Play for Today The Union (Season 11, Episode 18)
TV Episode | 69 min | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

The Union (Season 11, Episode 18)

TV Episode | 69 min | Comedy, Drama

You know the nuts and bolts of our policy? To penetrate the unions. To use all sorts of stratagems, manoeuvres, illegal measures, evasions, subterfuges, to carry on Communist activities inside them at all cost.

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Updated Feb 24, 1981

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Feb 24, 1981 (United Kingdom)

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16 wins & 16 nominations

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Ian Hogg Les Cannon Les Cannon See fewer	King Lear (1970)
Susan Kodicek Olga Cannon Olga Cannon See fewer	Pullover (1982)
Nigel Stock Harry Pollitt Harry Pollitt See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Frank Windsor Frank Haxell Frank Haxell See fewer	A for Andromeda (1961)
Tony Selby Frank Chapple Frank Chapple See fewer	Villain (1971)
Gabrielle Daye Nellie Cannon Nellie Cannon See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Jim Wiggins Jim Cannon Jim Cannon See fewer	Brookside (1982)
James Garbutt John Byrne John Byrne See fewer	Superman (1978)
Frank Wylie Robert McLennan Robert McLennan See fewer	Macbeth (1971)
George Raistrick Walter Stevens Walter Stevens See fewer	The Dwelling Place (1994)
Reginald Jessup Frank Foulkes Frank Foulkes See fewer	Gideon C.I.D. (1964)
David Bradley Communist Speaker Communist Speaker See fewer	The World's End (2013)
Jeffrey Segal E.T.U. Member E.T.U. Member See fewer	UFO (1970)
Jiri Stanislav Czech Man Czech Man See fewer	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Geoffrey Wilkinson Secretary Secretary See fewer	Calendar Girls (2003)
Alan Bowerman Harry Harry See fewer	Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Brian Orrell Bloke Bloke See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Norman Hartley First Man First Man See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
John Benfield Second Man Second Man See fewer	Speed Racer (2008)
Philip Ryan Third Man Third Man See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Samuel Rush Oleg Cannon Oleg Cannon See fewer	Play for Today (1970)
Jason Savage Martin Cannon Martin Cannon See fewer	A Perfect Spy (1987)
Corbet Woodall Narrator (uncredited) Narrator (uncredited) See fewer	The World Is Full of Married Men (1979)