Play for Today A Life Is Forever (Season 3, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

A Life Is Forever (Season 3, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day to day drudgery of prison life. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

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Updated Oct 16, 1972

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Oct 16, 1972 (United Kingdom)

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16 wins & 16 nominations

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Maurice O'Connell Johnson Johnson See fewer	A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Neil Seiler Gibson Gibson See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
David Hargreaves Peters Peters See fewer	Last Christmas (2019)
Basil Clarke Andrews Andrews See fewer	Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Roy Boyd Lorrimer Lorrimer See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)
Roger Hume Stradley Stradley See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Antony Webb Gemmill Gemmill See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Rick James Williams Williams See fewer	Blake's 7 (1978)
Tony Meyer McCallister McCallister See fewer	Octopussy (1983)
Arthur Skinner Marlow Marlow See fewer	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
Terence Davies Buchan Buchan See fewer	BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Dennis Castle Morton Morton See fewer	Kaleidoscope (1946)
Simon Castles Henderson (as Simon Castle) Henderson (as Simon Castle) See fewer	The Guardians (1971)
Ralph Ball Teacher Teacher See fewer	The Internecine Project (1974)
Eric French Prison officer Prison officer See fewer	1990 (1977)
Peter Jolley Prison officer Prison officer See fewer	Survivors (1975)
Crawford Lyall Prison officer Prison officer See fewer	Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)