Play for Today vs The Witness
The Witness has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Play for Today). Play for Today is the older of the two (1970 against 2026). Both are drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Play for Today
The Witness| Play for Today | The Witness | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1970 | 2026 |
| Seasons | 14 | 1 |
| Genres | Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | GB | – |
| Creator / director | – | – |
| Main cast | – | Neil Maskell, James Bradshaw, Kerry Godliman, Mark Stanley, Claire Rushbrook |
Synopsis
Play for Today
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
The Witness
With their 2-year-old as the sole witness to her murder, Rachel Nickell's partner fights to protect him amid a flawed investigation.
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