charing Cross Road
1975-11-04
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E5
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975-11-11
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E6
Children of the Sun
1975-11-18
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E7
After the Solo
1975-11-25
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E8
Through the Night
1975-12-02
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E9
A Passage to England
1975-12-09
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E10
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975-12-16
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E11
The Other Woman
1976-01-06
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E12
Nuts in May
1976-01-13
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E13
Doran's Box
1976-01-20
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E14
Packman's Barn
1976-01-27
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E15
A Story to Frighten the Children
1976-02-03
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E16
The Happy Hunting Ground
1976-02-10
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E17
The Jumping Bean Bag
1976-02-17
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E18
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976-02-24
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E19
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976-03-02
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E20
Willie Rough
1976-03-09
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E21
Tiptoe through the Tulips
1976-03-16
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E22
The Peddler
1976-03-23
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E23
Early Struggles
1976-03-30
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E24
Double Dare
1976-04-06
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E25
The House of Bernarda Alba
1976-07-28
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E1
The Bar Mitzvah Boy
1976-09-14
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E2
Bet Your Life
1976-09-21
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E3
Rocky Marciano Is Dead
1976-09-28
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E4
The Elephants' Graveyard
1976-10-12
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E5
Housewives' Choice
1976-10-19
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E6
Your Man from Six Counties
1976-10-26
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E7
Buffet
1976-11-02
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E8
Love on a Gunboat
1977-01-04
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E9
The Kiss of Death
1977-01-11
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E10
Our Flesh and Blood
1977-01-18
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E11
Do As I Say
1977-01-25
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E12
Spend, Spend, Spend
1977-03-15
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E13
A Photograph
1977-03-22
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E14
The Price of Coal: Meet The People
1977-03-29
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E15
The Price of Coal: Back To Reality
1977-04-05
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E16
Gotcha
1977-04-12
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E17
Campion's Interview
1977-04-12
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E18
A Choice of Evils
1977-04-19
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E19
The Country Party
1977-04-26
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E1
Stronger than the Sun
1977-10-18
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E2
Come the Revolution
1977-10-25
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E3
Abigail's Party
1977-11-01
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E4
Oy Vay Maria
1977-11-08
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E5
Nipper
1977-11-15
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E6
One Day at a Time
1977-11-22
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E7
The Mayor's Charity
1977-11-29
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E8
Catchpenny Twist
1977-12-06
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E9
Charades
1977-12-13
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E10
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977-12-20
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E11
Scully's New Year's Eve
1978-01-03
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E12
Licking Hitler
1978-01-10
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E13
Red Shift
1978-01-17
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E14
The Spongers
1978-01-24
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E15
Destiny
1978-01-31
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E16
Our Day Out
1978-02-07
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E17
The After-Dinner Joke
1978-02-14
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E18
The Legion Hall Bombing
1978-08-22
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E1
Nina
1978-10-17
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E2
Victims of Apartheid
1978-10-24
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E3
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
1978-10-31
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E4
Dinner at the Sporting Club
1978-11-07
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E5
Donal and Sally
1978-11-14
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E6
Sorry
1978-11-21
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E7
Butterflies Don't Count
1978-11-28
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E8
Soldiers Talking Cleanly
1978-12-05
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E9
One Bummer Newsday
1978-12-12
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E10
The Out of Town Boys
1979-01-02
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E11
Vampires
1979-01-09
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E12
The Chief Mourner
1979-01-16
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E13
Waterloo Sunset
1979-01-23
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E14
Blue Remembered Hills
1979-01-30
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E15
Who's Who
1979-02-06
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E16
The Last Window Cleaner
1979-02-13
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E17
Ploughman's Share
1979-02-27
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E18
Degree of Uncertainty
1979-03-06
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E19
Light
1979-03-13
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E20
Coming Out
1979-04-10
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E21
Don't Be Silly
1979-07-24
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E1
Long Distance Information
1979-10-11
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E2
Cries from a Watchtower
1979-10-18
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E3
Comedians
1979-10-25
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E4
Even Solomon
1979-11-01
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E5
Just a Boy's Game
1979-11-08
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E6
Billy
1979-11-15
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E7
A Hole in Babylon
1979-11-29
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E8
The Slab-Boys
1979-12-06
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E9
Katie: The Year of a Child
1979-12-13
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E10
The Network
1979-12-20
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E11
Chance of a Lifetime
1980-01-03
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E12
Keep Smiling
1980-01-10
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E13
Dreams of Leaving
1980-01-17
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E14
Thicker Than Water
1980-01-24
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E15
Murder Rap
1980-01-31
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E16
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
1980-02-07
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E17
No Defence
1980-02-14
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E18
That Crazy Woman
1980-02-21
