My mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia aged 92. She’s still alive today, aged 99 and she still asks, ‘is there a Play for Today’ on tonight.

What a masterclass. How I miss this type of drama. I could watch these plays from the seventies all day everyday!

@maudeboggins9834

Жыл бұрын

I remember the play for Today's. I think they were on Monday evenings. Always worth watching.

@annalewis5443

Жыл бұрын

Yes me too, I do watch them several times, they're so comforting

@agfagaevart

Жыл бұрын

"reality" shows are much cheaper to make. and brain-dead people love them more.

@davehaynes1247

Жыл бұрын

How right you are. Brilliant writing, natural directing and acting. Understated, and real.

@ajmerchohan8438

8 ай бұрын

same here

This programme, was really interesting! My dear late hubby, Tony and i got married back on the 29th of March back in 1982 and by 1991, we realised that although we loved each other very much, we had become more like bezzie mates and the romance side of it had gone, so we split up but he and i always made sure over the years, we either lived next door or very near to each other and we just had a ball, coz we went where ever and with whoever we wanted to go with, knowing we were always there for each other. Sadly i lost him to stage 4 pancreatic cancer on the 5th of February 2019 and i feel like i have lost my right arm. I know our way would not suit everyone but it sure suited us! .... Many thanks for sharing this great episode with us! xxxxxx

Oh for the days when television used to be worth watching …sigh 😔

@colinwilkes8957

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sue I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said this lately.ive had to content myself with old episodes of minder and the sweeney lately,plus DVD’s.

@karlydoc

2 жыл бұрын

"Oh for the days",if only Logans run was real.

@karlydoc

2 жыл бұрын

@@colinwilkes8957 It's time to get your TAXI mate.

@Thirdfish

2 жыл бұрын

@@colinwilkes8957 Nonsense. Don't get me wrong this is TV Gold but there has and is some great stuff on TV today, Peaky Blinders is just one.

@toppertruthio

2 жыл бұрын

@@colinwilkes8957 watch out mate,youll get addicted,and end your days watching crossroads:(

I spent my working life in Sheffield. I had a fabulous life for about 20 odd years. While there I got acquainted with Yorkshire life, culture and food. Of all the characters of the English I have met, the yorkshireman had something unique about him. He walked tall, proud and a whole teapot full of warm humanity which is typical of Yorkshire. My life in Sheffield was blessed with cricket, beer, smiles and sunday roast which remains in my memory and remains as unforgettable.

@chasey2327

Жыл бұрын

u liked sheffield? bloody ell lad that takes some doing

@WetLettuce-kc2qm

8 ай бұрын

@@chasey2327 It's a great city.

@ex-scientia4234

8 ай бұрын

@@chasey2327 If you’ve never lived there you’ll never know. Just ask the many people who move to work and live there from different parts of the country who never consider moving again, or the many university students who become so attached to the city they never move away and stay to work and live. It gets under your skin when you’ve lived there; the people, community spirit and the environment have something special. Can’t say that about anywhere else I know.......and I was born and bred there.

Wish they would bring back play for today. Not just for the drama but because it was a great showcase and springboard for actors and writers.

@EM-lz9kg

Жыл бұрын

Exactly isn’t it great to watch real acting & as you said it gives ppl a chance to get acting work

@rontrivett8596

8 ай бұрын

TOO MANY WOKE WRITERS WOULD FCK IT UP INTO SNOWFLAKE NONSENSE!!!

@dcasteaux9181

8 ай бұрын

I shudder to think what the BBC would do to Play for Today in 2023.

Really enjoyed this and very thought provking. Like others have said very well written by the brilliant Colin Welland. Back in the day s when there was true talent on TV not sh**like love Island and that crap Essex programme 😒🙄

@cherryrotella3714

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I don’t even possess a tv now … no need … didn’t watch it whenI did

@oldmanwillyboy2786

2 жыл бұрын

The current crop of TV "content providers" wouldn't last past the wife and daughter cooking Sunday dinner!

@Stiffd1

2 жыл бұрын

Ger'yerself into 'Public Eye' You'll love it

@davidbernard7256

2 жыл бұрын

australian tv is worst! great to see the odd bit of uktv but none of that fake tv shows

@th8257

2 жыл бұрын

Has to be said though - there was a hell of a lot of trash on TV in the 70s too. Play for Today was a real highlight. We shouldn't be selective about our memories.

