Play for Today#Waterloo Sunset

| {{dts|15 Oct 1970}}

| data-sort-value="Long Distance Piano Player, The"|The Long Distance Piano Player

| {{sortname|Alan|Sharp}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Ray|Davies}}

|

| Repeated 13 April 1972. 16 mm b&w print

| {{dts|22 Oct 1970}}

| data-sort-value="Right Prospectus, The"|The Right Prospectus

| {{sortname|John|Osborne}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Cooke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|George|Cole|dab=actor}}, Elvi Hale

|

| Repeated 16 December 1971

| {{dts|29 Oct 1970}}

| data-sort-value="Lie, The"|The Lie

| data-sort-value="Bergman, Ingmar"|Ingmar Bergman & Paul Britten Austin

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Bridges}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Finlay}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set[https://shop.bfi.org.uk/play-for-today-volume-one-4-disc-blu-ray-box-set.html Play for Today Volume 1] 4-disc Blu-ray set, BFI BFIB1393, 2020

| Written by Ingmar Bergman, translated by Paul Britten Austin. A production for The Largest Theatre in the World project of the EBU. Winner of the SFTA award for best drama production of 1970. Repeated on BBC2 31 March 1971, and on BBC1 16 March 1972.

| {{dts|5 Nov 1970}}

| Angels Are So Few

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Gareth|Davies|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Tom|Bell|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 Nov 1970}}

| data-sort-value="Write-Off, The"|The Write-Off

| {{sortname|George|Salverson|nolink=1}}

| colspan="2" | {{sortname|Rudi|Dorin|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Cec|Linder}}

|

| Canadian production. Missing.

| {{dts|19 Nov 1970}}

| I Can't See My Little Willie

| {{sortname|Douglas|Livingstone|dab=actor}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Nigel|Stock|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated 18 May 1972. Missing except for domestic audio recording.

| {{dts|26 Nov 1970}}

| data-sort-value="Distant Thunder, A"|A Distant Thunder

| {{sortname|Maurice|Edelman}}

| {{sortname|James|Ferman}}

| {{sortname|Adrienne|Corri}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|3 Dec 1970}}

| Hearts and Flowers

| {{sortname|Peter|Nichols|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Christopher|Morahan}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Hopkins}}

|

| Repeated 9 March 1972. 16 mm b&w print

| {{dts|10 Dec 1970}}

| Robin Redbreast

| {{sortname|John|Bowen|dab=British author}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|James|MacTaggart}}

| {{sortname|Anna|Cropper}}

|DVD release by the BFI[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/blu-rays-dvds/robin-redbreast Robin Redbreast] DVD, BFI BFIVD997, 2013

| Due to a power cut, the ending of this episode was blacked out in many areas, necessitating a repeat of the full episode on 25 February 1971.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a38b4cbbd4584e0a8d8de88e2e11bac2|title=Play for Today: Robin Redbreast|date=25 February 1971|issue=2467|pages=41|via=BBC Genome}} 16mm b&w print

| {{dts|17 Dec 1970}}

| data-sort-value="Hallelujah Handshake, The"|The Hallelujah Handshake

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Calvin|nolink=1}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set[https://shop.bfi.org.uk/alan-clark-at-the-bbc-1969-1989-blu-ray-box-set.html Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC (1969–1989)] 13-disc Blu-ray set, BFI BFIB1250, 2016. Also 11-disc edition, BFI BFIB1466, 2022

| Repeated 23 December 1971.

| {{dts|7 Jan 1971}}

| Alma Mater

| {{sortname|David|Hodson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|James|Ferman}}

| {{sortname|Ian|Carmichael}}

|

| Repeated 4 May 1972. Missing.

| {{dts|14 Jan 1971}}

| Circle Line

| {{sortname|W. Stephen|Gilbert|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Claude|Whatham}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Feast}}

|

| The Winner of the BBCtv Student Play Competition. Missing.

| {{dts|21 Jan 1971}}

| Hell's Angel

| {{sortname|David|Agnew}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Cooke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Katharine|Blake|dab=actress}}

|

| David Agnew is a BBC in-house pen name typically used when multiple writers contributed to a script. Anthony Read was the author commissioned to write the play. Repeated 25 May 1972. Missing.

| {{dts|28 Jan 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Piano, The"|The Piano

| {{sortname|Julia|Jones|dab=dramatist}}

| {{sortname|James|Cellan Jones}}

| {{sortname|Glyn|Owen}}

|

| Repeated 10 August 1972.

| {{dts|4 Feb 1971}}

| Billy's Last Stand

| {{sortname|Barry|Hines}}

| {{sortname|John|Glenister}}

| {{sortname|Dudley|Foster}}

|

| Repeated 20 April 1972. Missing.

| {{dts|11 Feb 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Rainbirds, The"|The Rainbirds

| {{sortname|Clive|Exton}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Madge|Ryan}}

|

| A production for The Largest Theatre in the World project of the EBU.

| {{dts|18 Feb 1971}}

| Reddick

| {{sortname|Munroe|Scott}}

| colspan="2" | {{sortname|Mervyn|Rosenzveig|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Donald|Harron|Don Harron}}

|

| Canadian production. Missing.

| {{dts|11 Mar 1971}}

| No Trams to Lime Street

| data-sort-value="Owen, Alun"|Alun Owen (Book), Marty Wilde & Ronnie Scott (Music & Lyrics)

| {{sortname|Harry|Moore|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Piers|Haggard}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|May}}

|

| Musical. First shown under The Wednesday Play, 18 March 1970.Play for Today: Seven Selected Plays repeat season, 11 March - 22 April 1971.

| {{dts|18 Mar 1971}}

| Mad Jack

| {{sortname|Tom|Clarke|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Gold}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Jayston}}

|

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 4 February 1970. Winner of the first prize and the silver Dore Catholic Prize at the 1971 Monte Carlo International Television Festival.

| {{dts|25 Mar 1971}}

| Scenes from Family Life

| {{sortname|Barry|Bermange|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ronald|Travers|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Naomi|Capon}}

| {{sortname|Denholm|Elliott}}

|

| First shown under Plays of Today on BBC2, 25 September 1969.

| {{dts|1 Apr 1971}}

| Wind Versus Polygamy

| {{sortname|Obi|Egbuna}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Bakewell}}

| {{sortname|Earl|Cameron|dab=actor}}

|

| First shown under Theatre 625 15 July 1968 and then The Wednesday Play, 27 May 1970.

| {{dts|8 Apr 1971}}

| Playmates

| {{sortname|Johnny|Speight}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|McGrath|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Marty|Feldman}}

|

| First shown within Double Bill of The Wednesday Play on 26 November 1969.

| {{dts|15 Apr 1971}}

| Sovereign's Company

| {{sortname|Don|Shaw|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Roland|Culver}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 22 April 1970.

| {{dts|22 Apr 1971}}

| Season of the Witch

| data-sort-value="McCarthy, Desmond"|Desmond McCarthy & Johnny Byrne

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Desmond|McCarthy}}

| {{sortname|Julie|Driscoll|Julie Driscoll Tippetts}}

|

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 7 January 1970.

| {{dts|29 Apr 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Foxtrot, The"|The Foxtrot

| {{sortname|Rhys|Adrian}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Donald|Pleasence}}

|

| Repeated 30 March 1972. 16 mm b&w print

| {{dts|6 May 1971}}

| When The Bough Breaks

| {{sortname|Tony|Parker|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|James|Ferman}}

| {{sortname|Hannah|Gordon}}

|

| Repeated 11 May 1972.

| {{dts|13 May 1971}}

| Orkney

| data-sort-value="Mackay Brown, George"|George Mackay Brown & John McGrath

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|James|MacTaggart}}

| {{sortname|Maurice|Roëves}}

|

| Three stories by George Mackay Brown, adapted by John McGrath: A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return and Celia. Repeated 27 April 1972.

| {{dts|20 May 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Rank and File, The"|The Rank And File

| {{sortname|Jim|Allen|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Ken|Loach}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Kerrigan|nolink=1}}

|Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxsetKen Loach at the BBC 6-disc DVD boxset, BBC / 2|Entertain BBCDVD3395, 2011

|

| {{dts|27 May 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Man in the Sidecar, The"|The Man in the Sidecar

| {{sortname|Simon|Gray}}

| {{sortname|James|MacTaggart}}

| {{sortname|Gemma|Jones}}

|

| Repeated 24 August 1972. Missing.

| {{dts|3 Jun 1971}}

| Everybody Say Cheese

| {{sortname|Douglas|Livingstone|dab=actor}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Roy|Kinnear}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|10 Jun 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Cellar And The Almond Tree, The"|The Cellar and the Almond Tree

| {{sortname|David|Mercer|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Bridges}}

| {{sortname|Celia|Johnson}}

|

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 4 March 1970. Repeated on BBC2 on 13 December 1980 and on BBC1 on 14 July 1988.

| {{dts|17 Jun 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Italian Table, The"|The Italian Table

| {{sortname|William|Trevor}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Herbert|Wise}}

| {{sortname|Leonard|Rossiter}}

|

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 18 February 1970.

| {{dts|24 Jun 1971}}

| There Is Also Tomorrow

| {{sortname|Hugo|Charteris}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Glyn|Houston}}

|

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 19 November 1969.

| {{dts|1 Jul 1971}}

| Chariot of Fire

| {{sortname|Tony|Parker|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|James|Ferman}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Leach}}

|

| First shown under The Wednesday Play, 20 May 1970.

| {{dts|14 Oct 1971}}

| Traitor

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Bridges}}

| {{sortname|John|Le Mesurier}}

|

| BAFTA Best Actor (John Le Mesurier). Repeated on BBC2 on 27 February 1973 and on BBC1 on 21 July 1987.

