Landscapes in Alan Clarke’s PENDA'S FEN (1974):
DoP Michael Williams, camera operation Ken Morgan
#folkhorror #filmsky #PlayForToday #PendasFen #DavidRudkin #AlanClarke #filmphotography #landscapephotography #horrorsky
DoP Michael Williams, camera operation Ken Morgan
#folkhorror #filmsky #PlayForToday #PendasFen #DavidRudkin #AlanClarke #filmphotography #landscapephotography #horrorsky
May 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Landscapes in Alan Clarke’s PENDA'S FEN (1974):
DoP Michael Williams, camera operation Ken Morgan
#folkhorror #filmsky #PlayForToday #PendasFen #DavidRudkin #AlanClarke #filmphotography #landscapephotography #horrorsky
DoP Michael Williams, camera operation Ken Morgan
#folkhorror #filmsky #PlayForToday #PendasFen #DavidRudkin #AlanClarke #filmphotography #landscapephotography #horrorsky
“Do you mind if I look for shells in your garden?” is Folk Horror Flirting #folkhorrorfriday
May 23, 2026 at 1:12 AM
May 23, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Paul Copley deserves more recognition. He’s everyone’s Northern Dad in every series ever. A consummate character actor #PlayForToday
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Paul Copley deserves more recognition. He’s everyone’s Northern Dad in every series ever. A consummate character actor #PlayForToday
She and I basically have the same life minus the mice and the cleaning lady.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
May 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
She and I basically have the same life minus the mice and the cleaning lady.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
May 23, 2026 at 1:09 AM
#PlayForToday with Anita Dobson prowling a wake for a date? Yes please!
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#PlayForToday with Anita Dobson prowling a wake for a date? Yes please!
Sue Johnson and Paul Copley are great. What a pair of pros. #PlayForToday
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sue Johnson and Paul Copley are great. What a pair of pros. #PlayForToday
Well that wasn’t exactly Cathy Come Home was it? #PlayforToday
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Well that wasn’t exactly Cathy Come Home was it? #PlayforToday
I was a tech writer, copy editor, book editor, and actual writer. Wrote and edited screenplays and plays.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
May 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I was a tech writer, copy editor, book editor, and actual writer. Wrote and edited screenplays and plays.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
I also have friends in the city and don't like them very much. We're the same person.
Go away, Rob/Edgar.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
Go away, Rob/Edgar.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
May 23, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I also have friends in the city and don't like them very much. We're the same person.
Go away, Rob/Edgar.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
Go away, Rob/Edgar.
#FolkHorrorFriday #RobinRedbreast #PlayForToday
My write-up of tonight's Play for Today on 5 #PlayForToday
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My write-up of tonight's Play for Today on 5 #PlayForToday
Watching today’s #PlayForToday, about a struggling school and an Ofsted inspection. It’s quite a difficult watch.
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Watching today’s #PlayForToday, about a struggling school and an Ofsted inspection. It’s quite a difficult watch.
Really made up with this. Special Measures tonight at 9 on 5. #PlayForToday
5 really did save its best Play for Today for last. Special Measures is on tonight at 9.00pm. My pick of the day for @radiotimes.bsky.social #PlayForToday
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Really made up with this. Special Measures tonight at 9 on 5. #PlayForToday
Great to get @katiecrosson.bsky.social expert take on what the relaunched #PlayforToday strand could be ⬇️
#televisionhistory #tvdrama #mediahistory
#televisionhistory #tvdrama #mediahistory
Play for Today (2025) could foster solidarity between people facing issues that might not immediately appear connected, through a programme that joins up the dots. Here are 9 ways it can live up to its namesake (me for The Conversation) theconversation.com/play-for-tod...
Play for Today is back – nine ways Channel 5 can make it as successful as the original
Channel 5 has a lot to live up to, but research into the original BBC drama series has inspired nine principles the new Play for Today should live by.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Great to get @katiecrosson.bsky.social expert take on what the relaunched #PlayforToday strand could be ⬇️
#televisionhistory #tvdrama #mediahistory
#televisionhistory #tvdrama #mediahistory
#NewWave / #80sAlternative
▶️ The Cure - Play For Today (1980)
#musicsky #TheCure #SeventeenSeconds #PlayForToday #postpunk #TheRover98TB
▶️ The Cure - Play For Today (1980)
#musicsky #TheCure #SeventeenSeconds #PlayForToday #postpunk #TheRover98TB
Play For Today [Music video] - The Cure (HD/HQ)
YouTube video by TheRover98TB
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#NewWave / #80sAlternative
▶️ The Cure - Play For Today (1980)
#musicsky #TheCure #SeventeenSeconds #PlayForToday #postpunk #TheRover98TB
▶️ The Cure - Play For Today (1980)
#musicsky #TheCure #SeventeenSeconds #PlayForToday #postpunk #TheRover98TB
April 12, 1983 - Daily Record - Patrick Troughton may be remembered as the Second Doctor, but he had a long career as an actor including appearing on Play for Today.