I loved these plays. My nan and me shared a bedroom. It was not ideal, but needs must , in the 70s when often family lived together in small houses. . She used to put this on in the bedroom, and we would lay in our beds and watch it. 😊 rip nan ❤

@talex1625

4 ай бұрын

One day you're lying in bed watching TV with your nan, and it seems that in a flash you're nan yourself.

@donnajk4423

4 ай бұрын

@@talex1625 yes thats so true. I now have 2 grandsons. Wonderful lads. 19 and 15. Time has flown so fast. 😊

Brilliantly written and acted. I’d forgotten how good television used to be, if only it was still half as good.

@bestdisco1979

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. They wouldn’t make this today ,,,they couldn’t,,,it’s all too P. C . Frightened to offend their own shadows.

@minkgin3370

Жыл бұрын

If only it was a third as good as it used to be I’d still be watching main-stream TV. It isn’t so I haven’t watched ANY of it for years. There my TV stands in the corner of the room, the one-eyed monster that’s never switched on.

Proper kitchen sink and bloody brilliant. Kicks the stuffing out of the shite that’s peddled today

Those long forgotten days when the kids played out in the street instead of fixated like zombies to their phones..

@gazza9463

Жыл бұрын

Happy days, remember mum calling us in for our tea or its nearly bedtime.

@helensproston7312

Жыл бұрын

The days when my Dad spent Sunday afternoons fixing the car and mum spent all day Saturday going to 10 different shops and looking for bargains while I played up and down the street in my rubber roller skates at 30 mph !! And my brother racing on his ' chopper bike ' I miss those days so much they were the best and we only appreciate them now that we live in a world of chaos and distruction.

@Lairdodunces

Жыл бұрын

It’s the parents fault for not encouraging them

@GEricG

Жыл бұрын

​@@Lairdodunces this - blame the parents, not the kids.

@benjaminclasper9355

Жыл бұрын

excuse me I’m someone who grew up these days and I can tell you I’m not fixated like a zombie to my phone.

Loved seeing Bill Maynard in shows, when i were a child. Top notch actor.

It brings back fond memories of the 1970s for me, and how the story line pulls you in ,and great acting not like the crap that is made these days

@maudeboggins9834

Жыл бұрын

So true. So true. Plus the diction is far better.

@fostexfan160

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean those awful English and Australian soaps?😁

@voulafisentzidis8830

6 ай бұрын

​@@fostexfan160no. The mostly formulaic shite that comes out of Hollywood.

This means a lot more to me now I'm middle aged than when I saw it the first time as a teenager. Talk about the human condition...

@EM-lz9kg

Жыл бұрын

Ditto

@susansalter566

Жыл бұрын

Agree

@jamesshanks7605

Жыл бұрын

We by gum a shags a shag only diference now a lot more money and wealth to be had the worlds .opening up.more and more money drama drama I wonder what next more drama

I enjoyed this very much, I didn't know TV could produce drama of this quality. Very unlike so much of the shite on now, endless 'reality' crap, stuff about the royal family, Downton Abbey, etc.

@bryanleigh6497

2 жыл бұрын

Much quality drama, long long before the BBC became a soulless woke propaganda machine

These plays are not only great art, but also great social history. They capture the society and social attitudes of the 1970s. The increasing post industrial dereliction. Britain in the 70s and 80s was often a grey looking place, dirty and filled with overgrown wasteland. A lost world.

Michael Apted passed away recently. He was the guy behind '7 Up' - the longest running documentary series in the world. He even made a Bond film. Sheer talent.

Thanks for this show, it was terrific, forgot what awesome tv was like.

I was 12 when I watched this play. Never ever forgotten it. Play for Today was great!

@scarlettskies100

9 ай бұрын

I was 11 and remember it too ...trip down memory lane

'I'll av a pint of advocaat' What a line. My first taste of alcohol was running my finger round the inside of a sherry glass recently drained of advocaat. Thanks nan❤

@grobbler1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying that on my next night out.

The old woman drinking in the corner ‘ I wish my arse was Bonny again. I’ be off like a dose of salts’ brilliant! Some watchdog group would crush that today.

@metalmickey

Жыл бұрын

As soon as she said that I jumped on the comments lol

@lespaul667

Жыл бұрын

She also played the Mum in the supermarket in Threads(1984) who was arguing with the store owner.

