Thank you so much for these uploads , play for today was lost they reused tapes . So I really appreciate these English poignant plays that had such an impact on me as a child in the 70s and early 80s
Just subscribed, thanks for uploading these plays. Any chance of finding another one with Tom Bell (and I think, Josette Simon) about a sailor who returns home with an African wife, in Victorian times, to his backward country village?
@@executivedecision6141 Well, you're wrong. Nowhere in BBC or other official descriptions, will you find the word "season", used to catalogue these programmes. The episodes were grouped in "series", and the whole collection is called a "series" too. If you were referring to TV programmes made in the USA, using the term "season", would be applicable. However, you are not, so it isn't. Anyone searching for the "seasons" of Play for Today, isn't going to get as many results, unless they the correct term, "series".
@@sandgrownun66 Nobody searches for Play for Today by "season" or "series". It's an anthology program, or if you prefer "programme" . So they can be viewed in any order. As an American I'll continue to label episodes of British series I upload by "Season", just as we all do for American shows.
@@sandgrownun66 In the great scheme of things it really doesn't matter. They were & are great plays: & I'm so happy someone's seen fit to put them on YT 😁
Of course, it would have to be (largely) covered up. Many tens of thousands otherwise would have to be evacuated, towns abandoned, no government could withstand the public reaction. There was another brilliant play, like this (around the same time) about rabies, with the same sub-text. Fantastic writing, and acting.
Really ? I felt this was one of the better episodes, and it was suspenseful in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock. The ending was far-fetched, but sometimes there's no accounting for human behavior!
@@executivedecision6141 I didn't feel the ending was that far fetched at all. Maybe they might have cleared more of the street in the final scene (terrorist bomb story? "controlled" explosion for cover?) but fatalistic suicide - all options blocked - seemed a rational almost inevitable outcome. As to the reactions of the pressure groups, the media and the state , that was all too believable and has a very contemporary feel, I'm afraid. A play of real quality, back when Poliakoff had smaller budgets but more to say. Thanks so much for posting this.
At first I thought it was going to be a diatribe against nuclear power but it turned into a rather gripping psychological drama. That first guy was annoying, though.
The story, especially ending, was completely believable. She was in despair with nowhere to turn. She had become obsessed with 'the cause' and by sacrificing herself, she got what she wanted: publicity.
What a fantastic debut play for Poliakoff. Excellent!
Thank you for uploading this. I saw this on PBS in the late '70's or early '80's, and it shook me to my core. RIP Michael Apted.
Thank you so much for these uploads , play for today was lost they reused tapes . So I really appreciate these English poignant plays that had such an impact on me as a child in the 70s and early 80s
Powerful, disturbing and frighteningly possible. Another wonderful Play For Today. Thank you so very much for uploading.
If you enjoyed the nuclear aspect of the story, you might enjoy Follet's story: ua-cam.com/video/DCngApZZLZU/v-deo.html
Wow, that was great. Well acted and a disturbing ending. Thanks for the upload of this and the other plays.
Great stuff. Good luck predicting the ending !
Splendide épisode ! Merci beaucoup.
This is one of my favorites! Or as the Brits say favourites.
great plays well done executive decision.
Brilliant. Great acting, and a topless scene too!
great stuff,,,, thanks for uploading
A young tom bell.. tom bell played a great character called harry nash in hope it rains
He was stellar in Prime Suspect!
Just subscribed, thanks for uploading these plays. Any chance of finding another one with Tom Bell (and I think, Josette Simon) about a sailor who returns home with an African wife, in Victorian times, to his backward country village?
OK, let's be pedantic about this. These are British, not American. So they were called "series", not "seasons".
Same thing.... the entire collection is a series. Each year is a season. This American will not be moved! 😎
@@executivedecision6141 Well, you're wrong. Nowhere in BBC or other official descriptions, will you find the word "season", used to catalogue these programmes. The episodes were grouped in "series", and the whole collection is called a "series" too. If you were referring to TV programmes made in the USA, using the term "season", would be applicable. However, you are not, so it isn't. Anyone searching for the "seasons" of Play for Today, isn't going to get as many results, unless they the correct term, "series".
@@sandgrownun66 Nobody searches for Play for Today by "season" or "series". It's an anthology program, or if you prefer "programme" . So they can be viewed in any order. As an American I'll continue to label episodes of British series I upload by "Season", just as we all do for American shows.
@@executivedecision6141 Ah, England and America: two countries separated by a common language. (What nonsense the Irish did talk.)
@@sandgrownun66 In the great scheme of things it really doesn't matter. They were & are great plays: & I'm so happy someone's seen fit to put them on YT 😁
totally unbelievable, she was far too cute to want to eat it.
The guy at 1:08 played the sadistic head boy in Lindsay Anderson's "IF".
Don't let the bathwater out!
plenty of footage of whitby
Sexiest nuclear plant technician I've ever seen
Wow scary stuff 😱
Of course, it would have to be (largely) covered up. Many tens of thousands otherwise would have to be evacuated, towns abandoned, no government could withstand the public reaction. There was another brilliant play, like this (around the same time) about rabies, with the same sub-text. Fantastic writing, and acting.
Francesca Annis?
She didn't turn her sausages off.
Yes, she did.
The sausages were turned off.
Lots of Whitby shots
shes wearing a wig and not a very good one that was the 70s for you
Disappointing plot and ending.
Really ? I felt this was one of the better episodes, and it was suspenseful in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock. The ending was far-fetched, but sometimes there's no accounting for human behavior!
@@executivedecision6141 I didn't feel the ending was that far fetched at all. Maybe they might have cleared more of the street in the final scene (terrorist bomb story? "controlled" explosion for cover?) but fatalistic suicide - all options blocked - seemed a rational almost inevitable outcome.
As to the reactions of the pressure groups, the media and the state , that was all too believable and has a very contemporary feel, I'm afraid.
A play of real quality, back when Poliakoff had smaller budgets but more to say. Thanks so much for posting this.
At first I thought it was going to be a diatribe against nuclear power but it turned into a rather gripping psychological drama. That first guy was annoying, though.
The story, especially ending, was completely believable. She was in despair with nowhere to turn. She had become obsessed with 'the cause' and by sacrificing herself, she got what she wanted: publicity.
what about the bangers . . 1:22:32 Such a waste.