Play Safe

Play Safe is a series of three public information films (PIFs) directed by David Eady and broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1978 highlighting to children the dangers of playing near overhead power lines and electrical substations. The broadcasts were sponsored by the Electricity Council, as part of wider efforts to educate the public about electricity. In a fashion typical for such broadcasts of the period, the films were made to be frightening for young children – depicting graphic electrocution scenes well before the 9pm watershed for programmes unsuitable for children. Television transmission was typically most frequent during school holidays and at times of day dedicated to children's programming.