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Play for Today

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  • 2025–
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Revival of the 1970s and 80s series of individual plays, originally shown on the BBC, now freshly-commissioned for Channel 5 and a whole new era of life in Britain.Revival of the 1970s and 80s series of individual plays, originally shown on the BBC, now freshly-commissioned for Channel 5 and a whole new era of life in Britain.Revival of the 1970s and 80s series of individual plays, originally shown on the BBC, now freshly-commissioned for Channel 5 and a whole new era of life in Britain.

  • Creators
    • Simon Warne
    • Lydia Marchant
  • Stars
    • Sue Johnston
    • Anita Dobson
    • Jessica Plummer
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    26
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    POPULARITY
    1,289
    318
    • Creators
      • Simon Warne
      • Lydia Marchant
    • Stars
      • Sue Johnston
      • Anita Dobson
      • Jessica Plummer
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Sue Johnston
    Sue Johnston
    • Edith Thistle
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    Anita Dobson
    Anita Dobson
    • Cynthia
    • 2025
    Jessica Plummer
    Jessica Plummer
    • Amy Garrison
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    Paul Copley
    Paul Copley
    • Arthur Thistle
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    Nigel Havers
    Nigel Havers
    • Frank
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    Shaun Fagan
    Shaun Fagan
    • Joe Garrison
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    Tracy-Ann Oberman
    Tracy-Ann Oberman
    • Amanda
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    Alexa Davies
    Alexa Davies
    • Jade
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    Paddy Rowan
    Paddy Rowan
    • Lewis Grantham
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    Mia Tormey
    • Kaylee
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    Nina Wadia
    Nina Wadia
    • Heather
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    Michael Fenton Stevens
    • Peter
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    Jon Bard
    • Brian
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    Paula Kay
    • Nurse
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    Nikki Amuka-Bird
    Nikki Amuka-Bird
    • Maggie Bray
    • 2025
    Alan Davies
    Alan Davies
    • Lenny Bray
    • 2025
    Austin Haynes
    Austin Haynes
    • Callum
    • 2025
    • Creators
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      • Lydia Marchant
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    2philipfoxe

    Utter drivel

    I didn't have high hopes for this given Channel Five is pretty low brow cheapo stuff. I wasn't disappointed. I've just finished the first two. Decent cast for sure but they couldn't save this utter dross. At first I thought the scripts were written in a day but I revised this to scripts pulled out of the reject bin. Don't know where to start: just vapid constantly repeated lines and rhetorical guff. Never again.

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      • November 13, 2025 (United Kingdom)
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    • Language
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