Ended · BBC One · Premiered 1970 · 14 seasons so far · 314 episodes
Play for Today has ended after 14 seasons.
Play for Today has finished its run on BBC One, wrapping up after 14 seasons and 314 episodes since 1970. It is listed as ended rather than cancelled, meaning it concluded as planned rather than being pulled mid-story.
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.
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