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Playing the Field

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: March 8, 1998
  • Seasons: 5
  • Episodes: 32
  • Networks: BBC One
  • Genres: Drama
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Playing the Field(1998)

TMDB Rating: 5.2 (5 votes)

Overview

The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team from South Yorkshire in the north of England whose loyalty to the team, the game and each other far exceeds their chances of ever winning the championship.

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Season 1

6 episodes • 1998

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Mar 8, 19980.0
2Episode 2Mar 15, 19980.0
3Episode 3Mar 22, 19980.0
4Episode 4Mar 29, 19980.0
5Episode 5Apr 5, 19980.0
6Episode 6Apr 12, 19980.0
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Season 2

7 episodes • 1999

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Feb 18, 19990.0
2Episode 2Feb 25, 19990.0
3Episode 3Mar 4, 19990.0
4Episode 4Mar 11, 19990.0
5Episode 5Mar 18, 19990.0
6Episode 6Mar 25, 19990.0
7Episode 7Apr 1, 19990.0
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Season 3

6 episodes • 2000

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Feb 1, 20000.0
2Episode 2Feb 8, 20000.0
3Episode 3Feb 15, 20000.0
4Episode 4Feb 24, 20000.0
5Episode 5Mar 2, 20000.0
6Episode 6Mar 9, 20000.0
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Season 4

7 episodes • 2000

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Jul 13, 20000.0
2Episode 2Jul 20, 20000.0
3Episode 3Jul 27, 20000.0
4Episode 4Aug 3, 20000.0
5Episode 5Aug 10, 20000.0
6Episode 6Aug 17, 20000.0
7Episode 7Aug 24, 20000.0
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Season 5

6 episodes • 2002

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Jan 6, 20020.0
2Episode 2Jan 13, 20020.0
3Episode 3Jan 20, 20020.0
4Episode 4Jan 27, 20020.0
5Episode 5Feb 3, 20020.0
6Episode 6Feb 10, 20020.0

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