@terrystevens5261

Жыл бұрын

@@lespaul667 Threads should be shown again, it might make people gobbing off about nuking Russia on social media think long and hard about it.

Terrific. Had no idea Bill Maynard could act like this, rather than the buffoon characters he was always given. Enjoyed this.

@zoyablake9538

2 жыл бұрын

I felt the same! He was such a talented actor.

@ianmiller2491

2 жыл бұрын

Playing the Bufoon should have shown You what a good actor He was.

@simonhodgetts6530

2 жыл бұрын

I rediscovered ‘Oh No It’s Selwyn Froggat’ a couple of years ago - Bill Maynard was simply brilliant in it - it’s well worth a watch if you can find full episodes on YT anymore!

@MartysWhiteSuit

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonhodgetts6530 I did watch 2 episodes, Simon, and though I watched it as a youngster I found watching it again very painful. I work in a mental health centre and Bill Maynard was exhibiting disturbing behaviour. Have you seen him in The Gaffer? An easier series to watch.

@Justin-fy7xk

2 жыл бұрын

@@MartysWhiteSuit Yes I agree Neil. I like him playing comedy but the series about Selwyn was a bit too stupid and it was well below Bills Talents. He was superb as greengrass. When bill left and they brought that other fellow in the series was never the same.

Iv waited almost 50 years to watch this again i could remember the coal shovel and a story line that a 17 year old did not fully understand .But i knew one day i would.Thanks

@smartychase

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you kept busy whist you waited

@bryanleigh6497

2 жыл бұрын

Very impressed when I saw it around the same age.

This is glorious. How I yearn for the quietness of these times

superb play, that series was among the best telly ever, colin welland, a genius, RIP

How I miss such quality TV.

Such an honest portrayal of how life can take a complete turn in a careless moment. I really enjoyed this play. While it made me so sad for all that was lost, it also made me hopeful for the future happiness of all the characters. Also, I LOVED all the 70's hairstyles! Some really cool "shag" haircuts,lol! And can you believe the main character was only 50? He looked about 65!😯

The days before weddings got out of hand, sandwiches and a barrel of beer,

Britain has made some great dramas.

This was addictive to watch, why can’t tv programmes be like this today

I caught this in 93 and even in 93 it still held up and was very good indeed. Love seeing location footage from the early 70s, wonderful to see the old cars and old streets of bygone Britain that I grew up in...lovely nostalgia.

@michaelwalton-ii1ch

Жыл бұрын

filmed in Heckmondwike west Yorkshire

@DaemonZodiac

8 ай бұрын

Apart from when the copper says "its ok, if u dont mind coons..."

One of the best Plays for Today and watched many times. A nice touch was to have the Oldham Tinkers providing much of the soundtrack.

Well written and acted, we went from brilliant peaces of work like this and have descended into the mire of utter tosh ……

@markofsaltburn

Жыл бұрын

Most television in 1973 was appalling. This was an aberration.

We’ve gone from classic TV dramas like this to naked attraction rather says it all

@markofsaltburn

Жыл бұрын

A play of this quality was a rare thing in 1973. Most TV from the era was light entertainment that has aged terribly.

Such great quality tv. Sadly lacking today.

I loved the "Play for Today", I was lucky enough to have parents who let me "stay up late" to watch. Colin Welland used to come into my family's pub when he was in Edinburgh for the "Festival"............The old saying about "Never meeting your heroes" certainly didn't apply to him.............A real Gent!

Fantastic one off gritty kitchen sink drama. Lovely to revisit this. Bill Maynard was brilliant and genius writing from Colin Welland.

Many thanks Ian. I miss quality drama.

Beautifully acted, written and directed - with the kind of nuance and complexity that is very rare in TV today. Thank you so much for posting.

Colin Welland? You were a bloody genius. God bless ya. A superbly written drama. A brilliant cast. Who knew Bill Maynard could be so intimidating!?

Watched the whole thing and enjoyed it better than tv available tonight 😄👌

This one is a keeper…brilliant casting, script, settings and music. A memory and tearjerker, and a fabulous record of the times. Thank you so much for sharing.

@fifimack7212

Жыл бұрын

Do you know who sings the song at the intro?

@vanessahawarden9028

Жыл бұрын

@@fifimack7212 I think it’s the Oldham Tinkers

@mickykedian7753

Жыл бұрын

You’re so right Vanessa, I always felt I was born 15 years too late which makes my friends smile, but I would sooner have spent my adolescence in these times than middle age now….. loved watching this.

