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And once that song finished, my 4am #BrainJukebox served up this classic
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Good news!
Channel 5 revives BBC’s Play for Today to ‘help shape future of British drama’ | Channel 5 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/aug/17/channel-5-revives-bbc-play-for-today-new-series-dramas
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Written by John Bowen, who also wrote the folk horror Robin Redbreast, the 1977 Play for Today A Photograph is one of the most horrifying TV dramas ever made. Star John Stride was also in The Ice House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ue6f7EAIus
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Finally got round to ticking off The Flipside Of Dominick Hide/Another Flip For Dominick from my to-watch pile. So pleased I did.
Lovely early 80s time-travel SF from BBC Play For Today. Some great world building with the kitsch styles, and the oddball word use and vocabulary (reminded me of The Year Of The Sex Olympics).
Plenty of whimsical humour which actually hit the mark, too.
Need to resume "Out Of The Unknown".
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The original #PlayForToday version of Up The Junction is grittying its way across #BBCFOUR now, fresh as a daisy.
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Good evening from Thaxted. I cooked a proper dinner tonight including #vegan Yorkshire puds (from a packet) and honestly tea was a triumph! Sometimes you need a plate of veg and #gravy.
I watched another #PlayForToday this time "A Photograph" which was captivating in both performance and plot. Lovely to see Stephanie Turner pre #JulietBravo and John Stride of #TheMainChance - playing a similar character but much less sure of himself than David Main was. A solid 8/10 for this one. Pax!
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Good evening from Thaxted. Today was my bonus #ChristmasEve holiday day, given by work, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it! Watched lots more #PlayForToday on #YouTube and have found it pleasing to be tucked away inside with the wind and the rain howling around the house. Lots of cuddles with Clio the cat, and started in on the plates of picky bits for tea - the kind of plate made up of oddments of salad items, cheese, crackers and chutneys. All very tasty. A lovely day all round. Pax!
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Watched a very good #PlayForToday from 1984 that is just as relevant today. The scenario isn't obvious at first, but soon becomes apparent that there exists a specialist who given a phone call will help you put an end to family "problems". The cast put in an excellent performance with well-written dialogue around a central premise. #LeonardRossiter leads this #farce in what would be his own final year of life. Excellent viewing and certainly thought provoking. #BBC #television #drama
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Been decades, time to watch this gem again
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This image of Whitby is from 'Stronger Than The Sun', a television drama written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Michael Apted. It aired as part of the Play For Today strand in 1977.
Read more and see more pictures from of 70's Whitby here:
http://whitbypopwatch.blogspot.com/2017/06/stronger-than-sun.html
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Play for Today episode 3.1, "The Reporters" (1972)
A dull tale of regional newspaper reporters - an ambitious young upstart (Michael Kitchen) & a former national journalist on the way down (Robert Urquhart).
Not much happens. Kitchen is torn between his ambitions and his relationship with his girlfriend (Juliet Bravo) but doesn't give her much thought when the Express offers him a job.
The highlight is Michael Kitchen's astonishing bouffant hairdo.
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... then in the third play "A Coming To Terms for Billy" (1984), #KennethBranagh and #BridBrennan walk out of the same house onto the same street, but this time both are on video #PlayForToday (2/2)
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Interesting bit of TV history from #PlayForToday's Billy trilogy, recently repeated on #BBC4. From "Too Late to Talk to Billy" (1982) - James Ellis throws #KennethBranagh out of the house (on video) and he ends up on the street (on film) ... (1/2)