The Best Episodes of Play for Today Season 7

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   #1 - The Bar Mitzvah Boy

   S7:E19/14/1976

   A story exploring the emotions of a boy undrgoing the traditional Jewish ceremony

   Director:Michael Tuchner

   Writer:Jack Rosenthal

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   Director:Michael Tuchner

   Writer:Jack Rosenthal
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   #2 - Bet Your Life

   S7:E29/21/1976

   Like alcoholism, gambling is a disease. Ches, a compulsive gambler, is sent for medical help. A wonder drug perhaps? Or hypnosis maybe? Ches finds that his psychiatrist has other ideas.

   Director:Les Blair

   Writer:Les Blair

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   Writer:Les Blair
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   #3 - Rocky Marciano Is Dead

   S7:E39/28/1976

   Harry Marcus is a former welterweight champion mourning the loss of the past and dreaming of a return to the glory years of boxing. When a squatter moves in next door, does he have what it takes to fulfil Harry's dreams?

   Director:Graham Evans

   Writer:Bernard Kops

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   Director:Graham Evans

   Writer:Bernard Kops
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   #4 - The Elephants' Graveyard

   S7:E410/12/1976

   Bunny’s wife thinks he is a postman, but in reality he spends his days in the Scottish hills. One day he meets Jody, a fellow walker.

   Director:John Mackenzie

   Writer:Peter McDougall

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   Director:John Mackenzie

   Writer:Peter McDougall
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   #5 - Housewives' Choice

   S7:E510/19/1976

   When Joyce appears on the door-step she looks like the perfect 'kindly, respectable lady whom Marcia needs to look after her baby. But Joyce only seems to be the average housewife.

   Director:Chris Thompson

   Writer:Roy Kendall

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   Director:Chris Thompson

   Writer:Roy Kendall
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   #6 - Your Man from Six Counties

   S7:E610/26/1976

   A young man from Belfast is sent south to stay with relatives in an attempt to keep him out of trouble.

   Director:Barry Davis

   Writer:Colin Welland

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   Director:Barry Davis

   Writer:Colin Welland
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   #7 - Buffet

   S7:E711/2/1976

   Freddie is going through an existential crisis as everyone around him seems to doubt their own identity and the entire purpose of conversation. Surrounded by inflation and extra marital affairs, his only solace is in buffet room drinking.

   Director:Mike Newell

   Writer:Rhys Adrian

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   Director:Mike Newell

   Writer:Rhys Adrian
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   #8 - Love on a Gunboat

   S7:E81/4/1977

   In 1956 Britain staggers through crises in Suez and Cyprus while Leslie Potter pursues and marries Monica Dobbs. Twenty years later the nation has still not recovered. Neither has Leslie.

   Director:Robert Knights

   Writer:Malcolm Bradbury

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   Director:Robert Knights

   Writer:Malcolm Bradbury
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   #9 - The Kiss of Death

   S7:E91/11/1977

   A young man's chances at romance are thwarted by his own shyness.

   Director:Mike Leigh

   Writer:Mike Leigh

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   Director:Mike Leigh

   Writer:Mike Leigh
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    #10 - Our Flesh and Blood

    S7:E101/18/1977

    How Mums and Dads feel when they have one.

    Director:Pedr James

    Writer:Mike Stott

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    Director:Pedr James

    Writer:Mike Stott
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    #11 - Do As I Say

    S7:E111/25/1977

    A quietly unhappy housewife finds a stranger in her house and is raped at knife-point by him. But when she turns to friends, neighbors and her parents-in-law for sympathy, they all seem preoccupied by other matters.

    Director:Barry Davis

    Writer:Charles Wood

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    Director:Barry Davis

    Writer:Charles Wood
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    #12 - Spend, Spend, Spend

    S7:E123/15/1977

    The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of a 1960s football pools winner, based on a true story

    Director:John Goldschmidt

    Writer:Jack Rosenthal

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    Director:John Goldschmidt

    Writer:Jack Rosenthal
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    #13 - A Photograph

    S7:E133/22/1977

    A couple receives a photograph in the mail of two girls sitting in front of a caravan and neither can identify the people or the place.

    Director:John Glenister

    Writer:John Bowen

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    Director:John Glenister

    Writer:John Bowen
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    #14 - The Price of Coal: Meet The People

    S7:E143/29/1977

    A pair of plays, broadcast over two weeks, about mining life: ""Meet the People,"" about a coal mining community preparing for a royal visit, and ""Back to Reality,"" about a coal mining disaster that brings tragedy to a community.

    Director:Ken Loach

    Writer:Barry Hines

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    Director:Ken Loach

    Writer:Barry Hines
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    #15 - The Price of Coal: Back To Reality

    S7:E154/5/1977

    A pair of plays, broadcast over two weeks, about mining life: ""Meet the People,"" about a coal mining community preparing for a royal visit, and ""Back to Reality,"" about a coal mining disaster that brings tragedy to a community.

    Director:Ken Loach

    Writer:Barry Hines

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    Director:Ken Loach

    Writer:Barry Hines
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    #16 - Gotcha

    S7:E164/12/1977

    A student holds his teacher hostage in the classroom on the last day of school.

    Director:Barry Davis

    Writers:Brian Clark, Barrie Keeffe

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    Director:Barry Davis

    Writers:Brian Clark, Barrie Keeffe
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    #17 - Campion's Interview

    S7:E174/12/1977

    A story about school.

    Director:Barry Davis

    Writers:Brian Clark, Barrie Keeffe

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    Director:Barry Davis

    Writers:Brian Clark, Barrie Keeffe
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    #18 - A Choice of Evils

    S7:E184/19/1977

    The story of Father Borelli who in Rome during World War II must choose between freedom and his principles

    Director:Jane Howell

    Writer:Jim Allen

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    Director:Jane Howell

    Writer:Jim Allen
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    #19 - The Country Party

    S7:E194/26/1977

    Richard Elkinson, the former stockbroker, is now running a country restaurant. His daughter decides to spring a surprise on him in an attempt to change his life for the better.

    Director:Barry Davis

    Writer:Brian Clark

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    Director:Barry Davis

    Writer:Brian Clark