"Play for Today" Leeds United (1974)

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Director:

Roy Battersby

Writer:

Colin Welland (writer)

TV Series:

"Play for Today" (1970)

Original Air Date:

31 October 1974 (Season 5, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The true story of a strike by textile-factory workers in Leeds. |

Plot Keywords:

Strike | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Bernard Archard	...	Managing Director, Blacks
Bernard Atha	...	Radio Reporter
Duggie Brown	...	Bus conductor
Christine Buckley	...	Joan
Peter Cellier	...	Philip Stringer
John Comer	...	Billy Crane
Suzi Daniels	...	Striker
Elizabeth Dawn	...	Striker
Martin Dempsey	...	Union Regional Secretary
Sue Dexter	...	Mrs. Hesketh
Christine Early	...	Striker
Ken Eastwell	...	Striker
Terence Frisby	...	Raymond Boswell
Bert Gaunt	...	Harry Gridley
Frances Goodall	...	Peggy
Olga Grahame	...	Striker
Gwen Harris	...	Older worker
Tony Heath	...	Isaacs
D.J. Huckerby	...	King
Joyce Kennedy	...	Striker
Josie Lane	...	Annie
Dennis Lawes	...	Older worker
Muriel Lawford	...	Florrie
Wendy Marshall	...	Young girl
Stanley Meadows	...	Managing Director, Benthams
Patti Nicholls	...	Striker
Lynne Perrie	...	Mollie
Alex Robinson	...	Town Hall Chairman
Peter Russell	...	Stan Lloyd
Nanette Ryder	...	Mrs. Gridley
Don Scales	...	Jack
George Silver	...	Bent
Elizabeth Spriggs	...	Maggie
Stan Stennett	...	Joe Pike
Terry Waddington	...	Dennis Jones
Pat Wallis	...	Rhona
Peter Wallis	...	Fred Packer
Colin Welland
Lori Wells	...	Sadie

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)