| {{dts|21 Oct 1971}}

| Edna, the Inebriate Woman

| {{sortname|Jeremy|Sandford}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Ted|Kotcheff}}

| {{sortname|Patricia|Hayes}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 3 BFI Blu-ray set[https://shop.bfi.org.uk/play-for-today-volume-three-blu-ray-box-set.html Play for Today Volume 3] 3-disc Blu-ray set, BFI BFIB1443, 2022

| BAFTA Best Actress (Patricia Hayes) & Drama Production. Repeated 2 Mar 1972, on BBC2 on 20 August 1977 and on BBC2 on 3 November 1986.

| {{dts|28 Oct 1971}}

| Evelyn

| {{sortname|Rhys|Adrian}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Piers|Haggard}}

| {{sortname|Edward|Woodward}}

|

| Repeated 27 July 1972 and on BBC2 20 February 1973.

| {{dts|4 Nov 1971}}

| O Fat White Woman

| {{sortname|William|Trevor}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Jeffrey}}

|

| Repeated 16 July 1973.

| {{dts|11 Nov 1971}}

| Thank You Very Much

| {{sortname|N. F.|Simpson}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Claude|Whatham}}

| {{sortname|Julian|Holloway}}

|

| Duration 40 minutes. 16 mm b&w print.

| {{dts|18 Nov 1971}}

| Michael Regan

| {{sortname|Robert|Holles}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|John|Gorrie|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|David|Burke|dab=British actor}}

|

| Repeated 17 August 1972.

| {{dts|25 Nov 1971}}

| Skin Deep

| data-sort-value="O'Neill, Michael"|Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Lindsay-Hogg}}

| {{sortname|Donald|Pleasence}}

|

| rowspan="2" | Missing.

| {{dts|2 Dec 1971}}

| Pal

| {{sortname|Alun|Owen}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Silvio|Narizzano}}

| {{sortname|Robin|Phillips}}

|

| {{dts|9 Dec 1971}}

| data-sort-value="Pigeon Fancier, The"|The Pigeon Fancier

| {{sortname|Peter|Hankin|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|James|Ferman}}

| {{sortname|Bert|Palmer|nolink=1}}

|

| 16mm b&w print

| {{dts|6 Jan 1972}}

| Home

| {{sortname|David|Storey}}

| {{sortname|Jac|Venza}}

| {{sortname|Lindsay|Anderson}}

| {{sortname|John|Gielgud}}

|DVD release by MetrodomeHome – the television adaption of David Storey's acclaimed play DVD, Metrodome, 2004

| A NET/CBC production. Adapted by the playwright from his original stage play. Repeated on BBC2 6 February 1973.

| {{dts|13 Jan 1972}}

| Still Waters

| {{sortname|Julia|Jones|dab=dramatist}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|James|MacTaggart}}

| {{sortname|Margery|Mason}}

|

| Repeated 3 August 1972.

| {{dts|20 Jan 1972}}

| Stocker's Copper

| {{sortname|Tom|Clarke|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Gold}}

| {{sortname|Bryan|Marshall}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 2 BFI Blu-ray set[https://shop.bfi.org.uk/play-for-today-volume-two-3-disc-blu-ray-box-set.html Play for Today Volume 2] 3-disc Blu-ray set, BFI BFIB1394, 2021

| BAFTA Best Single Play. Writers' Guild Awards 1972: Best British Original Teleplay. Repeated 18 December 1972 and 31 August 1982. Shown in the USA on 23 July 1977 as a Piccadilly Circus episode.

| {{dts|27 Jan 1972}}

| data-sort-value="House On Highbury Hill, The"|The House On Highbury Hill

| {{sortname|Piers Paul|Read}}

| {{sortname|John|Glenister}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Farrell|nolink=1}}

|

| rowspan="2" | Missing.

| {{dts|3 Feb 1972}}

| In the Beautiful Caribbean

| {{sortname|Barry|Reckord}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Calvin|Lockhart}}

|

| {{dts|10 Feb 1972}}

| Ackerman, Dougall and Harker

| {{sortname|Don|Shaw|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Ted|Kotcheff}}

| {{sortname|Martin C.|Thurley}}

|

| Repeated 6 August 1973.

| {{dts|17 Feb 1972}}

| data-sort-value="Villa Maroc, The"|The Villa Maroc

| {{sortname|Willis|Hall}}

| {{sortname|Herbert|Wise}}

| {{sortname|Thora|Hird}}

|

| Repeated 30 July 1973.

| {{dts|24 Feb 1972}}

| Cows

| {{sortname|Howard|Barker}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|Gorrie|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Alison|Leggatt}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|1 Jun 1972}}

| data-sort-value="Fishing Party, The"|The Fishing Party

| {{sortname|Peter|Terson}}

| {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Simpson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Glover}}

|DVD release by Simply Media[https://simplymedia.tv/product/188002/ The Fishing Party - A Play for Today] DVD, Simply Media 188002, 2018

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 9 July 1973 and on BBC2 4 August 1993.

| {{dts|9 Oct 1972}}

| data-sort-value="Reporters, The"|The Reporters

| {{sortname|Arthur|Hopcraft}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Apted}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Urquhart|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated 3 January 1974 and 18 April 1974.

| {{dts|16 Oct 1972}}

| data-sort-value="Life Is For Ever, A"|A Life Is For Ever

| {{sortname|Tony|Parker|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Maurice|O'Connell|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated 11 July 1974. Missing.

| {{dts|23 Oct 1972}}

| Carson Country

| {{sortname|Dominic|Behan}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Piers|Haggard}}

| {{sortname|J. G.|Devlin}}

|

|

| {{dts|30 Oct 1972}}

| Man Friday

| {{sortname|Adrian|Mitchell}}

| {{sortname|James|MacTaggart}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Blakely}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|6 Nov 1972}}

| Triple Exposure

| {{sortname|David|Halliwell}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Cooke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alec|McCowen}}

|

|

| {{dts|13 Nov 1972}}

| Better Than the Movies

| {{sortname|John|Elliot|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Roy|Battersby}}

| {{sortname|Bryan|Marshall}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|20 Nov 1972}}

| data-sort-value="General's Day, The"|The General's Day

| {{sortname|William|Trevor}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|John|Gorrie|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Alistair|Sim}}

|

|

| {{dts|27 Nov 1972}}

| data-sort-value="Bankrupt, The"|The Bankrupt

| {{sortname|David|Mercer|dab=playwright}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Christopher|Morahan}}

| {{sortname|Joss|Ackland}}

|

|

| {{dts|4 Dec 1972}}

| Just Your Luck

| {{sortname|Peter|McDougall}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Newell|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Lesley|Mackie}}

|BBC DVDJust Your Luck DVD, BBC, 2008

| Repeated 18 July 1974.

| {{dts|11 Dec 1972}}

| data-sort-value="Bouncing Boy, The"|The Bouncing Boy

| {{sortname|John|McGrath|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Maurice|Hatton}}

| {{sortname|Norman|Eshley}}

|

| Repeated 25 April 1974.

| {{dts|8 Jan 1973}}

| Shakespeare or Bust

| {{sortname|Peter|Terson}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Brian|Parker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Janet|Suzman}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 4 April 1974.

| {{dts|15 Jan 1973}}

| Land of Green Ginger

| {{sortname|Alan|Plater}}

| {{sortname|Gwen|Taylor}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 24 January 1974 and on BBC4 26 March 2005.

| {{dts|22 Jan 1973}}

| Kisses at Fifty

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Michael|Apted}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Maynard}}

|

| BAFTA Best Single Play. Repeated 20 December 1973 and on BBC2 11 August 1993.

| {{dts|29 Jan 1973}}

| Highway Robbery

| data-sort-value="O'Neill, Michael"|Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook

| {{sortname|John|Collin|dab=actor}}

|

| rowspan="2" | Missing.

| {{dts|5 Feb 1973}}

| Song at Twilight

| {{sortname|Willis|Hall}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Herbert|Wise}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Blakely}}

|

| {{dts|12 Feb 1973}}

| Only Make Believe

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Knights}}

| {{sortname|Keith|Barron}}

|

| Repeated 2 May 1974.

| {{dts|19 Feb 1973}}

| For Sylvia, or the Air Show

| data-sort-value="Burrows, John"|John Burrows & John Harding

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Burrows|nolink=1}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|26 Feb 1973}}

| data-sort-value="Operation, The"|The Operation

| {{sortname|Roger|Smith|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Roy|Battersby}}

| {{sortname|George|Lazenby}}

|

|

| {{dts|5 Mar 1973}}

| Access to the Children

| {{sortname|William|Trevor}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Joss|Ackland}}

|

| Repeated 9 May 1974.

| {{dts|12 Mar 1973}}

| Hard Labour

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Garnett}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Liz|Smith|dab=actress}}

|Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD setMike Leigh at the BBC 6-disc DVD set, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2009

| Repeated 30 May 1974, on BBC2 18 August 1993, and on BBC4 14 July 2008 and 7 December 2021.

| {{dts|19 Mar 1973}}

| Man Above Men

| {{sortname|David|Hare|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Gwen|Watford}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|26 Mar 1973}}

| Speech Day

| {{sortname|Barry|Hines}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|Goldschmidt}}

| {{sortname|David|Smith|nolink=1}}

|

| Repeated 10 January 1974.

| {{dts|14 May 1973}}

| Steps Back

| {{sortname|David|Halliwell}}

| {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Parker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|David|Hill|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|4 Jun 1973}}

| Three's One

| {{sortname|Penelope|Mortimer}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Alastair|Reid|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Hywel|Bennett}}

|

| rowspan="2" | Missing.

