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Play for Today Season 6 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Tuesday, October 14, 1975

Ended: Wednesday, July 28, 1976

When does Play for Today Season 6 come out?

Play for Today Season 6 premiered Tuesday, October 14, 1975 on BBC One and ended Wednesday, July 28, 1976. The season has 25 episodes.

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Play for Today Season 6 release schedule

Play for Today Season 6 episode release dates
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1. Plaintiffs and Defendants

A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.

Tuesday · 51 years ago

2. Two Sundays

An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.

Tuesday · 51 years ago

3. Moss

Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."

Tuesday · 51 years ago

4. 84 Charing Cross Road

An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years

Tuesday · 51 years ago

5. 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?

Tuesday · 51 years ago

6. 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?"

Tuesday · 51 years ago

7. After the Solo

A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

8. Through the Night

A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

9. A Passage to England

A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat

Tuesday · 50 years ago

10. Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

11. The Other Woman

An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

12. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

13. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

14. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

15. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

16. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

17. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

18. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

19. 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?

Tuesday · 50 years ago

20. Willie Rough

A story depicting life in a shipyard

Tuesday · 50 years ago

21. Tiptoe through the Tulips

A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

22. 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?

Tuesday · 50 years ago

23. Early Struggles

A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood

Tuesday · 50 years ago

24. 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.

Tuesday · 50 years ago

25. The House of Bernarda Alba Finale

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

Wednesday · 50 years ago

Play for Today Season 6 guest stars

  • Amanda Barrie

    Amanda Barrie

    Anne

  • Linda Robson

    Linda Robson

    Teenage Girl

  • Leonard Rossiter

    Leonard Rossiter

  • Warren Mitchell

    Warren Mitchell

    Moss

  • Richard Pasco

    Richard Pasco

    Maurice Stapleton

  • David Daker

    David Daker

    Terry

  • Albert Moses

    Albert Moses

    Airport worker

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Vernon Dobtcheff

  • Geoffrey Hinsliff

    Geoffrey Hinsliff

  • Joan Hickson

    Joan Hickson

    Mother

  • Fulton Mackay

    Fulton Mackay

    Dr. Leafer

  • Stephen Greif

    Stephen Greif

    Gerry

  • Georgina Hale

    Georgina Hale

    Fran

  • Leslie Dwyer

    Leslie Dwyer

    Alec's Father

  • Frank Finlay

    Frank Finlay

  • Hilary Mason

    Hilary Mason

Play for Today Season 6 FAQ

When does Play for Today Season 6 come out?

Play for Today Season 6 premiered Tuesday, October 14, 1975 on BBC One.

How many episodes are in Play for Today Season 6?

Play for Today Season 6 has 25 episodes.

Are new episodes of Play for Today Season 6 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Play for Today Season 6 finale?

The Play for Today Season 6 finale (Episode 25) aired Wednesday, July 28, 1976.

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