Thirty-Minute Theatre

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Drama

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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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Production

BBC

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 7, 1965

Last Aired

May 17, 1973

Networks

BBC Two

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Parson's Pleasure

Air date: 1965-10-07

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.

Give the Clown His Supper

Air date: 1965-10-14

Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.

Portrait of a Madonna

Air date: 1965-10-21

Pay as You Go

Air date: 1965-10-28

Monica

Air date: 1965-11-04

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.

Love in Triplicate

Air date: 1965-11-11

Application Form

Air date: 1965-11-18

The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft

Air date: 1965-11-25

Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

Air date: 1965-12-02

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.

E10

Mr. Ponge

Air date: 1965-12-09

E11

That's Not My Name

Air date: 1965-12-16

E12

Family Christmas

Air date: 1965-12-23

E13

The Passenger

Air date: 1965-12-30

E14

The Flipside

Air date: 1966-01-03

E15

The Enchanted Night

Air date: 1966-01-10

E16

Four-Way Incident

Air date: 1966-01-17

E17

Brothers

Air date: 1966-01-24

E18

Janni! Oh Janni!

Air date: 1966-01-31

E19

The Sugar Cubes

Air date: 1966-02-07

E20

Case Suspended

Air date: 1966-02-14

E21

Ships of the Line

Air date: 1966-02-21

E22

Keep on Running

Air date: 1966-02-28

E23

Not for Just an Hour

Air date: 1966-03-07

E24

'Twas on a Sunday

Air date: 1966-03-14

E25

Magnolia Summer

Air date: 1966-03-28

E26

A Girl's Best Friend

Air date: 1966-04-04

E27

Emergency Ward 9

Air date: 1966-04-11

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.

E28

A Letter from the Country

Air date: 1966-04-18

E29

The Caramel Crisis

Air date: 1966-04-25

E30

Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea

Air date: 1966-05-02

E31

The House Mouse

Air date: 1966-05-09