#PatrickTroughton #SecondDoctor #DoctorWho #PlayforToday #actor #BritishTV #scifi #classicTV
#PatrickTroughton #SecondDoctor #DoctorWho #PlayforToday #actor #BritishTV #scifi #classicTV
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
April 12, 1983 - Daily Record - Patrick Troughton may be remembered as the Second Doctor, but he had a long career as an actor including appearing on Play for Today.
#PatrickTroughton #SecondDoctor #DoctorWho #PlayforToday #actor #BritishTV #scifi #classicTV
#PatrickTroughton #SecondDoctor #DoctorWho #PlayforToday #actor #BritishTV #scifi #classicTV
Anita Dobson is fantastic, isn’t she? #PlayForToday
a woman in a red jacket is smiling and holding a cup with the words i love a good show below her
Alt: a woman in a red jacket is smiling and holding a cup with the words i love a good show below her
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Anita Dobson is fantastic, isn’t she? #PlayForToday
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
7 Plus Seven (15/12/70) was shown in the week of
- #Doomwatch's S2E1 You Killed Toby Wren
- #Dad'sArmy S4E13 Fallen Idol
- the tenth #PlayforToday, The Hallelujah Handshake
For #DoctorWho fans, Terror of the Autons was shown within three weeks. Ace of Wands and Catweazle had both done a year.
- #Doomwatch's S2E1 You Killed Toby Wren
- #Dad'sArmy S4E13 Fallen Idol
- the tenth #PlayforToday, The Hallelujah Handshake
For #DoctorWho fans, Terror of the Autons was shown within three weeks. Ace of Wands and Catweazle had both done a year.
September 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
7 Plus Seven (15/12/70) was shown in the week of
- #Doomwatch's S2E1 You Killed Toby Wren
- #Dad'sArmy S4E13 Fallen Idol
- the tenth #PlayforToday, The Hallelujah Handshake
For #DoctorWho fans, Terror of the Autons was shown within three weeks. Ace of Wands and Catweazle had both done a year.
- #Doomwatch's S2E1 You Killed Toby Wren
- #Dad'sArmy S4E13 Fallen Idol
- the tenth #PlayforToday, The Hallelujah Handshake
For #DoctorWho fans, Terror of the Autons was shown within three weeks. Ace of Wands and Catweazle had both done a year.
We missed the first #PlayForToday (it failed to record), but are watching “Big Winners” with Sue Johnston and Paul Copley. It is excellent.
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We missed the first #PlayForToday (it failed to record), but are watching “Big Winners” with Sue Johnston and Paul Copley. It is excellent.
What I didn't understand about this Play for Today is why a room that's been locked up for 50 years would look this clean and free from dust? #PlayForToday
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What I didn't understand about this Play for Today is why a room that's been locked up for 50 years would look this clean and free from dust? #PlayForToday
PLAY FOR TODAY - Season 2, Episode 2 - #BBC #iPlayer
'Edna, the Inebriate Woman' (1971)
Watched last night for the 1st time. Patricia Hayes plays 'Edna' a homeless woman in '70's England. Pushed from one Mental or Penal institute to another encountering the judgemental at every turn.
#PlayForToday
'Edna, the Inebriate Woman' (1971)
Watched last night for the 1st time. Patricia Hayes plays 'Edna' a homeless woman in '70's England. Pushed from one Mental or Penal institute to another encountering the judgemental at every turn.
#PlayForToday
May 3, 2026 at 11:01 AM
PLAY FOR TODAY - Season 2, Episode 2 - #BBC #iPlayer
'Edna, the Inebriate Woman' (1971)
Watched last night for the 1st time. Patricia Hayes plays 'Edna' a homeless woman in '70's England. Pushed from one Mental or Penal institute to another encountering the judgemental at every turn.
#PlayForToday
'Edna, the Inebriate Woman' (1971)
Watched last night for the 1st time. Patricia Hayes plays 'Edna' a homeless woman in '70's England. Pushed from one Mental or Penal institute to another encountering the judgemental at every turn.
#PlayForToday
Going to watch what Leonard is getting up to with his bit on the side, Sue Johnston. #PlayForToday
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Going to watch what Leonard is getting up to with his bit on the side, Sue Johnston. #PlayForToday