| {{dts|11 Jun 1973}}

| Edward G - Like the Filmstar

| {{sortname|John|Harvey-Flint|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|James|Ferman}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Lang|dab=actor}}

|

| {{dts|18 Jun 1973}}

| Blooming Youth

| {{sortname|Leslie|Blair|Les Blair}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Garnett}}

| {{sortname|Leslie|Blair|Les Blair}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Jackson|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated 16 May 1974.

| {{dts|25 Jun 1973}}

| data-sort-value="Stretch, The"|The Stretch

| {{sortname|Julia|Jones|dab=dramatist}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Dews|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|June|Ellis}}

|

| rowspan="2" | Missing.

| {{dts|2 Jul 1973}}

| Making the Play

| data-sort-value="Brady, Terence"|Terence Brady & Charlotte Bingham

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Hayes|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|James|Bolam}}

|

| {{dts|18 Oct 1973}}

| Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Taylor|dab=novelist}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Lindsay-Hogg}}

| {{sortname|Celia|Johnson}}

|

| Adapted from the novel. BAFTA Best Actress (Celia Johnson). Repeated 20 March 1975.

| {{dts|25 Oct 1973}}

| Her Majesty's Pleasure

| {{sortname|Jimmy|O'Connor|dab=author}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Bindon}}

|

|

| {{dts|1 Nov 1973}}

| Jack Point

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Apted}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Murray|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated 3 April 1975.

| {{dts|8 Nov 1973}}

| data-sort-value="Emergency Channel, The"|The Emergency Channel

| {{sortname|John|Bowen|dab=British author}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Knights}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Pascoe|nolink=1}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|15 Nov 1973}}

| Mummy and Daddy

| {{sortname|Douglas|Livingstone|dab=actor}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Wilson|nolink=1}}

|

| Incomplete.

| {{dts|22 Nov 1973}}

| Private Practice

| {{sortname|Peter|Hankin|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Cregeen}}

| {{sortname|Priscilla|Morgan}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|29 Nov 1973}}

| Shutdown

| {{sortname|Tony|Perrin|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Freddie|Fletcher}}

|

| Repeated 19 June 1975.

| {{dts|6 Dec 1973}}

| Baby Blues

| {{sortname|Nemone|Lethbridge|Nemone Lethbridge}}

| {{sortname|James|MacTaggart}}

| {{sortname|Zena|Walker}}

|

|

| {{dts|13 Dec 1973}}

| Jingle Bells

| {{sortname|Arthur|Hopcraft}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Claude|Whatham}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Farrell|nolink=1}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|17 Jan 1974}}

| data-sort-value="Lonely Man's Lover, The"|The Lonely Man's Lover

| {{sortname|Barry|Collins|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Parker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jan|Francis}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 6 February 1975.

| {{dts|31 Jan 1974}}

| All Good Men

| {{sortname|Trevor|Griffiths}}

| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Lindsay-Hogg}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Fraser}}

|

|

| {{dts|14 Feb 1974}}

| Joe's Ark

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Bridges}}

| {{sortname|Freddie|Jones}}

|

| Repeated 19 December 1974, 7 July 1987, and on BBC4 30 January 2005.

| {{dts|21 Feb 1974}}

| Hot Fat

| {{sortname|Jack|Rosenthal}}

| {{sortname|Derek|Bennett|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|O'Callaghan}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|7 Mar 1974}}

| Easy Go

| data-sort-value="Clark, Brian"|Brian Clark & Ronnie King, Cliff Norris, Peter French, Paul Stuart, Tony Ali, Paul Bishop, Deirdre Walsh, Janice Reeves

| {{sortname|Michael|Tuchner}}

| {{sortname|Alun|Armstrong}}

|

| Postponed from 7 February 1974.

| {{dts|14 Mar 1974}}

| Headmaster

| {{sortname|John|Challen|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Page}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Windsor}}

|

| Repeated 12 June 1975. Spun off as a series in 1977.

| {{dts|21 Mar 1974}}

| Penda's Fen

| {{sortname|David|Rudkin}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Spencer|Banks}}

|Blu-ray and DVD by the BFI;[https://shop.bfi.org.uk/penda-s-fen.htmlPenda's Fen] BFI BFIV2070 (DVD) / BFIB1222 (Blu-ray), 2016 also included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 13 February 1975.

| {{dts|28 Mar 1974}}

| Pidgeon - Hawk or Dove?

| {{sortname|Michael|Sadler|nolink=1}}

|David Rose

| {{sortname|Iain|Cuthbertson}}

|

|

| {{dts|11 Apr 1974}}

| Three for the Fancy

| {{sortname|Peter|Terson}}

| {{sortname|Matthew|Robinson|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Glover}}

|

| Repeated 28 August 1974.

| data-sort-value="Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, The"|{{va|The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil|The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil|The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil}}

| {{sortname|John|McGrath|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Charles|Kearney|nolink=1}}

|Blu-ray & DVD releases by Panamint Cinema[https://www.panamint.co.uk/the-cheviot-the-stag-and-the-black-black-oil-blu-ray The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black Oil], Panamint Cinema BLU1013 (Blu-ray) / PCM6013 (DVD) / BLU2013 (Dual Format), 2017

| Adapted from the stage play. Repeated 17 April 1975.

| {{dts|20 Jun 1974}}

| Schmoedipus

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anna|Cropper}}

|

| Repeated 10 April 1975.

| {{dts|27 Jun 1974}}

| data-sort-value="Childhood Friend, The"|The Childhood Friend

| {{sortname|Piers Paul|Read}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Newell|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Hopkins}}

|

|

| {{dts|4 Jul 1974}}

| data-sort-value="Follower For Emily, A"|A Follower for Emily

| {{sortname|Brian|Clark|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Herbert|Ramskill|nolink=1}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

|

| {{dts|31 Oct 1974}}

| Leeds — United!

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Roy|Battersby}}

| {{sortname|Lynne|Perrie}}

|

| Duration 115 minutes. Repeated 12 August 1976. Repeated on BBC4 3 November 2020.

| {{dts|7 Nov 1974}}

| Baby Love

| {{sortname|David|Edgar|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Patti|Love|nolink=1}}

|

| Adapted from the play.

| {{dts|14 Nov 1974}}

| Back of Beyond

| {{sortname|Julia|Jones|dab=dramatist}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Desmond|Davis}}

| {{sortname|Rachel|Roberts|dab=actress}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set

| Repeated 5 August 1976.

| {{dts|21 Nov 1974}}

| data-sort-value="Bevellers, The"|The Bevellers

| {{sortname|Roddy|McMillan}}

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Moira|Armstrong}}

| {{sortname|Roddy|McMillan}}

|

| From BBC Scotland

| {{dts|28 Nov 1974}}

| Taking Leave

| {{sortname|Joyce|Neary|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|George|Sewell}}

|

|

| {{dts|5 Dec 1974}}

| Fugitive

| {{sortname|Sean|Walsh|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Gill|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Rea}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 Dec 1974}}

| Eleanor

| {{sortname|William|Trevor}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Douglas|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|9 Jan 1975}}

| Gangsters

| {{sortname|Philip|Martin|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Hanson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Maurice|Colbourne}}

|Included on the Gangsters DVD setGangsters – the complete series 4 DVD set, BBC / 2|Entertain CCTV30272, 2006

| From BBC Birmingham. Duration 110 minutes. Repeated 2 September 1976. Spun off as a series.

| {{dts|16 Jan 1975}}

| data-sort-value="After Dinner Game, The"|The After Dinner Game

| data-sort-value="Bradbury, Malcolm"|Malcolm Bradbury & Christopher Bigsby

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Knights}}

| {{sortname|Timothy|West}}

|

| rowspan="3" | From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|23 Jan 1975}}

| Breath

| {{sortname|Elaine|Feinstein}}

| {{sortname|Matthew|Robinson|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Angela|Pleasence}}

|

| {{dts|30 Jan 1975}}

| data-sort-value="Death Of A Young Young Man, The"|The Death of a Young Young Man

| {{sortname|Willy|Russell}}

| {{sortname|Viktors|Ritelis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gary|Brown|nolink=1}}

|

| {{dts|20 Feb 1975}}

| Sunset Across the Bay

| {{sortname|Alan|Bennett}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Frears}}

| {{sortname|Gabrielle|Daye}}, Harry Markham

|Included on the Alan Bennett at the BBC DVD boxsetAlan Bennett at the BBC, 4-disc DVD boxset, BBC / 2|Entertain BBCDVD3041, 2009

| Repeated 19 August 1976 and on BBC2 26 July 1992.

| {{dts|27 Feb 1975}}

| Funny Farm

| {{sortname|Roy|Minton}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Tim|Preece}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

|

| {{dts|6 Mar 1975}}

| Goodbye

| {{sortname|Hugh|Whitemore}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Gavin|Millar}}

| {{sortname|Jeremy|Kemp}}

|

| From the novel by William Sansom.

| {{dts|13 Mar 1975}}

| Just Another Saturday

| {{sortname|Peter|McDougall}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|John|Morrison|nolink=1}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 3 BFI Blu-ray set & The Peter McDougall Collection DVD setThe Peter McDougall Collection 5-disc DVD set, BBC, 2007

| Winner of the 1975 Italia Prize for Television Drama Programmes. Repeated on BBC2 7 November 1975, on BBC1 26 August 1976 and on BBC2 24 August 1977.

| {{dts|24 Apr 1975}}

| Child of Hope

| {{sortname|John|Elliot|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|Graham|Evans|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Leon|Gluckman|nolink=1}}

|

| Based on Joel Carlson's book No Neutral Ground.

