Play for Today A Story to Frighten the Children (Season 6, Episode 15)
TV Episode | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

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Play for Today

A Story to Frighten the Children (Season 6, Episode 15)

TV Episode | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

Carol Mclain hurries home late one night, and encounters trouble. No one on the nearby estate claims to have seen or heard anything. And why should they care. A woman out so late on her own. She's asking for trouble. Isn't she?

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Updated Feb 3, 1976

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Feb 3, 1976 (United Kingdom)

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16 wins & 16 nominations

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34 cast members

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Geoffrey Palmer Detetective Chief Inspector Harris Detetective Chief Inspector Harris See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
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John Malcolm Doctor Canning Doctor Canning See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Dale Jackley Police Woman Police Woman See fewer	Wodehouse Playhouse (1974)
Susan Littler Carol McLain Carol McLain See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Geoffrey Hinsliff Barry Raskin Barry Raskin See fewer	A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Kate Lansbury Jessica Raskin Jessica Raskin See fewer	Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
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Lisa Wood Young Mother Young Mother See fewer	Play for Today (1970)
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