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2026

Armchair Theatre: The Cherry On The TopRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Aug 2026
Revisiting Mill Street Youth Club: Television Club – ‘What Kind of Life?’ (BBC Television for Schools and Colleges, 1971): Part 3Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
19 Jun 2026
Revisiting Mill Street Youth Club: Television Club – ‘What Kind of Life?’ (BBC 1971) : Part 2Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
19 May 2026
Revisiting Mill Street Youth Club: Television Club – ‘What Kind of Life?’ (BBC 1971) : Part 1Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
11 May 2026
Armchair Theatre: Late SummerRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Apr 2026
Armchair Theatre: The InvasionRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
12 Mar 2026

2025

Screen Two at 40: A Generation of WomenRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Nov 2025
Screen Two at 40 SymposiumRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Nov 2025
Armchair Theatre: Nothing to PayRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
11 Aug 2025
Armchair Theatre: The Fishing MatchRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Jul 2025
Armchair Theatre: The Thought of TomorrowRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Jul 2025
Armchair Theatre: Worm in the BudRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
29 Jun 2025
Armchair Theatre: The Bird, the Bear and the ActressRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
12 Jun 2025
Armchair Mystery Theatre : Toff and FingersRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Jun 2025
Hunters Walk (ATV 1973-76): Non-verbal storytelling and ‘the look’Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Feb 2025
Screen Two at 40Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Feb 2025

2024

The Play on One (BBC1 1988-91): The ‘Forgotten’ Afterlife of Play for Today (BBC1 1970-84)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Sept 2024
Kaleidoscope: The Play’s The ThingRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Jul 2024
Adaptations of Henry James on British television 1948-2009: A ChronologyRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Mar 2024
Armchair Theatre: The End of the Line (1970)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
12 Feb 2024

2023

Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: Discussion (BFI Southbank, 3 May 2023)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
15 Dec 2023
Northern Ireland’s Most Wanted: the Lost Television Dramas 2Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
31 Jul 2023
Northern Ireland’s Most Wanted: the Lost Television Dramas 1Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Jul 2023
Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: Mystery & SuspenseRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
30 May 2023
Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: Experimental Half-HoursRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
23 May 2023
Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: From the RegionsRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
17 May 2023
Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: Women WritersRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
10 May 2023
Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: Early Work by Well-Known WritersRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
5 May 2023
Rediscovering the Half-Hour Play: Novice DirectorsRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Apr 2023
Forgotten Television Drama: Rediscovering the Half-Hour PlayRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Apr 2023
Adaptations of Charles Dickens on British television 1948-2023: A ChronologyRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Mar 2023
A Birmingham Tribute to Tony GarnettRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Jan 2023
‘Women in TV’ by Fay Weldon (1931-2023)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Jan 2023

2022

Working at Granada Television, 1956-58, by Ron Guariento (aka Ron Parks)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
14 Nov 2022
Channel 4 Drama, 1982-91Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Nov 2022
Channel 4 Drama – The Early YearsRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Sept 2022
Play for Today’s Title SequencesRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
19 Jun 2022
Play for Today: The Top 21Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
4 May 2022
My Plays for Today: Ken TroddRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
30 Apr 2022
My Ten Plays for Today: John HillRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Apr 2022
Play for Today: The Dandelion ClockRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Mar 2022
John Finch (1925-2022)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Mar 2022
Tony Garnett on Troy Kennedy MartinRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
25 Jan 2022
Play for Today and Northern IrelandRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Jan 2022

2021

The Cops (BBC, 1998-2001)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
27 Sept 2021
Play for Today: A Story to Frighten the ChildrenRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
15 Sept 2021
Play for Today: Edward G – Like the Film StarRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Jul 2021
Play for Today at 50 : Interviews and PresentationsRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
14 Jul 2021
Alan Lovell (1935-2021)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Jul 2021
Philip Martin (1938-2020) Part Three: Peter Ansorge on script editing Gangsters (BBC 1976-78), plus contributions from David Edgar and David Rudkin.Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
13 May 2021
Philip Martin (1938-2020) Part Two: Philip Martin on The Remainder Man (BBC Play for Today, 1982) and The Unborn (1980)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Apr 2021
Play for Today: SorryRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Apr 2021
Philip Martin (1938-2020) Part One: Philip Martin on Gangsters (BBC Play for Today, 1975, and series, 1976-78)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Apr 2021
Play for Today: The PeddlerRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Apr 2021
Play for Today: The BankruptRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Feb 2021
Brian Parker – Getting Started as a TV Director, 1964-65Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Feb 2021
Play for Today: Back of BeyondRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Jan 2021
Brian Parker (1929-2020)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
3 Jan 2021

2020

My Ten Plays for Today: Peter AnsorgeRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Dec 2020
My Plays for Today: Richard EyreRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
11 Dec 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Ben LambRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
5 Dec 2020
My Five Plays for Today: Sally ShawRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Nov 2020
Two Plays for Today by Paula MilneRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Nov 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: John CookRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Nov 2020
Play for Today: Kisses at FiftyRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
17 Nov 2020
My Five Plays for Today: Vanessa JacksonRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
14 Nov 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Ian GreavesRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
9 Nov 2020
My Five Plays for Today: Sue ViceRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Nov 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Jon DearRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Nov 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Katie CrossonRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
29 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Lez CookeRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Tom MayRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Christine GeraghtyRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Billy SmartRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
19 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Lisa KerriganRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
16 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: Simon FarquharRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
15 Oct 2020
Play for Today: The Long Distance Piano PlayerRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
15 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays For Today: Susanna CaponRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
13 Oct 2020
Programme: Play for Today at 50 Symposium, 14th-15th October 2020Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
12 Oct 2020
My Ten Plays for Today: John WyverRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
12 Oct 2020
Play for Today: NipperRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Oct 2020
Mike Leigh and Play for TodayRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Oct 2020
Play for Today: A PhotographRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2020
Play for Today Online Symposium, 14-15 October 2020Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Sept 2020
Play for Today: The Cellar and the Almond TreeRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Sept 2020
Play for Today: The Dominick Hide playsRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
3 Sept 2020
‘Tender Contempt’: Dennis Potter’s Love-Hate Relationship with Play for TodayRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Aug 2020
Play for Today: Baby LoveRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Aug 2020
Play for Today: I Can’t See My Little WillieRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Aug 2020
Play for Today: TraitorRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
31 Jul 2020
Maurice Roëves (1937-2020)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Jul 2020
Play for Today: Steps BackRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Jul 2020
Doctor Who and the Communist : the work and politics of Malcolm HulkeRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Jul 2020
Play for Today: The Right ProspectusRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Jul 2020
Play for Today at 50Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
1 Jul 2020
Play for Today at 50 at Belfast Film FestivalRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
3 Mar 2020
Tony Garnett (1936-2020)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Jan 2020

2019

Terrance Dicks (1935-2019): The BBC1 Classic Serial in the 1980sRead at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
2 Sept 2019
New ‘Forgotten TV Drama’ DVD in April: ‘For Maddie With Love’ (ATV 1980)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Mar 2019
Forgotten Black TV Drama at BFI Southbank: The Hope and the Glory (1984) + Nice (1984)Read at forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Feb 2019
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