<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PFT_1982_Title.jpg" alt="" title="PFT_1982_Title" width="90" height="72" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1787" /></p>
<p></br></p>
<h3><b><u>LAST LOVE</u> (1 Mar 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. Reg Gadney<br />
pr. Alan Shallcross<br />
dr. Nicholas Renton</p>
<h3><b><u>GATES OF GOLD</u> (8 Mar 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. Maurice Leitch<br />
pr. Andrée Molyneux, Chris Parr<br />
dr. Jon Amiel</p>
<h3><b><u>WAYNE AND ALBERT</u> (15 Mar 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. David Hopkins<br />
pr. Alan Shallcross<br />
dr. Sarah Pia Anderson</p>
<h3><b><u>ATLANTIS</u> (29 Mar 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. Peter Terson<br />
pr. Colin Rogers<br />
dr. Les Chatfield</p>
<h3><b><u>THE LAST TERM</u> (5 Apr 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. Raymond Hitchcock<br />
pr. Rosemary Hill<br />
dr. Philip Bonham-Carter</p>
<h3><b><u>RELUCTANT CHICKENS</u> (12 Apr 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. David Cregan<br />
pr. Roger Gregory<br />
dr. Gareth Davies</p>
<h3><b><u>SHALL I BE MOTHER?</u> (19 Apr 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. Peter Ransley<br />
pr. Anne Head<br />
dr. Ronald Wilson</p>
<h3><b><u>THE FALKLANDS FACTOR</u> (26 Apr 1983) </b></h3>
<p><a href="http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/?p=884" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Essay by Oliver Wake</a><br />
wr. Don Shaw<br />
pr. Louis Marks<br />
dr. Colin Bucksey</p>
<h3><b><u>A MATTER OF CHOICE FOR BILLY</u> (10 May 1983) </b></h3>
<p>wr. Graham Reid<br />
pr. Chris Parr, Neil Zeiger<br />
dr. Paul Seed</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/?page_id=1740" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">1984</a>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/?page_id=1744" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">this list of plays broadcast in 1983 but whose status as part of <em>Play for Today</em> is less clear</a></p>
<p><em>A Matter of Choice for Billy</em> was available on BBC Store but it closed on 1 November 2017. Note that some titles that were previously available via BBC Store, and some others, are now available to buy to stream on Amazon Prime Video in the UK.</p>
<p><em>For researchers interested in these plays and their archival status, we strongly recommend the BBC drama research guide <a href="http://www.kaleidoscopepublishing.co.uk/books-bbcdramadownload2011-09.html" target=_"self">available here from Kaleidoscope</a>.</p>
<p><em>Updates:<br />
16 November 2015: replaced missing link to one essay<br />
6 Jun 2015: simplified layout; added producer credits; checked archival status; added DVD availability; minor corrections.<br />
10 July 2016: updated release information; added &#8216;go to&#8217; link.<br />
25 February 2017: checked latest BBC Store release information: no addition required since 2016 update; tidied presentation of BBC Store information.<br />
12 June 2018: replaced ‘Episodes’ with ‘Episode guide’; removed BBC Store release information from individual entries and noted its closure.<br />
14 October 2020: added Amazon note.</em></p>
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