As of July 2026, Play for Today Season 12 aired in 1981 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Sky Go. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Play for Today Season 12

1981 22 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

Play for Today Season 12 is currently streaming on and , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 10 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. The cast brings a seriousness the material deserves. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Play for Today Season 12 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — Play for Today Season 12 earns every emotional beat it goes for. Season 12 of Play for Today includes 22 episodes. It aired from October 1981 to April 1982. Episodes include "Country", "London Is Drowning", "A Room for the Winter". It was aired in 1981. The performances in Play for Today Season 12 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Play for Today Season 12 is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Every performance here earns its place, lead or not. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

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🎬 Play for Today Season 12 — Episode Guide

E1
Country
1981-10-20
The story of the disintegration of an aristocratic country estate after World War II
E2
London Is Drowning
1981-10-27
A docudrama about what would happen if London was hit by severe flooding
E3
A Room for the Winter
1981-11-03
James, an expatriate South African anti-apartheid fighter, deals with his nightmares and his complaining landlady in a run-down area of London, while dreaming of his lover Stephen, left behind.
E4
No Visible Scar
1981-11-17
A nurse is subjected to an interrogation after giving medical treatment to a terrorist leader.
E5
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981-11-24
In Belfast, Ruby has a cold and is caught in the rain while Iris is looking for work and gets caught in traffic
E6
Protest
1981-12-01
In an adaptation of Václav Havel's play, a dissident, newly released from prison for political reasons, attempts to get his well-connected friend to sign a protest. In this one man play, both the roles are played by Nigel Hawthorne.
E7
United Kingdom
1981-12-08
Two men on a local council fight the system when forced with massive spending cuts.
E8
PQ17
1981-12-15
During World War II, a British officer is ordered to abandon a Russian convoy.
E9
The Factory
1981-12-22
A manager, a foreman, and two workers are all that remains of a factory yet labor relations stay the same
E10
England's Green and Pleasant Land
1982-01-05
A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf Course or the Allotments - will the greens survive or the peasant lands?
E11
A Cotswold Death
1982-01-12
A police inspector investigates the murder of an Arab sheik who had become a village's Lord of the Manor.
E12
Under the Skin
1982-01-19
Three women involved in different ways in the women's movement.
E13
Commitments
1982-01-26
Politics and relationships during the last years of the Heath government
E14
Life After Death
1982-02-02
Meg: We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half.
E15
The Silly Season
1982-02-09
Malcolm goes through life hating the mundanity of his existence as a factory worker and an unloved husband. But when students take up summer jobs at the factory, it reawakens both his passion for political feeling and romantic urges.
E16
Too Late to Talk to Billy
1982-02-16
A family in Belfast deals with life after the death of the mother from cancer
E17
Willie's Last Stand
1982-02-23
Willie and his friends notice the passage of time around them, and how society is changing as their marriages stagnate. Can Willie prove to himself that he still has it, by being able to cheat on his wife just once?
E18
Tishoo
1982-03-09
Frank has dedicated 19 years to researching a cure for the common cold, and is almost ready to publish a paper. Yet budget cuts and his own inability to form real relationships with those around him threaten to derail the project.
E19
Home Sweet Home
1982-03-16
Home Sweet Home is a 1982 television film devised and directed by Mike Leigh, for BBC TV, 'about postmen, parenthood, social workers and sex.' It was Leigh's second collaboration with Play for Today producer Louis Marks, and cinematographer Remi Adefarasin, and with composer Carl Davis - the music s...
E20
A Sudden Wrench
1982-03-23
"My life is over - and I just didn't notice it passing." A call to a radio helpline leads to depressed housewife Christine finding a new direction in life.

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