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Film 171 for '26
▶️ It's not easy being a striker with a strike-breaking policeman billeted in your home but Stocker and Griffith
make a go of it. Until events turn violent:
#NowWatching "Stocker's Copper" (1972)
#Film #PhysicalMedia #PlayForToday #GarethThomas #JaneLapotaire #TonyCaunter
A channel i highly recommend on #YouTube - An enjoyable step back in time. A time when i was never allowed to watch these plays on TV .
#PlayForToday #UK #FoodForThought #Life
Fascinating to see so many Actors who started their journey here... 👇
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Radio Times Wednesday: From the week of 27.01.73 John Le Mesurier weighs in on his choice this week. #RadioTimes #JohnLeMesurier #DadsArmy #SgtWilson #BBC #PlayforToday
Very much #InOurTime, the day's best commentary on contemporary political life. #Judgement #Honour #Power #Leadership #Friendship #CivilStrife #Foresight #Hindsight #HenryIV #History #PlayForToday
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Watched Traitor from the BBC's #PlayForToday - John Le Mesurier playing Kim Philby with the serial numbers filed off in a script by Dennis Potter. It's a perfect coming together of script and performance to create something truly marvellous.
Alison Steadman as Candice Marie and Roger Sloman as Keith in Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays and all the hazards involved - Nuts in May (Play for Today)
I can't believe it's 50 years since this first aired #NutsInMay #PlayForToday #BBC4 Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays and all the hazards involved.
Here's my review of the latest of the new series of Play for Today on Channel 5, Lee Thompson's 'Special Measures':
youtu.be/WbM-KMdLU2o?... #PlayForToday
Drama anthology #PlayForToday renewed for second series on Channel 5 following successful relaunch this Autumn. More details:
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/playfor...
Watching today’s #PlayForToday, about a struggling school and an Ofsted inspection. It’s quite a difficult watch.
I'd recommend SPECIAL MEASURES on Channel 5 at 9pm tonight, the last of the first series of Play for Today 2.0. It really captures the pressure cooker environment of a Merseyside school facing an OSFTED inspection. #PlayForToday
Really made up with this. Special Measures tonight at 9 on 5. #PlayForToday
5 really did save its best Play for Today for last. Special Measures is on tonight at 9.00pm. My pick of the day for @radiotimes.bsky.social #PlayForToday
Channel 4 & 5 Top 10 (10 - 16 November):
#PlayForToday kicks off with a solid audience, bringing in just over 1.4m viewers making it the second most-watched offering from 5 as #Gogglebox tops the chart overall.
& (2) Martha Watson Allpress's BIG WINNERS.
Yes, it is very clear I preferred one to the other! (Yet, of course, I'm not every viewer, to paraphrase Chaka Khan)
youtu.be/_MeJSBH4hmw?... (2) #PlayForToday
Paul Copley (Leonard) and Sue Johnston (Sheila Grant) in a Play for Today called ‘Big Winners’, broadcast on Channel 5 on 20 November 2025.
Ruth: “Still seeing other soap characters behind Jill’s back, Leonard?”
Leonard: “I’m afraid so. I was in a #PlayForToday with Sheila Grant last week.” #TheArchers #Brookside
We're feeling festive in our latest issue as we preview the tree-mendous TV treats in this year's Christmas schedules! 🎄 Plus the best of the coming week's telly including #PlayForToday #TinselTown and more!
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Our new issue is out today, and #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall leads our tree-mendous Christmas preview! Plus #PlayForToday #Mammoth #OhWhatFun #TinselTown and lots more!
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What have you been watching this week? Maybe #PlayForToday, #ChristmasCraftOff, #StrictlyBlackpool, #DaddyIssues or #TheGreatEscapers? Or perhaps new Christmas films like #TheFamilyPlan2 or #ChampagneProblems?
Share your thoughts with us at tvtimes_letters@futurenet.com!
We missed the first #PlayForToday (it failed to record), but are watching “Big Winners” with Sue Johnston and Paul Copley. It is excellent.
Celebrity #raceacrosstheworldvwins 8pm slot with 3.2m live audience
#ImACeleb wins 9pm slot, peak audience 5.6m ... closest live TV channel show in same 9pm slot celebrity #MasterChef 1.3m bbc1
#PlayForToday Big Winners on 5... 910k 3rd most watched show at 9pm
That's clearly their 'little secret'. Don't tell Ruth. #TheArchers #PlayForToday
#PlayForToday trivia: BIG WINNERS is only the second* Wednesday Play or Play for Today to be screened on 20 November, after William Trevor's macabre, melancholy play adapted from a short story, THE GENERAL'S DAY (20 Nov 1972), ft. Alistair Sim, no less, & Annette Crosbie. (1)
You can tell #PlayForToday is well and truly back when you get the odd malcontent viewer or critic bemoaning an inconclusive - that is to say, carefully ambiguous - ending!
#playfortoday this one is much better than last week’s! Question: how do you define a play if it’s not on stage? Less scenes? Less locations?
What I didn't understand about this Play for Today is why a room that's been locked up for 50 years would look this clean and free from dust? #PlayForToday
Paul Copley
Paul Copley deserves more recognition. He’s everyone’s Northern Dad in every series ever. A consummate character actor #PlayForToday
Sue Johnson and Paul Copley are great. What a pair of pros. #PlayForToday
Going to watch what Leonard is getting up to with his bit on the side, Sue Johnston. #PlayForToday
