TV series / 1970-1984

Play for Today

Play for Today is a TV series from 1970-1984. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 14 seasons and 239 rated episodes.

14 seasons 239 rated episodes 7.2 average 17,107 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1234567891011121314
1 6.4 7.6 7.0 8.0 8.1 6.7 7.7 7.4 6.4 7.4 6.6 7.1 7.3 7.6
2 6.3 8.0 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.8 7.9 7.4 6.3 7.4 7.7
3 7.4 6.9 6.7 5.8 7.5 8.4 8.0 7.9 6.5 8.2 6.2 6.2
4 7.8 7.2 6.6 7.7 7.4 7.7 7.2 8.2 6.7 7.4 6.8
5 5.8 7.1 7.2 8.0 7.2 8.0 8.3 7.8 6.6
6 7.8 8.1 7.6 8.0 6.8 6.0 6.8
7 7.7 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.0 6.4 7.0 6.9 8.6 7.2 7.1
8 6.5 5.2 5.6 8.2 8.0 6.6 7.2 8.1 6.8 7.3 8.2
9 7.2 7.5 7.7 6.6 6.3 7.0 6.8 6.2 7.5 7.2
10 7.4 7.8 6.8 7.4 6.0 8.2 6.6 6.8 7.7 7.1 7.6 7.2 6.8 7.1
11 7.4 7.9 7.3 6.9 7.5 7.0 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.1 7.6 6.2
12 7.3 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.8 8.2 7.6 7.5 6.7 8.4 6.0 6.6 6.2
13 7.4 7.0 7.5 6.7 8.4 7.1 8.4 6.0 6.4 7.1
14 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.8 8.5 7.6 6.4 6.8 6.4
15 7.7 6.0 7.8 6.4 7.8 8.1 6.6 7.1 7.0 7.2 6.8
16 5.4 7.4 7.5 7.2 6.6 7.7 8.0 4.7 6.6 6.6 8.0
17 6.5 8.1 7.1 7.3 5.8 7.2 8.9 7.7 7.5
18 5.6 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.3 7.2 6.8 7.0 6.6
19 7.8 7.0 8.6 7.2 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.2
20 6.7 7.3 8.2 6.6 7.3 7.5 8.0 7.2 7.3
21 6.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 8.0 6.1 5.5 7.0
22 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.6 7.0
23 7.0 6.6 8.0
24 7.7 7.5 6.4
25 7.6 6.6
26 6.9 7.8 7.7
27 7.6 7.2
28 6.7

Series summary

About Play for Today

The rated episodes of Play for Today have an average IMDb rating of 7.2 based on 17,107 episode votes. Season 6 has the highest average rating at 7.4 across 20 rated episodes. Season 1 has the lowest average rating at 6.8.

Genre
Comedy, Drama, and Horror
Runtime
75 minute episodes
Principal cast
Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, and David Daker
Writers
Rhys Adrian, Jim Allen, and Jon Amiel
Directors
Barry Davis, Alan Clarke, and John Mackenzie
Also known as
Пьеса дня and プレイ・フォー・トゥデイ

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S11E17: The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner The best episode of Play for Today is S11E17: The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner with a 8.9 rating / 27 votes
  2. S4E19: The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black Oil 8.6 rating / 51 votes
  3. S12E7: United Kingdom 8.6 rating / 34 votes
  4. S8E14: The Spongers 8.5 rating / 82 votes
  5. S11E12: The Muscle Market 8.4 rating / 59 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S9E16: The Last Window Cleaner The worse episode of Play for Today is S9E16: The Last Window Cleaner with a 4.7 rating / 13 votes
  2. S3E8: The Bankrupt 5.2 rating / 13 votes
  3. S1E16: The Rainbirds 5.4 rating / 18 votes
  4. S11E21: The Sin Bin 5.5 rating / 11 votes
  5. S1E18: The Fox Trot 5.6 rating / 15 votes