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Play for Tomorrow

TV·1982–1982·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC One·Drama·1h·Created by Neil Zeiger

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Play for Tomorrow is a British television anthology science fiction series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 in 1982. It spun off from the anthology drama series Play for Today after the success of The Flipside of Dominick Hide on that strand. Each of the six episodes paints a vision of life in a future year, near the end of the 20th Century or at the beginning of the 21st.

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1982Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01CrimesApril 13, 1982—During nuclear war, a crime epidemic occurs
  2. S01E02Bright EyesApril 20, 1982—The story of a father/daughter relationship and their involvement in political intrigue in a unified Europe
  3. S01E03CricketApril 27, 1982—The story of a computerized cricket match
  4. S01E04The Nuclear FamilyMay 4, 1982—A techno-family goes on a hard labor vacation
  5. S01E05ShadesMay 11, 1982—A virtual reality tale set during a time of mass unemployment
  6. S01E06Easter 2016May 18, 1982—The anniversary of an uprising causes problems in a college

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