The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 10

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   #1 - Long Distance Information

   S10:E110/11/1979

   A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies

   Director:Stephen Frears

   Writer:Neville Smith

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   Writer:Neville Smith
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   #2 - Cries from a Watchtower

   S10:E210/18/1979

   A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.

   Director:Giles Foster

   Writer:Stephen Lowe

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   Director:Giles Foster

   Writer:Stephen Lowe
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   #3 - Comedians

   S10:E310/25/1979

   Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.

   Director:Richard Eyre

   Writer:Trevor Griffiths

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   Director:Richard Eyre

   Writer:Trevor Griffiths
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   #4 - Even Solomon

   S10:E411/1/1979

   Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction of the challenges he faces and a fascinating glimpse at the gender politics of the day.

   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writer:Andrew Taylor

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   Director:Roger Bamford

   Writer:Andrew Taylor
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   #5 - Just a Boy's Game

   S10:E511/8/1979

   In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was

   Director:John Mackenzie

   Writer:Peter McDougall

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   Director:John Mackenzie

   Writer:Peter McDougall
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   #6 - Billy

   S10:E611/15/1979

   A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father

   Director:Charles Stewart

   Writer:G.F. Newman

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   Director:Charles Stewart

   Writer:G.F. Newman
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   #7 - A Hole in Babylon

   S10:E711/29/1979

   Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.

   Director:Horace Ové

   Writers:Horace Ové, Jim Hawkins

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   Director:Horace Ové

   Writers:Horace Ové, Jim Hawkins
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   #8 - The Slab-Boys

   S10:E812/6/1979

   The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory

   Director:Bob Hird

   Writer:John Byrne

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   Director:Bob Hird

   Writer:John Byrne
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   #9 - Katie: The Year of a Child

   S10:E912/13/1979

   A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.

   Director:Barry Davis

   Writers:John Norton, Ian Cullen

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   Writers:John Norton, Ian Cullen
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    #10 - The Network

    S10:E1012/20/1979

    What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

    Director:Derek Lister

    Writer:Stephen Fagan

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    Director:Derek Lister

    Writer:Stephen Fagan
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    #11 - Chance of a Lifetime

    S10:E111/3/1980

    A young man quits school and joins the army.

    Director:Giles Foster

    Writer:Robert Holman

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    Director:Giles Foster

    Writer:Robert Holman
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    #12 - Keep Smiling

    S10:E121/10/1980

    Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of the next six months.

    Director:Paul Joyce

    Writer:Paul Joyce

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    Writer:Paul Joyce
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    #13 - Dreams of Leaving

    S10:E131/17/1980

    A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.

    Director:David Hare

    Writer:David Hare

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    Writer:David Hare
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    #14 - Thicker Than Water

    S10:E141/24/1980

    Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.

    Director:Alan Grint

    Writer:Brian Glover

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    Writer:Brian Glover
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    #15 - Murder Rap

    S10:E151/31/1980

    An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.

    Director:Peter Duffell

    Writer:Michael Hastings

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    Writer:Michael Hastings
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    #16 - Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    S10:E162/7/1980

    Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.

    Director:John Bruce

    Writer:Andrew Carr

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    Director:John Bruce

    Writer:Andrew Carr
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    #17 - No Defence

    S10:E172/14/1980

    Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on his arrival he's arrested for an historical rape with seemingly no defence.

    Director:Clive Halls

    Writer:Chris Kewbank

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    Writer:Chris Kewbank
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    #18 - That Crazy Woman

    S10:E182/21/1980

    Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.

    Director:Bill Craske

    Writer:David Hopkins

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    Writer:David Hopkins
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    #19 - A Gift from Nessus

    S10:E192/28/1980

    The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s

    Director:James Ormerod

    Writers:Bill Craig, William McIlvanney

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    Writers:Bill Craig, William McIlvanney
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    #20 - Kate, the Good Neighbour

    S10:E203/6/1980

    A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.

    Director:John Bruce

    Writer:Peter Ransley

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    Director:John Bruce

    Writer:Peter Ransley
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    #21 - Buses

    S10:E213/13/1980

    A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930

    Director:Tim King

    Writer:Geoffrey Case

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    Director:Tim King

    Writer:Geoffrey Case
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    #22 - Shadows on Our Skin

    S10:E223/20/1980

    The problems of an 11-year-old boy living in the Catholic part of Londonderry

    Director:Jim O'Brien

    Writers:Derek Mahon, Jennifer Johnston

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    Director:Jim O'Brien

    Writers:Derek Mahon, Jennifer Johnston
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    #23 - Ladies

    S10:E233/27/1980

    The A Shift at the MHS department store are organising a wedding gift presentation for Elaine. But what's on Miriam's mind, and why does she seem so out of sorts?

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence

    Writer:Carol Bunyan

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    Writer:Carol Bunyan
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    #24 - The Vanishing Army

    S10:E244/3/1980

    A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life

    Director:Richard Loncraine

    Writer:Robert Holles

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    Writer:Robert Holles
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    #25 - Not for the Likes of Us

    S10:E254/10/1980

    "I dunno, years of putting up with it, waiting on you all, for what? Eh? To become a 14-stone invisible woman?"

    Director:Tim King

    Writer:Gilly Fraser

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    Director:Tim King

    Writer:Gilly Fraser