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E19
A Gift from Nessus
1980-02-28
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E20
Kate, the Good Neighbour
1980-03-06
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E21
Buses
1980-03-13
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E22
Shadows on Our Skin
1980-03-20
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E23
Ladies
1980-03-27
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E24
The Vanishing Army
1980-04-03
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E25
Not for the Likes of Us
1980-04-10
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E26
The Executioner
1980-04-17
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E27
The Imitation Game
1980-04-24
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E28
A Walk in the Forest
1980-05-14
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E1
Pasmore
1980-10-21
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E2
C2H5OH
1980-10-28
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E3
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
1980-11-04
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E4
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980-11-11
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E5
Minor Complications
1980-11-18
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E6
Number on End
1980-11-25
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E7
Jude
1980-12-02
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E8
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
1980-12-09
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E9
Name for the Day
1980-12-16
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E10
Jessie
1980-12-23
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E11
Beyond the Pale
1981-01-06
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E12
The Muscle Market
1981-01-13
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E13
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981-01-20
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E14
Dear Brutus
1981-01-27
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E15
The Cause
1981-02-03
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E16
Beloved Enemy
1981-02-10
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E17
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981-02-17
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E18
The Union
1981-02-24
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E19
Sorry
1981-03-03
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E20
Shai Mãlã Khani: The Garland
1981-03-10
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E21
The Sin Bin
1981-03-17
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E22
Before Water Lillies
1981-03-24
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E23
Bavarian Night
1981-03-31
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E24
The Good Time Girls
1981-04-07
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E25
Baby Talk
1981-04-14
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E26
A Turn for the Worse
1981-04-28
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E27
Psy-Warriors
1981-05-12
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E1
Country
1981-10-20
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E2
London Is Drowning
1981-10-27
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E3
A Room for the Winter
1981-11-03
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E4
No Visible Scar
1981-11-17
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E5
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981-11-24
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E6
Protest
1981-12-01
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E7
United Kingdom
1981-12-08
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E8
PQ17
1981-12-15
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E9
The Factory
1981-12-22
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E10
England's Green and Pleasant Land
1982-01-05
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E11
A Cotswold Death
1982-01-12
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E12
Under the Skin
1982-01-19
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E13
Commitments
1982-01-26
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E14
Life After Death
1982-02-02
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E15
The Silly Season
1982-02-09
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E16
Too Late to Talk to Billy
1982-02-16
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E17
Willie's Last Stand
1982-02-23
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E18
Tishoo
1982-03-09
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E19
Home Sweet Home
1982-03-16
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E20
A Sudden Wrench
1982-03-23
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E21
Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Going
1982-03-30
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E22
Whistling Wally
1982-04-06
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E1
Soft Targets
1982-10-19
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E2
Three Minute Heroes
1982-10-26
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E3
The Remainder Man
1982-11-02
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E4
Intensive Care
1982-11-09
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E5
A Mother Like Him
1982-11-16
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E6
John David
1982-11-23
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E7
Aliens
1982-11-30
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E8
Another Flip for Dominick
1982-12-14
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E9
Last Love
1983-03-01
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E10
Gates of Gold
1983-03-08
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E11
Wayne and Albert
1983-03-15
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E12
Atlantis
1983-03-22
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E13
The Last Term
1983-04-05
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E14
Reluctant Chickens
1983-04-12
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E15
Shall I Be Mother?
1983-04-19
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E16
The Falklands Factor
1983-04-26
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E17
A Matter of Choice for Billy
1983-05-10
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E18
Floating Off
1983-08-24
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E1
Stan's Last Game
1983-10-25
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E2
Young Shoulders
1984-02-14
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E3
A Coming to Terms for Billy
1984-02-21
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E4
Z for Zachariah
1984-02-28
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E5
Moving on the Edge
1984-03-06
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E6
Desert of Lies
1984-03-13
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E7
Hard Feelings
1984-03-20
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E8
Under the Hammer
1984-03-27
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E9
King
1984-04-03
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E10
Rainy Day Women
1984-04-10
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E11
Dog Ends
1984-07-17
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E12
The Groundling and the Kite
1984-07-24
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E13
The Cry
1984-07-31
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E14
It Could Happen to Anybody
1984-08-14
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E15
Only Children
1984-08-21
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E16
The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle
1984-08-28
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E17
The Long March
1984-11-20
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E18
Punters
1984-11-27
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E19
Talk To Me
1984-12-11
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E20
Bird Fancier
1985-01-15
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E21
Brigadista
1985-02-05
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