| {{dts|1 May 1975}}

| data-sort-value="Saturday Party, The"|The Saturday Party

| {{sortname|Brian|Clark|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Barkworth}}

|

| Repeated 25 April 1977, the day before its sequel, The Country Party.

| {{dts|8 May 1975}}

| Wednesday Love

| {{sortname|Arthur|Hopcraft}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Apted}}

| {{sortname|Lois|Daine|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|15 May 1975}}

| data-sort-value="Dandelion Clock, The"|The Dandelion Clock

| {{sortname|Wilson John|Haire|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ann|Scott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Bruce|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Verona|O'Hara|nolink=1}}

|

| Missing.

| {{dts|22 May 1975}}

| Brassneck

| data-sort-value="Brenton, Howard"|Howard Brenton & David Hare

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Newell|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Jeremy|Kemp}}

|

| Adapted from the play.

| {{dts|29 May 1975}}

| data-sort-value="Floater, The"|The Floater

| {{sortname|Peter|Prince}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Beckinsale}}

|

|

|By Common Consent

|Paul Thompson

|Kenith Trodd

|Ron Daniels, John Robins

|Michelle Abrahams

|

|Adapted from the play. Not billed as a Play for Today in the Radio Times.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9e8c1791a411498191b1b574feb4be6f|title=By Common Consent|date=5 June 1975|issue=2690|pages=45–49|via=BBC Genome}}

| {{dts|14 Oct 1975}}

| Plaintiffs and Defendants

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Simon|Gray}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Michael|Lindsay-Hogg}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Alan|Bates}}

|

| Shown in the USA on 16 July 1977 as a Piccadilly Circus episode.

| {{dts|21 Oct 1975}}

| Two Sundays

|

| Repeated 1 Sep 1977.

| {{dts|28 Oct 1975}}

| Moss

| {{sortname|Bernard|Kops}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Saville}}

| {{sortname|Warren|Mitchell}}

|

|

| {{dts|4 Nov 1975}}

| 84, Charing Cross Road

| data-sort-value="Hanff, Helene"|Helene Hanff & Hugh Whitemore

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Cullingham|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Finlay}}

|

| Adapted from the book. Repeated 21 July 1977.

| {{dts|11 Nov 1975}}

| Keep an Eye on Albert

| {{sortname|Brian|Glover}}

| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Ann|Scott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Tuchner}}

| {{sortname|Susan|Tracy|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|18 Nov 1975}}

| Children of the Sun

| data-sort-value="O'Neill, Michael"|Michael O'Neill & Jeremy Seabrook

| {{sortname|Viktors|Ritelis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Godfrey|James}}

|

| Missing. Final missing episode.

| {{dts|25 Nov 1975}}

| After the Solo

| {{sortname|John|Challen|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Moira|Armstrong}}

| {{sortname|Leonard|Rossiter}}

|

|

| {{dts|2 Dec 1975}}

| Through the Night

| {{sortname|Trevor|Griffiths}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Lindsay-Hogg}}

| {{sortname|Alison|Steadman}}

|

| Repeated 4 August 1977.

| {{dts|9 Dec 1975}}

| data-sort-value="Passage to England, A"|A Passage to England

| {{sortname|Leon|Griffiths}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set

| Repeated 25 August 1977.

| {{dts|16 Dec 1975}}

| Rumpole of the Bailey

| {{sortname|John|Mortimer}}

| {{sortname|Irene|Shubik}}

| {{sortname|John|Gorrie|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Leo|McKern}}

|DVD release by AcornThe Classic Drama: Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt DVD, Acorn Media, 2007

| Repeated 16 May 1993, and on BBC4 18 and 19 January 2009. Spun off as a long-running series on ITV (Thames Television).{{harvnb|Shubik|2000|p=177}}

| {{dts|6 Jan 1976}}

| data-sort-value="Other Woman, The"|The Other Woman

| {{sortname|Watson|Gould|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Simpson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jane|Lapotaire}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|13 Jan 1976}}

| Nuts in May

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Roger|Sloman}}

|Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 11 August 1977, on BBC2 5 September 1982 and 27 December 1993, and on BBC4 19 April 2009, 20 July 2010, 6 May 2012 and 1 December 2014.

| {{dts|20 Jan 1976}}

| Doran's Box

| {{sortname|Eric|Coltart|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Matthew|Robinson|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Eyre}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham. Exists only as a domestic video recording.

| {{dts|27 Jan 1976}}

| Packman's Barn

| {{sortname|Alick|Rowe}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Menaul|Christopher Menaul}}

| {{sortname|John|Barrett|dab=actor}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|3 Feb 1976}}

| data-sort-value="Story to Frighten the Children, A"|A Story to Frighten the Children

| {{sortname|John|Hopkins|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Herbert|Wise}}

| {{sortname|Geoffrey|Palmer|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|10 Feb 1976}}

| data-sort-value="Happy Hunting Ground, The"|The Happy Hunting Ground

| {{sortname|Tom|Hadaway}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Parker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Phillips|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|17 Feb 1976}}

| Jumping Bean Bag

| {{sortname|Robin|Chapman}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Hill|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Cooke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|David|Dixon|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|24 Feb 1976}}

| Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

| data-sort-value="Grassic Gibbon, Lewis"|Lewis Grassic Gibbon & Bill Craig

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Moira|Armstrong}}

| {{sortname|Fulton|Mackay}}

|

| Trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, dramatised by Bill Craig; from BBC Scotland. Repeated 18 August 1977.

| {{dts|2 Mar 1976}}

| Love Letters on Blue Paper

| {{sortname|Arnold|Wesker}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Waris|Hussein}}

| {{sortname|Patrick|Troughton}}

|

|

| {{dts|9 Mar 1976}}

| Willie Rough

| {{sortname|Bill|Bryden}}

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bob|McIntosh|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|James|Grant|nolink=1}}

|

| Adapted from the stage play.

| {{dts|16 Mar 1976}}

| Tiptoe Through the Tulips

| {{sortname|Beryl|Bainbridge}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Claude|Whatham}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Leach}}

|

|

| {{dts|23 Mar 1976}}

| data-sort-value="Peddler, The"|The Peddler

| {{sortname|E. A.|Whitehead|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|John|Hurt}}

|

|

| {{dts|30 Mar 1976}}

| Early Struggles

| {{sortname|Peter|Prince}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Frears}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Nicholas}}

|

|

| {{dts|6 Apr 1976}}

| Double Dare

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Dobie}}

|

| Repeated 28 July 1977, and on BBC4 6 February 2005.

| {{dts|14 Sep 1976}}

| Bar Mitzvah Boy

| {{sortname|Jack|Rosenthal}}

| rowspan="4" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Tuchner}}

| {{sortname|Jeremy|Steyn|nolink=1}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 3 BFI Blu-ray set & the Jack Rosenthal at the BBC DVD set.Jack Rosenthal at the BBC 5-disc DVD set, Acorn Media AV9975, 2011

| BAFTA Best Single Play and Best Writer awards, 1976. Repeated 6 May 1977, 28 February 1978 and 23 June 1997, and on BBC4 18 July 2004 and 17 March 2005.

| {{dts|21 Sep 1976}}

| Bet Your Life

| {{sortname|Leslie|Blair|Les Blair}}

| {{sortname|Leslie|Blair|Les Blair}}

| {{sortname|Reginald|Stewart|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|28 Sep 1976}}

| Rocky Marciano Is Dead

| {{sortname|Bernard|Kops}}

| {{sortname|Graham|Evans|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ron|Moody}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 Oct 1976}}

| data-sort-value="Elephants' Graveyard, The"|The Elephants' Graveyard

| {{sortname|Peter|McDougall}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Billy|Connolly}}, Jon Morrison

|Included on the Play for Today Vol .2 BFI Blu-ray set &

The Peter McDougall Collection DVD set

| Repeated 25 Jul 1978.

| {{dts|19 Oct 1976}}

| Housewives' Choice

| {{sortname|Roy|Kendall|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Thomson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Frances|de la Tour}}

|

|

| {{dts|26 Oct 1976}}

| Your Man from Six Counties

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Donal|McCann}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set

|

| {{dts|2 Nov 1976}}

| Buffet

| {{sortname|Rhys|Adrian}}

| {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Newell|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Britton}}

|

|

| {{dts|4 Jan 1977}}

| Love on a Gunboat

| {{sortname|Malcolm|Bradbury}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Knights}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Moore|dab=actor}}

|

| rowspan="2" | From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|11 Jan 1977}}

| data-sort-value="Kiss Of Death, The"|The Kiss of Death

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|David|Threlfall}}

|Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set

| {{dts|18 Jan 1977}}

| Our Flesh and Blood

| {{sortname|Mike|Stott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Pedr|James}}

| {{sortname|Bernard|Hill}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set

| From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 29 August 1978.

| {{dts|25 Jan 1977}}

| Do As I Say

| {{sortname|Charles|Wood|dab=playwright}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Graeme|McDonald|Graeme MacDonald}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Angela|Down}}

|

|

| {{dts|15 Mar 1977}}

| Spend, Spend, Spend!

| {{sortname|Jack|Rosenthal}}

| {{sortname|John|Goldschmidt}}

| {{sortname|Susan|Littler}}

|Included on the Jack Rosenthal at the BBC DVD set

| Based on the book by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. BAFTA Best Single Play. Repeated 1 June 1978.

| {{dts|22 Mar 1977}}

| data-sort-value="Photograph, A"|A Photograph

| {{sortname|John|Bowen|dab=British author}}

| {{sortname|John|Glenister}}

| {{sortname|John|Stride}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 1 BFI Blu-ray set

|

|rowspan=2|{{dts|12 Apr 1977}}

| Gotcha

| {{sortname|Barrie|Keeffe}}

| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Davis|Phil Davis (actor)}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 2 BFI Blu-ray set

|rowspan=2|Double bill. Repeated 15 August 1978.