My mum spoke about this play for a long time. Then we saw it about 10yrs at the BFI. I was 40 then. NOW I'M 50!!!!! Scary how quickly life goes. I'm really glad he left his 'drab' wife. We only have 1 life. So go for it. Sorry if I've offended anyone.

@pyewackett5

2 жыл бұрын

Time , familiarity & habit bring on drabness.

@bananabrooks3836

Жыл бұрын

​@@pyewackett5I think you have to change your surroundings pretty regular to sweep the cobwebs of drabness from the mind.

Superb acting and a storyline that's still relevent today. A gem of a play.❤

Watching this in my fifty and I have to say that I really enjoyed the old tv plays and films

This is brilliant - in every way .

@ZoKitchen

Жыл бұрын

love 70s movie

50 year olds looked a lot older in the '70s didn't they?

@mickykedian7753

Жыл бұрын

Bill Maynard was actually 44 when this was filmed….. but of course you’re right, 50 isn’t old anymore and people age better. In the 70’s fifty year olds would have lived through the Second World War and rationing, had harder lives, less attractive diets, lived in accommodation without central heating, indoor toilets….the majority smoked, drank more, worked harder and didn’t enjoy the benefits of health and safety at work protection. I was born in the late sixties when a pensioner was an old person, these days they no longer appear to be. I enjoyed growing up in the 70’s and 80’s though, it may be a positive reflection but people were kinder and more considerate….technology and other advancements haven’t made people more selfless…..shame.

Brilliantly written and brilliantly acted by a great cast. Gripping and emotional proves they made proper drama.

Ya gets no real thanks or perks for being the steady one, the nurturing one, the keeping it altogether one. ya become a willing beast of burden for fcking years and they all go off in the end and live their own lives while you standstill twisting your apron watching them all leave. Grab ya life by the balls and when you can, make a run for it out the door and dont look back like they have. Good Luck to ya all out there.

@markofsaltburn

Жыл бұрын

You get it, unlike some commentators who took it entirely at face value.

Great TV, compared to the reality sh*t you get these days. Thanks a mil for posting.

The pub they come out of at the beginning was my local for 9 years from 1976 till 1985. It’s “The Brighton” on Brighton street Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire. Sadly no longer a pub. 😥

@michaelpeacock9420

2 жыл бұрын

Did the set match up to the interior of the real pub

@alexhamilton4084

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelpeacock9420 no it didn’t, not even slightly. 😃

@vlloyd46

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling us about the boozer! I was going to Google it. It breaks my heart when proper old pubs close. Nothing like a real pub, real people, a few sherbets & a packet of pork scratchings!!!!

@alexhamilton4084

2 жыл бұрын

@@vlloyd46 I had many a happy night in that pub with my wife and friends. The pub was absolutely nothing like it was in the play. So many great pubs gone forever. So sad. 😔

@thadtuiol1717

2 жыл бұрын

Is it a mosque now? Most of Yorkshire is.

I was just short of my 21 st birthday when this was first shown and now i am 71 , Tempus indeed Fugit . Also a great play . Thank you .

Brilliant but also heart-breaking.

Never saw Bill Maynard in a serious role before. Great man.

@trip2themoon

Жыл бұрын

Saw him play a con man on Tales of the Unexpected where he tries to rip off an old woman for her rare piece of art. Turns out she's the con artist literally because she painted the rare work of art herself. He's great at the slimey characters. Took me about half an hour in to realise I was watching Greengrass..

@TheHorsebox2

Жыл бұрын

@@trip2themoon When you don't recognise their regular characters, you know you're watching a great actor. Thanks for your comment.

@amandabotterill1000

9 ай бұрын

B4 he died he lived in the next village to me he were often in our lovley local cafe people just treated him as if he'd always been known no fuss xx

@TheHorsebox2

9 ай бұрын

@@amandabotterill1000 That's nice he lived among you. Thanks for sharing.

August 1993 was around the last time I watched the BBC.

Stuff the cost of living crisis ,I'll just watch this !

Brilliant cameo performance by John Comer of a man who never stopped to ask who he was or what he wanted, who hid his true self behind petty theft, and who seems to understands less about himself than the people around him do. The genuine shock and shame when he’s confronted is painful. The truth hurts.

Bill Maynard was a great actor, both comedy and drama. RIP.

