Play for Today - Season 3

Play for Today - Season 3

Season 3

Network
Episodes28
DatesOct 9, 1972 - Jul 2, 1973
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Episodes

The Reporters
Season 3Episode 175 min

The Reporters

Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
Oct 9, 1972
A Life Is Forever
Season 3Episode 275 min

A Life Is Forever

The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop
Oct 16, 1972
Carson Country
Season 3Episode 375 min

Carson Country

A story about the origin of the Stormont state
Oct 23, 1972
Man Friday
Season 3Episode 475 min

Man Friday

The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint
Oct 30, 1972
Triple Exposure
Season 3Episode 575 min

Triple Exposure

A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them
Nov 6, 1972
Better than the Movies
Season 3Episode 675 min

Better than the Movies

A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.
Nov 13, 1972
The General's Day
Season 3Episode 775 min

The General's Day

An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.
Nov 20, 1972
The Bankrupt
Season 3Episode 875 min

The Bankrupt

A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Nov 27, 1972
Just Your Luck
Season 3Episode 975 min

Just Your Luck

A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
Dec 4, 1972
The Bouncing Boy
Season 3Episode 1075 min

The Bouncing Boy

A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
Dec 11, 1972
Shakespeare or Bust
Season 3Episode 1175 min

Shakespeare or Bust

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge
Jan 8, 1973
Land of Green Ginger
Season 3Episode 1275 min

Land of Green Ginger

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
Jan 15, 1973
Kisses at Fifty
Season 3Episode 1375 min

Kisses at Fifty

A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.
Jan 22, 1973
Highway Robbery
Season 3Episode 1475 min

Highway Robbery

A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.
Jan 29, 1973
Song at Twilight
Season 3Episode 1575 min

Song at Twilight

The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline
Feb 5, 1973
Only Make Believe
Season 3Episode 1675 min

Only Make Believe

As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.
Feb 12, 1973
For Sylvia or the Air Show
Season 3Episode 1775 min

For Sylvia or the Air Show

Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.
Feb 19, 1973
The Operation
Season 3Episode 1875 min

The Operation

David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
Feb 26, 1973
Access to the Children
Season 3Episode 1975 min

Access to the Children

Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
Mar 5, 1973
Hard Labour
Season 3Episode 2075 min

Hard Labour

The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner
Mar 12, 1973
Man Above Men
Season 3Episode 2175 min

Man Above Men

"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."
Mar 19, 1973
Speech Day
Season 3Episode 2275 min

Speech Day

Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day
Mar 26, 1973
Steps Back
Season 3Episode 2375 min

Steps Back

"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?
May 14, 1973
Three's One
Season 3Episode 2475 min

Three's One

Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?
Jun 4, 1973
Edward G.--Like the Film Star
Season 3Episode 2575 min

Edward G.--Like the Film Star

Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Jun 11, 1973
Blooming Youth
Season 3Episode 2675 min

Blooming Youth

The problems of four people sharing an apartment
Jun 18, 1973
The Stretch
Season 3Episode 2775 min

The Stretch

Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.
Jun 25, 1973
Making the Play
Season 3Episode 2875 min

Making the Play

They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away?
Jul 2, 1973

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