| Campion's Interview

| {{sortname|Brian|Clark|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Julian|Curry}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 2 BFI Blu-ray set

| {{dts|19 Apr 1977}}

| data-sort-value="Choice of Evils, A"|A Choice of Evils

| {{sortname|Jim|Allen|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Jane|Howell}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Murray|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|26 Apr 1977}}

| data-sort-value="Country Party, The"|The Country Party

| {{sortname|Brian|Clark|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Barkworth}}

|

| Sequel to The Saturday Party.

| {{dts|18 Oct 1977}}

| Stronger Than the Sun

| {{sortname|Stephen|Poliakoff}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Apted}}

| {{sortname|Francesca|Annis}}

|

| Repeated 21 February 1978, and on BBC4 21 January 2003, 14 May 2003 and 5 March 2006.

| {{dts|25 Oct 1977}}

| Come the Revolution

| {{sortname|Robin|Chapman}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Hill|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Darlow}}

| {{sortname|Vivian|Pickles}}

|

|

| {{dts|1 Nov 1977}}

| Abigail's Party

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Alison|Steadman}}

|DVD release by BBC;Abigail's Party DVD, BBC BBCDVD1181, 2003 also included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set

| Adapted from the stage play. Repeated 7 August 1979, on BBC2 6 September 1982, 5 July 1992 and 1 November 1997, and on BBC4 26 June 2002, 11 August 2002, 28 October 2007, 17 December 2007, 7 November 2010, 21 March 2013, 24 November 2014, 14 October 2020 and 1 June 2022.

| {{dts|8 Nov 1977}}

| Oy Vay Maria

| {{sortname|Mary|O'Malley|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Loncraine}}

| {{sortname|Cheryl|Hall}}

|

|

| {{dts|15 Nov 1977}}

| Nipper

| {{sortname|Barrie|Keeffe}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Farnham|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Coral|Atkins}}

|

|

| {{dts|22 Nov 1977}}

| One Day at a Time

| {{sortname|Denis|Cannan}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Ronald|Wilson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Stephanie|Cole}}

|

|

| {{dts|29 Nov 1977}}

| data-sort-value="Mayor's Charity, The"|The Mayor's Charity

| {{sortname|Henry|Livings}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Broke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Newell|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Thora|Hird}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 3 BFI Blu-ray set

|

| {{dts|5 Dec 1977}}

| Catchpenny Twist

| {{sortname|Stewart|Parker}}

| colspan="2" |{{sortname|Robert|Knights}}

| {{sortname|Sam|Dale|nolink=1}}

|

| Repeated 21 August 1979.

| {{dts|13 Dec 1977}}

| Charades

| {{sortname|Antonia|Fraser}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Roderick|Graham|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jennifer|Hilary}}

|

| rowspan="2" | From BBC Scotland

| {{dts|20 Dec 1977}}

| data-sort-value="Thin End of the Wedge, The"|The Thin End of the Wedge

| {{sortname|Sean|McCarthy|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Black|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Tom|Marshall|dab=actor}}

|

| {{dts|3 Jan 1978}}

| Scully's New Year's Eve

| {{sortname|Alan|Bleasdale}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Simpson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Andrew|Schofield|dab=actor}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|10 Jan 1978}}

| Licking Hitler

| {{sortname|David|Hare|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|David|Hare|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Kate|Nelligan}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham. BAFTA Best Single Play. Repeated 31 July 1979.

| {{dts|17 Jan 1978}}

| Red Shift

| {{sortname|Alan|Garner}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Petcher|nolink=1}}

|BFI DVD[https://shop.bfi.org.uk/red-shift-dvd.html Red Shift] DVD, BFI BFIV2007, 2014{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| From BBC Birmingham. Adapted from the novel.

| {{dts|24 Jan 1978}}

| data-sort-value="Spongers, The"|The Spongers

| {{sortname|Jim|Allen|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Garnett}}

| {{sortname|Roland|Joffé}}

| {{sortname|Christine|Hargreaves}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 2 BFI Blu-ray set

| Duration 105 minutes. Prix Italia 1978, Golden Award and Best Script at Prague 1978. Repeated 6 September 1979, and on BBC2 25 August 1993 and 17 July 1999.

| {{dts|31 Jan 1978}}

| Destiny

| {{sortname|David|Edgar|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Newell|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Jeavons}}

|

| Adapted from the play. Duration 105 minutes. Repeated 14 August 1979.

| {{dts|7 Feb 1978}}

| Our Day Out

| {{sortname|Willy|Russell}}

| {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Pedr|James}}

| {{sortname|Alun|Armstrong}}

|DVD release by Simply Media'Our Day Out - A Play of the Week' DVD, Simply Media 188000, 2018 https://simplymedia.tv/product/188000/

| First shown as a Play of the Week on BBC2, 28 December 1977. Repeated on BBC2 26 December 1979, and in 3 instalments under Scene, 14, 21 & 28 January 1994, and on BBC4 22 August 2008.

| {{dts|14 Feb 1978}}

| data-sort-value="After Dinner Joke, The"|The After Dinner Joke

| {{sortname|Caryl|Churchill}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Bucksey}}

| {{sortname|Paula|Wilcox}}

|

|

| {{dts|18 Apr 1978}}

| Days of Hope: 1916 - Joining Up

|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Jim|Allen|dab=playwright}}

| rowspan="6" |{{sortname|Tony|Garnett}}

| rowspan="6" |{{sortname|Ken|Loach}}

|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Paul|Copley}}

| rowspan="4" |Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset

| First shown 11 September 1975.

| {{dts|25 Apr 1978}}

| Days of Hope: 1921 – Every Pit in Britain Is Idle

| First shown 18 September 1975.

| {{dts|2 May 1978}}

| Days Of Hope: 1924 - A Miracle

| First shown 25 September 1975.

| {{dts|9 May 1978}}

| Days Of Hope: 1926 - General Strike

| First shown 2 October 1975.

| {{dts|1 Aug 1978}}

| data-sort-value="Price of Coal: Meet the People, The"|The Price of Coal: Meet the People

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Barry|Hines}}

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Bobby|Knutt}}

| rowspan="2" |Included on the Ken Loach at the BBC DVD boxset

| First shown 29 March 1977.

| {{dts|8 Aug 1978}}

| data-sort-value="Price of Coal: Back to Reality, The"|The Price of Coal: Back to Reality

| First shown 5 April 1977.

| {{dts|22 Aug 1978}}

| data-sort-value="Legion Hall Bombing, The"|The Legion Hall Bombing

| {{sortname|Caryl|Churchill}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Roland|Joffé}}

| {{sortname|David|Kelly|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|17 Oct 1978}}

| Nina

| {{sortname|Jehane|Markham}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Shepherd|dab=actor}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

|

| {{dts|24 Oct 1978}}

| Victims of Apartheid

| {{sortname|Tom|Clarke|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Stuart|Burge}}

| {{sortname|John|Kani}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 2 BFI Blu-ray set

|

| {{dts|31 Oct 1978}}

| data-sort-value="Touch of the Tiny Hacketts, A"|A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

| data-sort-value="Esmonde, John"|John Esmonde & Bob Larbey

| colspan="2" |James Cellan Jones

| {{sortname|Ray|Brooks|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|7 Nov 1978}}

| Dinner at the Sporting Club

| {{sortname|Leon|Griffiths}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Gibson|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|John|Thaw}}

|DVD release by Simply Media[https://simplymedia.tv/product/106813/ Dinner at the Sporting Club] DVD, Simply Media 106813, 2003

|

| {{dts|14 Nov 1978}}

| Donal and Sally

| {{sortname|James|Duthie|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Parker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gerard|Kelly}}, Sylvestra Le Touzel

|

| Best Direction, 1979 Prague International Television Festival. Repeated 8 July 1980.

| {{dts|21 Nov 1978}}

| Sorry…

| data-sort-value="Havel, Václav"|Václav Havel & Vera Blackwell

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Claude|Whatham}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Crawford}}

|

| Adapted and translated by Vera Blackwell from the Vaněk plays Private View (a.k.a. Unveiling) and Audience. Repeated 6 January 1990.

| {{dts|28 Nov 1978}}

| Butterflies Don't Count

| {{sortname|Wally K.|Daly}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Ives}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Mills|dab=British actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|5 Dec 1978}}

| Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

| {{sortname|Mike|Stott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Dossor}}

| {{sortname|Bob|Mason|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 Dec 1978}}

| One Bummer News Day

| {{sortname|Andy|McSmith|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Darlow}}

| {{sortname|Simon|Rouse}}

|

|

| {{dts|2 Jan 1979}}

| data-sort-value="Out of Town Boys, The"|The Out of Town Boys

| {{sortname|Ron|Hutchinson|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Robert|Knights}}

| {{sortname|Joe|Lynch|dab=actor}}

|

| rowspan="3" | From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|9 Jan 1979}}

| Vampires

| {{sortname|Dixie|Williams|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Tara|Prem|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Goldschmidt}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Moran|nolink=1}}

|

| {{dts|16 Jan 1979}}

| data-sort-value="Chief Mourner, The"|The Chief Mourner

| {{sortname|John|Elliot|dab=author}}

| colspan="2" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Pasco}}

|

| {{dts|23 Jan 1979}}

| Waterloo Sunset

| {{sortname|Barrie|Keeffe}}

| colspan="2" |{{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Queenie|Watts}}

|

| Repeated 5 August 1980.

