Kisses at Fifty

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| series = Play for Today

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| director = Michael Apted

| writer = Colin Welland

| airdate = {{Start date|1973|01|22|df=yes}}

| prev = Land of Green Ginger

| next = Highway Robbery

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"Kisses at Fifty" is a British television drama, part of the Play for Today series, originally broadcast in January 1973.

It was written by Colin Welland, directed by Michael Apted,{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Apted, Michael (1941-) Credits |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/506999/credits.html}} and starred Bill Maynard as a man who kisses a barmaid (played by Marjorie Yates) on his 50th birthday. Rosemarie Dunham played his wife, and Lori Wells played his daughter Sandra.{{Cite web |date=17 November 2020 |title=Play for Today: Kisses at Fifty |url=https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com/2020/11/17/play-for-today-kisses-at-fifty/}}

It dealt realistically with issues of adultery and failed marriage, and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama in 1974.{{Cite web |title=Television in 1974 | BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1974/television}}{{Cite web |title=Play for Today - Series 13: Kisses at Fifty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0424r6f/play-for-today-series-13-kisses-at-fifty?seriesId=unsliced}} In real life, Maynard was only 44.