Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Drama
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 38 epS2 · 37 epS3 · 35 epS4 · 36 epS5 · 36 epS6 · 37 epS7 · 33 epS8 · 33 ep
- 1Parson's Pleasure7 Oct 1965 · 30mAn unscrupulous antiques dealer with a method for acquiring invaluable antiques in the countryside, stumbles upon a priceless chair owned by a less than cooperative family.
- 2Give the Clown His Supper14 Oct 1965 · 30mFailure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.
- 3Portrait of a Madonna21 Oct 1965 · 30m
- 4Pay as You Go28 Oct 1965 · 30m
- 5Monica4 Nov 1965 · 30mSimon is trying to convince his mistress, Monica, to leave her husband by staging a suicide. But instead of Monica showing up, a stranger appears, who helps him to carry out the suicide he was staging at the beginning of the play.
- 6Love in Triplicate11 Nov 1965 · 30m
- 7Application Form18 Nov 1965 · 30m
- 8The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft25 Nov 1965 · 30m
- 9Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat2 Dec 1965 · 30mMrs. Bixby, a dentist's wife, goes alone once a month to the country "to see her aunt"; she's secretly visiting her lover, the Colonel. But when he gives her an expensive coat, she has to devise a way of explaining it to her husband.
- 10Mr. Ponge9 Dec 1965 · 30m
- 11That's Not My Name16 Dec 1965 · 30m
- 12Family Christmas23 Dec 1965 · 30m
- 13The Passenger30 Dec 1965 · 30m
- 14The Flipside3 Jan 1966 · 30m
- 15The Enchanted Night10 Jan 1966 · 30m
- 16Four-Way Incident17 Jan 1966 · 30m
- 17Brothers24 Jan 1966 · 30m
- 18Janni! Oh Janni!31 Jan 1966 · 30m
- 19The Sugar Cubes7 Feb 1966 · 30m
- 20Case Suspended14 Feb 1966 · 30m
- 21Ships of the Line21 Feb 1966 · 30m
- 22Keep on Running28 Feb 1966 · 30m
- 23Not for Just an Hour7 Mar 1966 · 30m
- 24'Twas on a Sunday14 Mar 1966 · 30m
- 25Magnolia Summer28 Mar 1966 · 30m
- 26A Girl's Best Friend4 Apr 1966 · 30m
- 27Emergency Ward 911 Apr 1966 · 30mIn this medical drama for the BBC's THIRTY MINUTE THEATER series, a doctor is helpless as an old man dies in pain. In the same ward, three other patients of different backgrounds attempt to deal with the old man's death.
- 28A Letter from the Country18 Apr 1966 · 30m
- 29The Caramel Crisis25 Apr 1966 · 30m
- 30Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea2 May 1966 · 30m
- 31The House Mouse9 May 1966 · 30m
- 32The Hard Word16 May 1966 · 30m
- 33Ella23 May 1966 · 30m
- 34The Window30 May 1966 · 30m
- 35Friday Night's the Best Night6 Jun 1966 · 30m
- 36A Good Reason for Getting Married13 Jun 1966 · 30m
- 37The Queen Street Girls20 Jun 1966 · 30m
- 38They Put You Where You Are27 Jun 1966 · 30m
Details
- First aired
- 7 Oct 1965
- Last aired
- 17 May 1973
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 285
- Votes
- 8 on TMDB