| {{dts|30 Jan 1979}}

| Blue Remembered Hills

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Gibson|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

|Included on the Helen Mirren at the BBC DVD set

| BAFTA Best Single Play and Best Director 1979. Repeated on BBC2 30 May 1980 and 6 November 1986, and on BBC4 5 June 2008.

| {{dts|5 Feb 1979}}

| Who's Who

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Simon|Chandler}}

|Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set

| Repeated on BBC2 7 September 1982.

| {{dts|13 Feb 1979}}

| data-sort-value="Last Window Cleaner, The"|The Last Window Cleaner

| {{sortname|Ron|Hutchinson|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Craske|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Patrick|Magee|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|27 Feb 1979}}

| Ploughman's Share

| {{sortname|Douglas|Dunn}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Fiona|Cumming}}

| {{sortname|Duncan|Brewster|nolink=1}}

|

| rowspan="2" | From BBC Scotland

| {{dts|6 Mar 1979}}

| Degree of Uncertainty

| {{sortname|Alma|Cullen}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Annett}}

| {{sortname|Jennie|Linden}}

|

| {{dts|13 Mar 1979}}

| Light

| {{sortname|Tony|Perrin|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Jane|Howell}}

| {{sortname|Jim|Norton|dab=Irish actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|10 Apr 1979}}

| Coming Out

| {{sortname|James Andrew|Hall|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Carol|Wiseman|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anton|Rodgers}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 3 BFI Blu-ray set

| Repeated on BBC2 13 June 1980.

| {{dts|24 Jul 1979}}

| Don't Be Silly

| {{sortname|Rachel|Billington}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Ives}}

| {{sortname|Susan|Fleetwood}}

|

| Repeated 12 August 1980. Repeated on BBC4 10 November 2020.

| {{dts|11 Oct 1979}}

| Long Distance Information

| {{sortname|Neville|Smith|dab=actor}}

| rowspan="3" | {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Frears}}

| {{sortname|Neville|Smith|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 4 October 1980.

| {{dts|18 Oct 1979}}

| Cries from a Watchtower

| {{sortname|Stephen|Lowe|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Giles|Foster}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Copley|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|25 Oct 1979}}

| Comedians

| {{sortname|Trevor|Griffiths}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Fraser}}

|

| Adapted from the stage play. Repeated 19 August 1980, and on BBC2 9 May 1993.

| {{dts|1 Nov 1979}}

| Even Solomon

| {{sortname|Andrew|Taylor|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Roger|Bamford|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Henley|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|8 Nov 1979}}

| Just a Boys' Game

| {{sortname|Peter|McDougall}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|John|Mackenzie|dab=film director}}

| {{sortname|Frankie|Miller}}, Ken Hutchison

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 2 BFI Blu-ray set; The Peter McDougall Collection DVD set

| Repeated 26 August 1980. Repeated on BBC4 27 October 2020.

| {{dts|13 Nov 1979}}

| Billy

| {{sortname|G. F.|Newman}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Charles|Stewart|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jason|Plenderleith|nolink=1}}

|

| Repeated 10 November 1981.

| {{dts|29 Nov 1979}}

| data-sort-value="Hole in Babylon, A"|A Hole in Babylon

| data-sort-value="Hawkins, Jim"|Jim Hawkins & Horace Ové

| {{sortname|Graham|Benson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Horace|Ové}}

| {{sortname|T-Bone|Wilson}}

|Included on the Play for Today Vol. 3 BFI Blu-ray set

| Based on events of the 1975 Spaghetti House siege. Repeated on BBC2 27 June 1992. Repeated on BBC4 20 October 2020.

| {{dts|6 Dec 1979}}

| data-sort-value="Slab Boys, The"|The Slab Boys

| {{sortname|John|Byrne|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bob|Hird|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gerard|Kelly}}

|DVD release by John Williams ProductionsThe Slab Boys DVD, John Williams Productions Ltd JW472. 2008

| Adapted from the play.

| {{dts|13 Dec 1979}}

| Katie: The Year of a Child

| data-sort-value="Cullen, Ian"|Ian Cullen & John Norton

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Kelly|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|20 Dec 1979}}

| data-sort-value="Network, The"|The Network

| {{sortname|Stephen|Fagan|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Derek|Lister|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Bate}}

|

|

|{{dts|2 Jan 1980}}

|The Black Stuff

|{{sortname|Alan|Bleasdale}}

|{{sortname|David|Rose|David Rose (producer)}}

|{{sortname|Jim|Goddard}}

|{{sortname|Bernard|Hill}}

|Included on the Boys from the Black Stuff DVD setBoys from the Black Stuff 3-disc DVD set, BBC BBCDVD1178, 2003

|The Black Stuff was commissioned and produced for the Play for Today strand in 1978, but not broadcast until 1980, as a one-off play on BBC2 (not billed as a Play for Today). However BBC sources today generally do refer to it as a Play for Today.{{Cite web|title=BBC One – Play for Today, Series 10 - The Black Stuff|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tw1jz|access-date=3 February 2020|website=}} Repeated on BBC1 30 July 1981, and on BBC4 19 September 2010 and 17 November 2020.

| {{dts|3 Jan 1980}}

| Chance of a Lifetime

| {{sortname|Robert|Holman}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Giles|Foster}}

| {{sortname|David|Daker}}

|

| Repeated 3 September 1981.

| {{dts|10 Jan 1980}}

| Keep Smiling

| {{sortname|Paul|Joyce|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|David|Rose|dab=producer}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Joyce|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Stephen|Moore|dab=actor}}

|

| rowspan="3" | From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|17 Jan 1980}}

| Dreams of Leaving

| {{sortname|David|Hare|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|David|Hare|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Nighy}}

|

| {{dts|24 Jan 1980}}

| Thicker Than Water

| {{sortname|Brian|Glover}}

| {{sortname|Tara|Prem|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Grint|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Douglas|dab=actor}}

|

| {{dts|31 Jan 1980}}

| Murder Rap

| {{sortname|Michael|Hastings|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Duffell}}

| {{sortname|Arthur|Lovegrove}}

|

| Repeated 13 August 1981.

| {{dts|7 Feb 1980}}

| Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

| {{sortname|Andrew|Carr|nolink=1}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|John|Bruce|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Simon|Callow}}

|

| Postponed from 22 November 1979.

| {{dts|14 Feb 1980}}

| No Defence

| {{sortname|Chris|Kewbank|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Clive|Halls|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Illona|Linthwaite|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|21 Feb 1980}}

| That Crazy Woman

| {{sortname|David|Hopkins|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Craske|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Zena|Walker}}

|

|

| {{dts|28 Feb 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Gift From Nessus, A"|A Gift from Nessus

| data-sort-value="McIlvanney, William"|William McIlvanney & Bill Craig

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|James|Ormerod|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ken|Hutchison}}

|

| Novel by William McIlvanney, dramatised by Bill Craig; from BBC Scotland.

| {{dts|6 Mar 1980}}

| Kate, the Good Neighbour

| {{sortname|Peter|Ransley}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Broke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Bruce|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Rachel|Kempson}}

|

| Repeated 27 August 1981.

| {{dts|13 Mar 1980}}

| Buses

| {{sortname|Geoffrey|Case|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Terry|Coles|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Tim|King|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Sebastian|Abineri|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|20 Mar 1980}}

| Shadows on Our Skin

| data-sort-value="Johnston, Jennifer"|Jennifer Johnston & Derek Mahon

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Jim|O'Brien|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|MacRea|Clarke|nolink=1}}

|

| Screenplay by Derek Mahon from the novel by Jennifer Johnston. Repeated 20 August 1981.

| {{dts|27 Mar 1980}}

| Ladies

| {{sortname|Carol|Bunyan|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Durmuid|Lawrence|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Patsy|Rowlands}}

|

|

| {{dts|3 Apr 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Vanishing Army, The"|The Vanishing Army

| {{sortname|Robert|Holles}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Loncraine}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Paterson|dab=actor}}

|

| First shown as a Play of the Week on BBC2 29 November 1978, and repeated on BBC1 28 August 1979.

| {{dts|10 Apr 1980}}

| Not for the Likes of Us

| {{sortname|Gilly|Fraser|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|W. Stephen|Gilbert|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Tim|King|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Pam|St Clement}}

|

| From BBC Bristol

| {{dts|17 Apr 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Executioner, The"|The Executioner

| {{sortname|Lionel|Goldstein|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Ives}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Rogers|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|24 Apr 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Imitation Game, The"|The Imitation Game

| {{sortname|Ian|McEwan}}

| colspan="2" | {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Harriet|Walter}}

|DVD release by Simply Media[https://simplymedia.tv/product/188001/ The Imitation Game - A Play for Today] DVD, Simply Media 188001, 2018

| Repeated on BBC2 8 September 1981 and 12 May 1993.

| {{dts|14 May 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Walk in the Forest, A"|A Walk in the Forest

| {{sortname|Jeremy|Paul|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Carol|Robertson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Gold}}

| {{sortname|John|Alderton}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 6 July 1980.

| {{dts|24 Jun 1980}}

| On Giant's Shoulders

| data-sort-value="Wallace, Marjorie"|Marjorie Wallace, Michael Robson, William Humble & Anthony Simmons

| {{sortname|Mark|Shivas}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Simmons|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Judi|Dench}}

|

| Based on the book by Marjorie Wallace and Michael Robson, dramatised by William Humble and Anthony Simmons. First shown as a Play of the Week on BBC2, 28 March 1979. Repeated on BBC2 4 November 1986.

| {{dts|1 Jul 1980}}

| Fearless Frank

| {{sortname|Andrew|Davies|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Louis|Marks}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Bucksey}}

| {{sortname|Leonard|Rossiter}}

|

| First shown as a Play of the Week on BBC2, 4 October 1978.

