Thirty-Minute Theatre
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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Season 1
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E1
Parson's Pleasure
An 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.
Oct 7, 1965 · 30m -
2
E2
Give the Clown His Supper
Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.
Oct 14, 1965 · 30m -
3
E3
Portrait of a Madonna
Oct 21, 1965 · 30m -
4
E4
Pay as You Go
Oct 28, 1965 · 30m -
5
E5
Monica
Simon 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.
Nov 4, 1965 · 30m -
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E6
Love in Triplicate
Nov 11, 1965 · 30m -
7
E7
Application Form
Nov 18, 1965 · 30m -
8
E8
The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
Nov 25, 1965 · 30m -
9
E9
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Mrs. 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.
Dec 2, 1965 · 30m -
10
E10
Mr. Ponge
Dec 9, 1965 · 30m -
11
E11
That's Not My Name
Dec 16, 1965 · 30m -
12
E12
Family Christmas
Dec 23, 1965 · 30m -
13
E13
The Passenger
Dec 30, 1965 · 30m -
14
E14
The Flipside
Jan 3, 1966 · 30m -
15
E15
The Enchanted Night
Jan 10, 1966 · 30m -
16
E16
Four-Way Incident
Jan 17, 1966 · 30m -
17
E17
Brothers
Jan 24, 1966 · 30m -
18
E18
Janni! Oh Janni!
Jan 31, 1966 · 30m -
19
E19
The Sugar Cubes
Feb 7, 1966 · 30m -
20
E20
Case Suspended
Feb 14, 1966 · 30m -
21
E21
Ships of the Line
Feb 21, 1966 · 30m -
22
E22
Keep on Running
Feb 28, 1966 · 30m -
23
E23
Not for Just an Hour
Mar 7, 1966 · 30m -
24
E24
'Twas on a Sunday
Mar 14, 1966 · 30m -
25
E25
Magnolia Summer
Mar 28, 1966 · 30m -
26
E26
A Girl's Best Friend
Apr 4, 1966 · 30m -
27
E27
Emergency Ward 9
In 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.
Apr 11, 1966 · 30m -
28
E28
A Letter from the Country
Apr 18, 1966 · 30m -
29
E29
The Caramel Crisis
Apr 25, 1966 · 30m -
30
E30
Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
May 2, 1966 · 30m -
31
E31
The House Mouse
May 9, 1966 · 30m -
32
E32
The Hard Word
May 16, 1966 · 30m -
33
E33
Ella
May 23, 1966 · 30m -
34
E34
The Window
May 30, 1966 · 30m -
35
E35
Friday Night's the Best Night
Jun 6, 1966 · 30m -
36
E36
A Good Reason for Getting Married
Jun 13, 1966 · 30m -
37
E37
The Queen Street Girls
Jun 20, 1966 · 30m -
38
E38
They Put You Where You Are
Jun 27, 1966 · 30m