A wonderful play in every respect. The setting in the early 1970s made it even more absorbing, but Collin Welland and the outstanding cast made it timeless. Thank you very much for sharing it. As an aside, in some respects its setting in an industrial town and the subject, the challenges of marriage, bring to mind the film A Kind of Loving. It is a great film from 1962, a breakthrough for director John Schlesinger and the mesmerizing Alan Bates.

@joycefinney2735

2 жыл бұрын

Not forgetting our lovely Lancashire lass June Richie in A Kind of Loving.

Wow, what great realistic acting, it’s like true reflection of working class northern life in a pit village.

The saucy landlady, Edna Garfoot, off 'Get Carter'. Thanks for this.

@HHM706

Жыл бұрын

Was just about to post that! 😂

@bedwitch

Жыл бұрын

@@HHM706 Beat ya to it lol. I wasn't sure at first.

Time's when England was a great place .

@markofsaltburn

Жыл бұрын

A great place full of people trapped in lives they hate? Did you even watch it? This is a film about how working class culture imprisons people and stops them finding meaning and authenticity in their lives. 1973 was the era when UK was referred to as the sick man of Europe. IRA terrorism came to the mainland, football hooliganism and police corruption were rampant, our towns and cities were filthy from two centuries of industrialisation, the combined effects of alcohol and nicotine addiction were overloading the NHS, and there was very nearly a coup d’etat. It was only EEC membership that stopped Britain becoming a 3rd world country. So much for “great”.

Wonderful Play! It was shown on telly some time in the 90s! The great Colin Welland wrote it!. The daughter here was a no nonsense lass!!!

I was 10 when this was first aired probably watched it then as was the sort of programme mum would have on, always enjoyed this kind of play so miss Play for Today, coming from Liverpool the grittiness rang true.

@Stiffd1

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I yeh..gritty as Lime Street in tha' them times.

Every era has its share of TV trash and the 70s was no different, but "Play for Today" is one thing I really wish they'd bring back.

@dazauto1400

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of gems in Play For Today but many also that were terrible!

@Ladynipchick2

Жыл бұрын

Good. Well said. And true. There's some fantastic stuff come out since, and including, the '70's ...

Most men in their 50s in this period had served in the war. They wore suits to go to the pub and drank bitter or mild , not lager or ‘ shots’ or snorted ‘ coke ‘ ! They were still relatively young but social convention had them behaving in manner that seems much older today. They certainly wouldn’t have tolerated the kind of anti social behaviour and criminals we see today roaming the streets ; they would’ve formed an unofficial ‘ army ‘ and taken the law into their own hands and taken drug dealers and the like out of circulation. Best quote : “ We been hanging’ out for years you and me , like a couple of bloody Nancy’s “ ! Ha, ha, ha…

harsh reality drama…thought provoking and entertaining… fantastic…

Ultimate film written by a genius and several superb actors

I've seen this its good , i love these old british gritty dramas . pure nostalgia .

Alex Wroth. I don’t remember the 70’s being bleak. It was good time for me.

It’s 2023 & this is so relevant , the dads right she’s only 17 that’s so young

I use to really enjoy the play for today series thank you for sharing 😄😄

I love watching old TV drama for the nostalgia. Even when I was a kid I liked Play for today. The best thing I ever saw back then was a play on TV an American play by Sam shepherd called True West with John malkovich playing the leading role, I'd love to see that one again.

@freefall6696

2 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, I saw Mark Rylance in True West in the West End about 20 years ago - just a few weeks after I'd seen Malkovitch in 'Burn this.' Theatre was still worth going to in those days. It had a decade to go before leftist PC began to absolutely ruin it.

Certain type of dignity that’s missing in today’s TV . No bad language even with such a sensitive subject .

@clangerbasher

2 жыл бұрын

THIS ^^^^^^^^^

@Yungrexy

2 жыл бұрын

The bar scenes had a "b4$tard" a "p!ss off" and an "4r$e", very cutting edge for 1973 what with Mary Whitehouse being at her peak but I get what you mean :)

@clangerbasher

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yungrexy But with hindsight seeing (or not seeing) some of the dross served up on TV these last few decades do you think Mrs Whitehouse may have had a point?

