As of July 2026, Play for Today Season 4 aired in 1973 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Sky Go. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Play for Today Season 4

1973 22 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Play for Today Season 4 is available on and right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 10 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. The ensemble work here is strong enough to hold the material together. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Play for Today Season 4 is worth clearing space for. Play for Today Season 4 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 4 of Play for Today includes 22 episodes. It aired from October 1973 to July 1974. Episodes include "Mrs. It was aired in 1973. What elevates Play for Today Season 4 is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. 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 4 delivers. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. 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.

📡 Where to Watch Play for Today Season 4

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🎬 Play for Today Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973-10-18
Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friendship begins.
E2
Her Majesty's Pleasure
1973-10-25
They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making. Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star. Mother Bear has escaped. Still, there is some consolation. The new arrival looks a likely Goldilocks. 'There's one or...
E3
Jack Point
1973-11-01
An amateur operatic society is preparing a Gilbert and Sullivan production, and someone new is needed for the role of Jack Point - but who will break this to the veteran who's always done it?
E4
The Emergency Channel
1973-11-08
Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?
E5
Mummy and Daddy
1973-11-15
An early retirement and a seaside bungalow-for Arthur and Marion it's not a chance to miss, especially since their son is buying the bungalow. Arthur's full of plans - GCE, garden, beach-not to mention his own "bit of an interesting diversion." But after a year the delight is beginning to tarnish.
E6
Private Practice
1973-11-22
Why does Sylvia Payne , with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's school friend coming to visit?
E7
Shutdown
1973-11-29
Bernie gets a temporary job as an electrician during a factory's annual minimal workforce period. But what secrets is Bernie hiding, and is he really all he claims?
E8
Baby Blues
1973-12-06
After ten years of trying, Lavinia, and a large team of medics, finally manage to produce a live baby. She should now be able to start living her dream, but what happens next is not at all the paradise she has been looking forward to.
E9
Jingle Bells
1973-12-13
Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day football - but, among the celebrations, some hard home-truths.
E10
The Lonely Man's Lover
1974-01-17
A young farmgirl begins a romance with an artist
E11
All Good Men
1974-01-31
An elderly politician looks back over his career while being interviewed by a TV producer.
E12
Joe's Ark
1974-02-14
A pet shop owner forsakes his religious beliefs when his daughter gets cancer
E13
Hot Fat
1974-02-21
Sauna baths are supposed to relax you, but it rather depends who you meet in there.
E14
Easy Go
1974-03-07
A group of Deptford youngsters hang about by the River Thames on a hot day. When they and some nearby dockers spot a valuable copper boiler floating in the river the two rival factions try to get at it first. The youngsters succeed, but on their way to the totter's yard they are waylaid by the adult...
E15
Headmaster
1974-03-14
Fisher is good at his job but in new circumstances that isn't enough: he has to face the risks of competition for something bigger.
E16
Penda's Fen
1974-03-21
Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt and his own imaginings. Penda's Fen is a British television play which was written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke. Commissioned by BBC producer David Rose, it was tran...
E17
Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?
1974-03-28
At the climax of the School Sports something went drastically wrong. Now, Wallace Pidgeon faces the contradictory demands of the bird-watching headmaster, his pupils, his pork-magnate father-in-law and his "child bride."
E18
Three for the Fancy
1974-04-11
Further adventures of three Derbyshire miners
E19
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974-06-06
The exploitation of the Scottish land and its people from the 18th century to the present
E20
Schmoedipus
1974-06-20
A young man persuades a woman that he is her son.

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