| {{dts|21 Oct 1980}}

| Pasmore

| data-sort-value="Eyre, Richard"|Richard Eyre & David Storey

| {{sortname|Ann|Scott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Jackson|dab=actor}}

|

| Screenplay by Richard Eyre from the novel by David Storey. Repeated 10 August 1982.

| {{dts|28 Oct 1980}}

| C₂H₅OH

| {{sortname|David|Turner|dab=dramatist}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|James|Cellan Jones}}

| {{sortname|Dinsdale|Landen}}

|

| Title is the chemical formula for ethanol (alcohol).

| {{dts|4 Nov 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Adventures of Frank: 1 – Everybody's Fiddling Something, The"|The Adventures of Frank: 1 – Everybody's Fiddling Something

|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="McGrath, John"|John McGrath, Mark Brown, Mike O'Neill & Si Cowe

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|John|McGrath|dab=playwright}}

|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Mick|Ford}}

|

|rowspan=2|A musical play in two parts by John McGrath, with music by Mark Brown and additional songs by Mike O'Neill and Si Cowe.

| {{dts|11 Nov 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Adventures of Frank: 2 – Seeds of Ice, The"|The Adventures of Frank: 2 – Seeds of Ice

|

| {{dts|18 Nov 1980}}

| Minor Complications

| {{sortname|Peter|Ransley}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Broke|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Moira|Armstrong}}

| {{sortname|Paola|Dionisotti}}

|

| Repeated 3 August 1982.

| {{dts|2 Dec 1980}}

| Jude

| {{sortname|Lesley|Bruce|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|June|Roberts|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Craske|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Dorian|Ford|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|9 Dec 1980}}

| data-sort-value="Flipside of Dominick Hide, The"|The Flipside of Dominick Hide

| data-sort-value="Paul, Jeremy"|Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson

| {{sortname|Chris|Cherry|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Gibson|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Firth}}

|DVD release by BBCThe Flipside of Dominick Hide & Another Flip for Dominick DVD, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2005

| Repeated 7 December 1982, and on BBC4 26 February 2006, 20 May 2006 and 26 July 2008.

| {{dts|16 Dec 1980}}

| Name for the Day

| {{sortname|Colin|Haydn Evans|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Bain|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Richard|O'Callaghan}}

|

|

| {{dts|23 Dec 1980}}

| Jessie

| {{sortname|Bryan|Forbes}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Zeiger|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bryan|Forbes}}

| {{sortname|Nanette|Newman}}

|

| Repeated 11 December 1982.

| {{dts|6 Jan 1981}}

| Beyond the Pale

| {{sortname|Les|Blair}}

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Les|Blair}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Maynard|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|13 Jan 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Muscle Market, The"|The Muscle Market

| {{sortname|Alan|Bleasdale}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Michael|Wearing}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Dossor}}

| {{sortname|Pete|Postlethwaite}}

|

| rowspan="2" | From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|20 Jan 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado, A"|A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

| {{sortname|Don|Haworth|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Baz|Taylor|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Christopher|Benjamin|Christopher Benjamin (actor)}}

|

| {{dts|3 Feb 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Cause, The"|The Cause

| {{sortname|Derek|Lister|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Terry|Coles|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jimmy|Jewel}}

|

|

| {{dts|10 Feb 1981}}

| Beloved Enemy

| data-sort-value="Leland, David"|David Leland & Charles Levinson

| {{sortname|Keith|Williams|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Graham|Crowden}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

| Derived from the book Vodka Cola by Charles Levinson.

| {{dts|17 Feb 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner, The"|The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

| {{sortname|Stewart|Parker}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Zeiger|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Baz|Taylor|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Sallis}}

|

|

| {{dts|24 Feb 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Union, The"|The Union

| {{sortname|Tony|Perrin|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Ronald|Wilson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ian|Hogg|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|3 Mar 1981}}

| Sorry

| {{sortname|Carol|Bunyan|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alistair|Clark|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Nicholas|Ball|dab=actor}}

|

| Repeated 17 August 1982.

| {{dts|10 Mar 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Garland, The"|Shai Mala Khani
The Garland

| data-sort-value="Nazareth, H.O."|H. O. Nazareth & Horace Ové

| {{sortname|Peter|Ansorge|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Horace|Ové}}

| {{sortname|Tariq|Yunus|nolink=1}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|17 Mar 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Sin Bin, The"|The Sin Bin

| {{sortname|Tony|Parker|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|June|Roberts|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Gorrie|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Cranham}}

|

|

| {{dts|24 Mar 1981}}

| Before Water Lilies

| {{sortname|Robert|Marshall|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Cherry|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Charlesworth|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Bruce|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|31 Mar 1981}}

| Bavarian Night

| {{sortname|Andrew|Davies|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Louis|Marks}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Gold}}

| {{sortname|Gawn|Grainger}}

|

|

| {{dts|7 Apr 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Good Time Girls, The"|The Good Time Girls

| {{sortname|Alan|Clews|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gareth|Davies|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Kristen}}

|

| From BBC Scotland. Repeated 27 July 1982.

| {{dts|21 Apr 1981}}

| Baby Talk

| {{sortname|Nigel|Williams|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Derek|Lister|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Susan|Littler}}

|

|

| {{dts|28 Apr 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Turn for the Worse, A"|A Turn for the Worse

| {{sortname|John|Bill|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bill|Hays|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Bernard|Hill}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 May 1981}}

| Psy-Warriors

| {{sortname|David|Leland}}

| {{sortname|June|Roberts|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Rosalind|Ayres}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

| Adapted from the play.

| {{dts|20 Oct 1981}}

| Country

| {{sortname|Trevor|Griffiths}}

| {{sortname|Ann|Scott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Leo|McKern}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 26 May 1993. Repeated on BBC4 12 October 2020.

| {{dts|27 Oct 1981}}

| London Is Drowning

| {{sortname|Graham|Williams|dab=television producer}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Cherry|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Martyn|Friend|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|David|Neal|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|3 Nov 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Room for the Winter, A"|A Room for the Winter

| {{sortname|Rose|Tremain}}

| {{sortname|June|Roberts|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jim|Goddard}}

| {{sortname|Jack|Shepherd|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|17 Nov 1981}}

| No Visible Scar

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Davies|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Moira|Armstrong}}

| {{sortname|Barbara|Flynn}}

|

|

| {{dts|24 Nov 1981}}

| Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain

| {{sortname|Stewart|Parker}}

| {{sortname|June|Roberts|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Bruce|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Frances|Tomelty}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 15 February 1989.

| {{dts|1 Dec 1981}}

| Protest

| data-sort-value="Havel, Václav"|Václav Havel & Vera Blackwell

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Alistair|Clark|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Nigel|Hawthorne}}

|

| Translated and adapted by Vera Blackwell from the play.

| {{dts|8 Dec 1981}}

| United Kingdom

| {{sortname|Jim|Allen|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Roland|Joffé}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Welland}}

|

|

| {{dts|15 Dec 1981}}

| P.Q. 17

| data-sort-value="Milner, Roger"|Roger Milner & Captain Jack Broome

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Cox|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Briers}}

|

| From the book Convoy Is to Scatter by Captain Jack Broome.

| {{dts|22 Dec 1981}}

| data-sort-value="Factory, The"|The Factory

| {{sortname|David|Hopkins|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gerald|Blake|Gerald Blake (director)}}

| {{sortname|Leonard|Rossiter}}

|

|

| {{dts|5 Jan 1982}}

| England's Greens and Peasant Land

| {{sortname|Rita|May|dab=actress}}

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jim|Hill|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ron|Delta|nolink=1}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 Jan 1982}}

| data-sort-value="Cotswold Death, A"|A Cotswold Death

| {{sortname|Tony|Bicat|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Wearing}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Bicat|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ian|Richardson}}

|

|

| {{dts|19 Jan 1982}}

| Under the Skin

| {{sortname|Janey|Preger|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Ansorge|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Smith|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Tong}}

|

|

| {{dts|26 Jan 1982}}

| Commitments

| {{sortname|Dusty|Hughes|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Ann|Scott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Wilson|Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)}}

| {{sortname|Kevin|McNally}}

|

| Adapted from the play. Exists only as a domestic video recording.

| {{dts|2 Feb 1982}}

| Life After Death

| {{sortname|Rachel|Billington}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Simmons|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Dorothy|Tutin}}

|

|

| {{dts|9 Feb 1982}}

| data-sort-value="Silly Season, The"|The Silly Season

| {{sortname|Stephen|Mulrine|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Pharic|MacLaren|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alex|Marshall|dab=actor and director}}

| {{sortname|Derek|Anders|nolink=1}}

|

| From BBC Scotland

| {{dts|16 Feb 1982}}

| Too Late to Talk to Billy

| {{sortname|J. Graham|Reid|Graham Reid (writer)|Reid, Graham}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Zeiger and Chris Parr|nolink=1|Zeiger, Neil and Chris Parr}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Seed}}

| {{sortname|James|Ellis|dab=actor}}

|

| First of the Billy trilogy. Repeated 3 May 1983.Repeated on BBC4 5 October 2022.

| {{dts|23 Feb 1982}}

| Willie's Last Stand

| {{sortname|Jim|Allen|dab=playwright}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Seymour|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Brian|Parker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Freeman|dab=actor}}

|

|

| {{dts|9 Mar 1982}}

| Tishoo

| {{sortname|Brian|Thompson|Brian B. Thompson}}

| {{sortname|John|Norton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gerald|Blake|Gerald Blake (director)}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Daneman}}

|

|

| {{dts|16 Mar 1982}}

| Home, Sweet Home

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Louis|Marks}}

| {{sortname|Mike|Leigh}}

| {{sortname|Timothy|Spall}}

|Included on the Mike Leigh at the BBC DVD set

|

| {{dts|23 Mar 1982}}

| data-sort-value="Sudden Wrench, A"|A Sudden Wrench

| {{sortname|Paula|Milne}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Shallcross}}

| {{sortname|Jon|Amiel}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Martin}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 18 March 1983.

