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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Parson's Pleasure
07-10-196530 minAn 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.
- Ep 2
2.Give the Clown His Supper
14-10-196530 minFailure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.
- Ep 3
3.Portrait of a Madonna
21-10-196530 min - Ep 4
4.Pay as You Go
28-10-196530 min - Ep 5
5.Monica
04-11-196530 minSimon 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 su...
- Ep 6
6.Love in Triplicate
11-11-196530 min - Ep 7
7.Application Form
18-11-196530 min - Ep 8
8.The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
25-11-196530 min - Ep 9
9.Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
02-12-196530 minMrs. 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...
- Ep 10
10.Mr. Ponge
09-12-196530 min - Ep 11
11.That's Not My Name
16-12-196530 min - Ep 12
12.Family Christmas
23-12-196530 min - Ep 13
13.The Passenger
30-12-196530 min - Ep 14
14.The Flipside
03-01-196630 min - Ep 15
15.The Enchanted Night
10-01-196630 min - Ep 16
16.Four-Way Incident
17-01-196630 min - Ep 17
17.Brothers
24-01-196630 min - Ep 18
18.Janni! Oh Janni!
31-01-196630 min - Ep 19
19.The Sugar Cubes
07-02-196630 min - Ep 20
20.Case Suspended
14-02-196630 min - Ep 21
21.Ships of the Line
21-02-196630 min - Ep 22
22.Keep on Running
28-02-196630 min - Ep 23
23.Not for Just an Hour
07-03-196630 min - Ep 24
24.'Twas on a Sunday
14-03-196630 min - Ep 25
25.Magnolia Summer
28-03-196630 min - Ep 26
26.A Girl's Best Friend
04-04-196630 min - Ep 27
27.Emergency Ward 9
11-04-196630 minIn 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 a...
- Ep 28
28.A Letter from the Country
18-04-196630 min - Ep 29
29.The Caramel Crisis
25-04-196630 min - Ep 30
30.Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
02-05-196630 min - Ep 31
31.The House Mouse
09-05-196630 min - Ep 32
32.The Hard Word
16-05-196630 min - Ep 33
33.Ella
23-05-196630 min - Ep 34
34.The Window
30-05-196630 min - Ep 35
35.Friday Night's the Best Night
06-06-196630 min - Ep 36
36.A Good Reason for Getting Married
13-06-196630 min - Ep 37
37.The Queen Street Girls
20-06-196630 min - Ep 38
38.They Put You Where You Are
27-06-196630 min
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