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Rainy Day Women
Play for Today - S14 - E10
In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumors of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria
Play for Today: Season 14 - 16 Episode s
14x1 - Stan's Last Game
October 25, 1983
James Grout and Bert Parnaby are rival chairmen of a northern football club in the run-up to an important cup match. As tempers fray, retiring president Charles Lamb provides a calming voice of sanity.
14x2 - Young Shoulders
February 14, 1984
Cynical teenager Andrew Groves re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after his sister dies in a plane crash.
14x3 - A Coming to Terms for Billy
February 21, 1984
When his father comes home to Belfast after more than 2 years in England, conflicts arise with Billy
14x4 - Z for Zachariah
February 28, 1984
After a nuclear holocaust, only a man and a woman survive in a Welsh valley.
14x5 - Moving on the Edge
March 6, 1984
A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her husband and family.
14x6 - Desert of Lies
March 13, 1984
An expedition tracing the path of long-lost missionaries meets with tragedy in the Kalahari Desert.
14x7 - Hard Feelings
March 20, 1984
A group of unemployed Oxford drop-outs living in a Brixton commune get their come-uppance by one of them.
14x8 - Under the Hammer
March 27, 1984
Concerning the life of the artist Vincent Van Gogh
14x9 - King
April 3, 1984
A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.
14x10 - Rainy Day Women
April 10, 1984
In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumors of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria
14x11 - Dog Ends
July 17, 1984
In a future society where euthansia is common, a man signs papers to have his father put down
14x12 - The Groundling and the Kite
July 24, 1984
Peter is a songwriter, while his old friend Jimmy is an A and R (Artists and Repertoire) man. But when Jimmy tries to sell one of Peter's songs, Peter is furious. Can the friendship survive?
14x13 - The Cry
July 31, 1984
In 1959 Ulster, a journalist witnesses the beating of a youth
14x14 - It Could Happen to Anybody
August 14, 1984
A long-suffering Glasgow housewife puts up with years of her husband's violence and drunkenness - and then something happens which makes her snap and fight back.
14x15 - Only Children
August 21, 1984
A young woman's comfortable life is turned upside down when she has a baby.
14x16 - The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle
August 28, 1984
Miss Stella Estelle is a cabaret singer in working men's clubs, and she sings songs from the 1960s to support a large and difficult family. But how long can it go on? The backdrop is a family in decay: husband out of work, wife working and still doing the domestics, daughter the singer and hopeful star, son her "manager" but in reality going nowhere. Stella plays a crummy club circuit, singing songs for oldies for £50 a night - She's never going to be a star because of her parents' short-sighted greed.
Play for Today: All seasons
S0: Specials
1 Episode
S1: Season 1
24 Episode s
S2: Season 2
19 Episode s
S3: Season 3
28 Episode s
S4: Season 4
22 Episode s
S5: Season 5
22 Episode s
S6: Season 6
25 Episode s
S7: Season 7
19 Episode s
S8: Season 8
18 Episode s
S9: Season 9
21 Episode s
S10: Season 10
28 Episode s
S11: Season 11
27 Episode s
S12: Season 12
22 Episode s
S13: Season 13
18 Episode s
S14: Season 14
16 Episode s