As of July 2026, Play for Today Season 10 aired in 1979 with 28 episodes — streaming now on Sky Go. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Play for Today Season 10

1979 28 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Play for Today Season 10 is available on and right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 10 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. The cast brings a seriousness the material deserves. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Play for Today Season 10 earns its spot. The writing in Play for Today Season 10 treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Season 10 of Play for Today includes 28 episodes. It aired from October 1979 to May 1980. Episodes include "Long Distance Information", "Cries from a Watchtower", "Comedians". It was aired in 1979. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Play for Today Season 10 delivers. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. The writing gives every character enough weight that no single performance has to do the heavy lifting. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

📡 Where to Watch Play for Today Season 10

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🎬 Play for Today Season 10 — Episode Guide

E1
Long Distance Information
1979-10-11
A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies
E2
Cries from a Watchtower
1979-10-18
A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.
E3
Comedians
1979-10-25
Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.
E4
Even Solomon
1979-11-01
Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction ...
E5
Just a Boy's Game
1979-11-08
In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was
E6
Billy
1979-11-15
A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father
E7
A Hole in Babylon
1979-11-29
Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.
E8
The Slab-Boys
1979-12-06
The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory
E9
Katie: The Year of a Child
1979-12-13
A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.
E10
The Network
1979-12-20
What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?
E11
Chance of a Lifetime
1980-01-03
A young man quits school and joins the army.
E12
Keep Smiling
1980-01-10
Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of the next six months.
E13
Dreams of Leaving
1980-01-17
A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.
E14
Thicker Than Water
1980-01-24
Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.
E15
Murder Rap
1980-01-31
An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.
E16
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
1980-02-07
Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.
E17
No Defence
1980-02-14
Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on his arrival he's arrested for an historical rape with seemingly no defence.
E18
That Crazy Woman
1980-02-21
Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.
E19
A Gift from Nessus
1980-02-28
The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s
E20
Kate, the Good Neighbour
1980-03-06
A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.

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