As of July 2026, Play for Today Season 9 aired in 1978 with 21 episodes — streaming now on Sky Go. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Play for Today Season 9

1978 21 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

Play for Today Season 9 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. 10 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Every performance stays in register with the material. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Play for Today Season 9 is worth clearing space for. Play for Today Season 9 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 9 of Play for Today includes 21 episodes. It aired from October 1978 to July 1979. Episodes include "Nina", "Victims of Apartheid", "A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts". It was aired in 1978. Play for Today Season 9 resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Play for Today Season 9 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. The performances match the material at every turn. Worth starting sooner rather than later.

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🎬 Play for Today Season 9 — Episode Guide

E1
Nina
1978-10-17
The story of two Soviet dissidents living in London and slowly coming apart under the strain of his drinking and her enforced separation from her child
E2
Victims of Apartheid
1978-10-24
George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.
E3
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
1978-10-31
A young man is declared a hero when he catches a burglar until it's discovered that the burglar is a dwarf.
E4
Dinner at the Sporting Club
1978-11-07
A story about young boxers whose fighting provides entertainment for diners at a sporting club
E5
Donal and Sally
1978-11-14
Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems - problems which alarm their families and the instructors at Strathvale Centre.
E6
Sorry
1978-11-21
Consists of two plays ""Audience"" and ""Private View"" about a brewery worker and writer who incurs the wrath of the autocratic government
E7
Butterflies Don't Count
1978-11-28
"Whether priest or thespian, never once let yourself doubt that the role you're playing is real. Lead your little flock from childhood to the grave via God's sweet sacraments and let no doubts intrude - ever."
E8
Soldiers Talking Cleanly
1978-12-05
A freelance TV presenter has been hired by the BBC to film a documentary about the British army stationed in Germany. Unfortunately the budget is so low he is only allowed to film soldiers talking, and all bad language must be censored.
E9
One Bummer Newsday
1978-12-12
What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?
E10
The Out of Town Boys
1979-01-02
"This could be a bit special, Maggie. This could be the first case of an office block falling down during the topping-out party."
E11
Vampires
1979-01-09
Three boys watch horror films on late night TV and see a man in a local cemetery whom they believe to be a vampire.
E12
The Chief Mourner
1979-01-16
For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the police when his wife is murdered.
E13
Waterloo Sunset
1979-01-23
A young man and an old woman try to fit in when their neighborhood goes West Indian
E14
Blue Remembered Hills
1979-01-30
The play activities of seven children living in the countryside during the summer of 1943 end in tragedy; the children were played by adults in childrens clothing. The title is taken from A.E. Housman's 1896 poem: "Into my heart an air that kills; From yon far country blows; What are those blue rem...
E15
Who's Who
1979-02-06
A story about a dinner party given by the managers and employees of a brokerage house
E16
The Last Window Cleaner
1979-02-13
The Irish troubles as seen by residents of a boarding house called ""The Crumlin View""
E17
Ploughman's Share
1979-02-27
"Ploughman. Nobody calls you that. You're a has-been. Your head and heart went into a museum wi' that lot you keep in there. Face it: you're redundant."
E18
Degree of Uncertainty
1979-03-06
"I'm 37 years old, remember? I'm not a dead-pan, genned-up, discreetly nymphomaniac ex-head-girl like the majority of your female students. I'm an innocent. I'm vulnerable."
E19
Light
1979-03-13
A village in Cheshire. A deserted cinema. A poet murdered by Stalin. A blown fuse. Victor Silvester. Pickets on trial. Trimmers and fishwires.
E20
Coming Out
1979-04-10
A closeted homosexual writer is content to lead a double life

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