| {{dts|30 Mar 1982}}

| Eve Set the Balls of Corruption Rolling

| {{sortname|Marcella|Evaristi}}

| {{sortname|Bob|McIntosh|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|David|Maloney}}

| {{sortname|Debbie|Wheeler|nolink=1}}

|

| From BBC Scotland. Pye Award for Best Writer New to Television, 1982

| {{dts|6 Apr 1982}}

| Whistling Wally

| {{sortname|Wally K.|Daly}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Gerald|Blake|Gerald Blake (director)}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Farrington}}

|

|

| {{dts|19 Oct 1982}}

| Soft Targets

| {{sortname|Stephen|Poliakoff}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Charles|Sturridge}}

| {{sortname|Helen|Mirren}}

|Included on the Helen Mirren at the BBC DVD setHelen Mirren at the BBC 6-disc DVD set, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2008

| Repeated on BBC4 25 Jan 2003.

| {{dts|26 Oct 1982}}

| 3 Minute Heroes

| {{sortname|Leslie|Stewart|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Rogers|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Custance|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Freeman|nolink=1}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|2 Nov 1982}}

| data-sort-value="Remainder Man, The"|The Remainder Man

| {{sortname|Philip|Martin|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Ann|Scott|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Wilson|Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)}}

| {{sortname|Sheila|Hancock}}

|

|

| {{dts|9 Nov 1982}}

| Intensive Care

| {{sortname|Alan|Bennett}}

| {{sortname|Innes|Lloyd}}

| {{sortname|Gavin|Millar}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Bennett}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 9 August 1992.

| {{dts|16 Nov 1982}}

| data-sort-value="Mother Like Him, A"|A Mother Like Him

| {{sortname|Frances|Galleymore|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Shallcross}}

| {{sortname|Baz|Taylor|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Perry|Fenwick}}

|

|

| {{dts|23 Nov 1982}}

| John David

| {{sortname|Paula|Milne}}

| {{sortname|Brenda|Reid|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Rodney|Bennett}}

| {{sortname|Gwen|Watford}}

|

|

| {{dts|30 Nov 1982}}

| Aliens

| {{sortname|Alan|Clews|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bob|McIntosh|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|David|Maloney}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Higgins|dab=actor}}

|

| From BBC Scotland

| {{dts|14 Dec 1982}}

| Another Flip for Dominick

| data-sort-value="Paul, Jeremy"|Jeremy Paul & Alan Gibson

| {{sortname|Chris|Cherry|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Gibson|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Firth}}

|BBC DVD release

| Repeated on BBC4 27 May 2006 and 2 August 2008.

| {{dts|1 Mar 1983}}

| Last Love

| {{sortname|Reg|Gadney}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Shallcross}}

| {{sortname|Nicholas|Renton|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Sellars}}

|

|

| {{dts|8 Mar 1983}}

| Gates of Gold

| {{sortname|Maurice|Leitch}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Parr}}

| {{sortname|Jon|Amiel}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Bayliss}}

|

|

| {{dts|15 Mar 1983}}

| Wayne and Albert

| {{sortname|David|Hopkins|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Shallcross}}

| {{sortname|Sarah Pia|Anderson}}

| {{sortname|Arthur|English}}

|

|

| {{dts|29 Mar 1983}}

| Atlantis

| {{sortname|Peter|Terson}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Rogers|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Les|Chatfield|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Frank|Middlemass}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|5 Apr 1983}}

| data-sort-value="Last Term, The"|The Last Term

| {{sortname|Raymond|Hitchcock|dab=author}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Hill|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Bonham-Carter|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Christopher|Villiers}}

|

|

| {{dts|12 Apr 1983}}

| Reluctant Chickens

| {{sortname|David|Cregan|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Roger|Gregory|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Gareth|Davies|dab=director}}

| {{sortname|Patrick|Troughton}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|19 Apr 1983}}

| Shall I Be Mother?

| {{sortname|Peter|Ransley}}

| {{sortname|Anne|Head|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Ronald|Wilson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Eva|Griffith}}

|

|

| {{dts|26 Apr 1983}}

| data-sort-value="Falklands Factor, The"|The Falklands Factor

| {{sortname|Don|Shaw|dab=screenwriter}}

| {{sortname|Louis|Marks}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Bucksey}}

| {{sortname|Donald|Pleasence}}

|

|

| {{dts|10 May 1983}}

| data-sort-value="Matter of Choice for Billy, A"|A Matter of Choice for Billy

| {{sortname|Graham|Reid|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Zeiger|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Seed}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Branagh}}

|

| Second of the Billy trilogy.Repeated on BBC4 5 October 2022.

| {{dts|14 Feb 1984}}

| Young Shoulders

| data-sort-value="Wain, John"|John Wain & Robert Smith

| {{sortname|Bernard|Krichefski|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Silvio|Narizzano}}

| {{sortname|David|Horovitch}}

|

| Screenplay by Robert Smith and John Wain of the novel.

| {{dts|21 Feb 1984}}

| data-sort-value="Coming to Terms for Billy, A"|A Coming to Terms for Billy

| {{sortname|Graham|Reid|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Parr}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Seed}}

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Branagh}}

|

| Third of the Billy trilogy. From BBC Northern Ireland. Repeated on BBC4 12 October 2022.

| {{dts|28 Feb 1984}}

| Z for Zachariah

| {{sortname|Anthony|Garner|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Neil|Zeiger|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Garner|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Andrews}}

|

| Adapted from the novel. Duration 120 minutes.

| {{dts|6 Mar 1984}}

| Moving on the Edge

| {{sortname|Rose|Tremain}}

| {{sortname|Rosemary|Hill|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Anthony|Garner|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Eleanor|Bron}}

|

|

| {{dts|13 Mar 1984}}

| Desert of Lies

| {{sortname|Howard|Brenton}}

| rowspan="5" | {{sortname|Michael|Wearing}}

| {{sortname|Piers|Haggard}}

| {{sortname|Cherie|Lunghi}}

|

|

| {{dts|20 Mar 1984}}

| Hard Feelings

| {{sortname|Doug|Lucie}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Bradwell|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Frances|Barber}}

|

| Adapted from the play.

| {{dts|27 Mar 1984}}

| Under the Hammer

| {{sortname|Stephen|Fagan|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Wilson|Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Vaughan}}

|

|

| {{dts|3 Apr 1984}}

| King

| {{sortname|Barrie|Keeffe}}

| {{sortname|Tony|Smith|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Thomas|Baptiste}}

|

|

| {{dts|10 Apr 1984}}

| Rainy Day Women

| {{sortname|David|Pirie}}

| {{sortname|Ben|Bolt|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Charles|Dance}}

|

| Repeated on BBC2 8 September 1990.

| {{dts|17 Jul 1984}}

| Dog Ends

| {{sortname|Richard|Harris|dab=television writer}}

| {{sortname|Andrée|Molyneux|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Carol|Wiseman|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Leonard|Rossiter}}

|

|

| {{dts|24 Jul 1984}}

| data-sort-value="Groundling and the Kite, The"|The Groundling and the Kite

| {{sortname|Leonard|Preston|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Colin|Rogers|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Peter|Jefferies|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Duttine}}

|

| From BBC Birmingham

| {{dts|31 Jul 1984}}

| data-sort-value="Cry, The"|The Cry

| data-sort-value="Mahon, Derek"|Derek Mahon & Chris Menaul from a story by John Montague

| {{sortname|Chris|Parr}}

| {{sortname|Chris|Menaul|Christopher Menaul}}

| {{sortname|Adrian|Dunbar}}

|

| Adapted from a story by John Montague.

| {{dts|14 Aug 1984}}

| It Could Happen to Anybody

| {{sortname|Hugh|McManus|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Bob|McIntosh|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Laurence|Moody}}

| {{sortname|Ann|Scott-Jones|nolink=1}}

|

| From BBC Scotland

| {{dts|21 Aug 1984}}

| Only Children

| {{sortname|Judy|Forrest|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Shallcross}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Rolfe|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Charlotte|Cornwell}}

|

|

| {{dts|28 Aug 1984}}

| data-sort-value="Amazing Miss Stella Estelle, The"|The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

| {{sortname|Leslie|Stewart|dab=writer}}

| {{sortname|Rob|Walker|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|John|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Elaine|Lordan}}

|

|

| {{dts|25 Aug 1987}}

| Brimstone & Treacle

| {{sortname|Dennis|Potter}}

| {{sortname|Kenith|Trodd}}

| {{sortname|Barry|Davis|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Denholm|Elliott}}

|BBC DVD releaseBrimstone and Treacle DVD, BBC / 2|Entertain, 2004

| Postponed from 6 April 1976. Repeated on BBC2 5 September 1998 and on BBC4 2 January 2005.

| {{dts|27 Jul 1991}}

| Scum

| {{sortname|Roy|Minton}}

| {{sortname|Margaret|Matheson|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|Alan|Clarke}}

| {{sortname|Ray|Winstone}}

|Included in the Dissent & Disruption: Alan Clarke at the BBC Blu-ray set

| Postponed from 8 November 1977.

| Unbroadcast

| Pillion

| {{sortname|Paul|Copley}}

| {{sortname|Richard|Eyre}}

| {{sortname|Keith|Evans|nolink=1}}

|

|

| Recorded in 1979 but never transmitted.