As of July 2026, Play for Today Season 11 aired in 1980 with 27 episodes — streaming now on Sky Go. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Play for Today Season 11

1980 27 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

Play for Today Season 11 is currently streaming on and , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 10 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Every performance stays in register with the material. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Play for Today Season 11 earns its spot. The writing in Play for Today Season 11 treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Season 11 of Play for Today includes 27 episodes. It aired from October 1980 to May 1981. Episodes include "Pasmore", "C2H5OH", "The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something". It was aired in 1980. The performances in Play for Today Season 11 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with Play for Today Season 11. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. The performances match the material at every turn. Worth starting sooner rather than later.

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🎬 Play for Today Season 11 — Episode Guide

E1
Pasmore
1980-10-21
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
E2
C2H5OH
1980-10-28
"In heaven there is no drama - drama depends on failure and conflict. My trade is a scrutiny of hell. For any proud dramatist his style is his prejudice."
E3
The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
1980-11-04
Writer-director John McGrath deliberately shies away from naturalism in an experiment that mixes blue screen, songs, and characters realising they're acting within a play. This first of two parts sees Frank travel to a hostile London.
E4
The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice
1980-11-11
E5
Minor Complications
1980-11-18
Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. This play tells the story of her fight for compensation.
E6
Number on End
1980-11-25
What could Steve Jackson's documentary film expose that must be concealed from the African leaders meeting in Brussels? Steve Jackson is on the run and the wrong decision could prove fatal.
E7
Jude
1980-12-02
Twelve-year-old Jude has never met Dick, his father. One Sunday afternoon Dick impulsively engineers a meeting, which has distressing consequences.
E8
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
1980-12-09
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from London in the year 2130, is studying the city's transport system of 1980. Breaking the rules, he lands his craft to seek out his great-grandfather. Compared to his anaesthetised home, 80s London is filthy and polluted...and yet...it exudes an excitement that soon...
E9
Name for the Day
1980-12-16
Clive admits himself to a psychiatric hospital after undergoing a breakdown. His wife wants him back home, but in order for Clive to be released, he has to want to be cured.
E10
Jessie
1980-12-23
In Victorian times, a nanny cares for a mute boy, who becomes overly attached to her.
E11
Beyond the Pale
1981-01-06
A vacation at a seaside hotel in Ireland changes the lives of four friends.
E12
The Muscle Market
1981-01-13
The problems of an owner of a building contractor company in Liverpool
E13
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981-01-20
"They're nice affable gobblers and we're in the nice affable gobbling business." Tom and Gwen soon find that their gastronomical retreat from the rat race is anything but an escape when the Porters come to dine.
E14
Dear Brutus
1981-01-27
"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for - a second chance." J. M. Barrie's fantasy play, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.
E15
The Cause
1981-02-03
A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley's mind memories of his days fighting in the Spanish Civil War, when the issues seemed so much clearer.
E16
Beloved Enemy
1981-02-10
The head of a multinational corporation wants to do business with the Soviets
E17
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981-02-17
A group of men hold a reunion dinner in Tokyo
E18
The Union
1981-02-24
You know the nuts and bolts of our policy? To penetrate the unions. To use all sorts of stratagems, manoeuvres, illegal measures, evasions, subterfuges, to carry on Communist activities inside them at all cost.
E19
Sorry
1981-03-03
Two very different women share an office, a common enemy, and a sense of humour.
E20
Shai Mãlã Khani: The Garland
1981-03-10
When her 17-year-old son Roy falls in love with a Muslim girl, and a Bangladeshi butcher seeks help from her husband Raji, Leela realizes that the tears and romance of Indian cinema are closer to her own life than she has ever imagined.

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