As of July 2026, Play for Today Season 2 aired in 1971 with 19 episodes — streaming now on Sky Go. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Play for Today Season 2

1971 19 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Play for Today Season 2 on and — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 10 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. The cast brings a seriousness the material deserves. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Play for Today Season 2 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 2 earns every emotional beat it goes for. Season 2 of Play for Today includes 19 episodes. It aired from October 1971 to June 1972. Episodes include "Traitor", "Edna, the Inebriate Woman", "Evelyn". It was aired in 1971. Play for Today Season 2 resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Play for Today Season 2 is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. 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 2

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🎬 Play for Today Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
Traitor
1971-10-14
A British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists
E2
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
1971-10-21
Edna, the Inebriate Woman is a British television drama written by Jeremy Sandford which was transmitted by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series on 21 October 1971. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, Irene Shubik produced it. The play deals with an elderly woman, Edna, who wanders through life in an...
E3
Evelyn
1971-10-28
Frank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.
E4
O Fat White Woman
1971-11-04
The wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students
E5
Thank You Very Much
1971-11-11
A social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors.
E6
Michael Regan
1971-11-18
A man gets revenge on a pub owner
E7
Skin Deep
1971-11-25
An awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer.
E8
Pal
1971-12-02
Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.
E9
The Pigeon Fancier
1971-12-09
A retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.
E10
Home
1972-01-06
A story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home
E11
Still Waters
1972-01-13
A marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of an unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.
E12
Stocker's Copper
1972-01-20
In Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop
E13
The House on Highbury Hill
1972-01-27
A married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.
E14
In the Beautiful Caribbean
1972-02-03
A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica
E15
Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
1972-02-10
A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course
E16
The Villa Maroc
1972-02-17
A couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa
E17
Cows
1972-02-24
A social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.
E18
A Time to Keep
1972-04-27
E19
The Fishing Party
1972-06-01
The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing

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