About this season
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 (6)
1. Crimes
Aired 13 April 1982 • 60 min
During nuclear war, a crime epidemic occurs
2. Bright Eyes
Aired 20 April 1982 • 60 min
The story of a father/daughter relationship and their involvement in political intrigue in a unified Europe
3. Cricket
Aired 27 April 1982 • 60 min
The story of a computerized cricket match
4. The Nuclear Family
Aired 4 May 1982 • 60 min
A techno-family goes on a hard labor vacation
5. Shades
Aired 11 May 1982 • 60 min
A virtual reality tale set during a time of mass unemployment
6. Easter 2016
Aired 18 May 1982 • 60 min
The anniversary of an uprising causes problems in a college