@Yungrexy

2 жыл бұрын

@@clangerbasher I agree that currently good TV dramas are few and far between, or behind a paywall. Don't agree with Whitehouse's brand of christo/conservative activism though :p Roger waters summed both issues up for me in the late 70s: "Hey you White-house... Ha ha, Charade you are!" - Pigs (3 Different Ones) 1977 "I got 13 channels of sh!t on the TV to choose from" - Nobody home 1979

@clangerbasher

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yungrexy I hear you! :) My point is perhaps things have gone a little too far the wrong way. I don't mind adult themes, but at times some of it is just gratuitous.

Vera duckworth buttering bread they need to bring this out on dvd

Sooo good so many memories watching these❤❤❤ Thankyou

This is depressing I can now at the age of 59 relate to this ...university challenge living on a council estate the 1970' s no prospect from one useless inept government from another ....ffs .....

@susandoig4192

Жыл бұрын

The joys of the working class day trips and fish and chips

colin welland. the star of the tv comedy "cowboys" with roy kinnear.. i used to watch these as a kid but i was a bit young to understand them really.. but now later on in life i can see why these were so good to watch as my parents always watched them.. great stuff.. thanks uploader

well what do you know ..I just chanced on this (as vaguely remember the title "Play For Today" so was intrigued to take a gander ) and realised it was first broadcast on my birthday.. I would have been twelve years old on the day...How time passes so quickly...

I watched them all at the time....not one dud.....today?.....drivel, written by phone fiddlers staring endlessly at their phones.This play has the unmistakable, irreplaceable...nay, the incomparable Bill Maynard!

@johnanthonyp

2 жыл бұрын

I remember it being my mother's favourite. It's a shame nothing's replaced it or matched this standard - anywhere. Much like one of the points of this play, times change and not always for the best.

Best thing I've sen in ages

Play For Today beautifully captured the Britain of the 1970s. The bleakness, the attitudes, the clothes, the housing. Looking at it now, it seems like something from a lifetime ago.

@solitarianihilista1454

2 жыл бұрын

That's because it was a lifetime ago.

@eddylumb2339

2 жыл бұрын

It is a lifetime ago... Imagine fifty years back in the 70s, the 1920s would seem a lifetime ago. While ever it's in living memory it will always seem like yesterday though.

@Happyheart146

2 жыл бұрын

It was a lifetime ago to me!

@davedogge2280

2 жыл бұрын

The 80's were better than this more optimism bit not 100 miles away from these sort of people.

@dirkbogarde44

2 жыл бұрын

@@davedogge2280 Well.........if you were a yuppie or a self-employed builder, the 80's were a good time.

A beauty! When the BBC were good. A Propaganda machine now..

@markofsaltburn

Жыл бұрын

This was written by a Marxist.

I love the theme tune. Many thanks

Bloody ell!!! James Hazeldine!!! superb actor and human being R.I.P

@paulwild3676

2 жыл бұрын

A Salford lad who generally played Londoners.

@mickykedian7753

Жыл бұрын

Great in Willy Russells’ One Summer

@eddyj3862

Жыл бұрын

@Micky Kedian Without doubt he was!! Brilliant actor....miss him.

Great cast of fine actors

its saturday night and i've just kisses at fifty for the first time absolutely brilliant a bit like the documentary the family you look at tv today all game shows and adverts

@deedeedodo8092

Жыл бұрын

And every game show has a 'celebrity' version, sick of seeing nobody's on these shows!

Really enjoyed this film glad I came across it .many thanks

LOVED this great acting and great set x

This really illustrates how absurd weddings really are.

a realistic picture of 70s life

Well, that was a treat. Thanks for posting it Ian

These plays back then were always " true to life " Not like the shite today... Look at the soaps now...someone is killed twice a week 😳

Well written and acted. Never give up hope. Always look on the bright side of life.

Who would a thought Selwyn Froggitt could be a right bastard ! Its like watching Kes Last of the Summer Wine and Corrie all in one go this !! Well done Colin Welland and Mike Apted.. the hard broken piss pot Yorkshire close knit community trapped in their own self induced cages fearful of what lies beyond and stuck in their pride It all shines in this....Maynard Dunham and Yates give top line on here Thanks for posting !

I'm on my second viewing of this drama, and the nuances regarding the characters' unconcious behaviour and int!eractions, is so well scripted and acted!

Thanks for the upload, very nostalgic.

The very best Play for Today ever!

Always watched Play for today,fantastic drama and actors playing interesting characters, scripts were just great, miss drama like this.

Cautionary tale (for women especially) - doing everything for your partner and not nurturing yourself is a losing game.