Remember "Play For Today" Back In The Seventies?

It was called Lamb to the Slaughter.

Oh yes!
She fed it to the policeman.

I watched the one called William and Mary last week, where the preserve William's brain, and one eye.

Yes!! I loved Play for Today and wish the Beeb would air more (but new) shows like this!

There are many episodes on YouTube and a few on BBCiplayer.

There was a very sad play by Dennis Potter called Where The Buffalo Roam, which I've never seen repeated. I think it starred Hywel Bennett. Another brilliant Potter play was Blue Remembered Hills.

Some were overly political and tedious, but others like Abigail's Party were so successful that they are still being performed in theatres.

I clearly remember a linked series of plays in the mid-60s called "Talking to a Stranger" starring Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason and Michael Bryant. It's about a family weekend told from each viewpoint - father, mother, daughter, son. It was brutal and brilliant.

The Evacuees by Jack Rosenthal is on BBC 4 next week.

Maggiemaybe

Oo, Tales of the Unexpected! I loved that series. My favourite being the one where she despatched her husband with a frozen leg of lamb to the head, then cooked the evidence.

It actually still sounds feasible to me.

Oh yes, brilliant!
Ronald Dahl wrote the tales.

Why don't they produce such good television any more?

Maggiemaybe

An Inspector Calls was written by J B Priestley.

My favourite Play For Today was Nuts in May, the trials and tribulations of Candice Marie and Keith on their camping trip. It was another by Mike Leigh.

I bought the DVD of this several years ago and loved it just as much.

Very, very funny and great characters. I have met people just like Keith and Candice Marie in real life. 🤣🤣

Talking To A Stranger was so impressive. It still stands up to day.

I used to watch Play for Today too - good variety. It seems today that many plays are centred around murders and police which becomes rather boring after a while.