Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
3.8
8 Seasons
Drama

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known. Thirty-Minute Theatre followed on from a similarly named ITV series, beginning on BBC2 in 1965 with an adaptation of the black comedy Parsons Pleasure. In 1967 BBC2 launched the UK's first colour service, with the consequence that Thirty-Minute Theatre became the first drama series in the country to be shown in colour.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

Parson's Pleasure

Ep 2

Give the Clown His Supper

Ep 3

Portrait of a Madonna

Ep 4

Pay as You Go

Ep 5

Monica

Ep 6

Love in Triplicate

Ep 7

Application Form

Ep 8

The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft

Ep 9

Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat

Ep 10

Mr. Ponge

Ep 11

That's Not My Name

Ep 12

Family Christmas

Ep 13

The Passenger

Ep 14

The Flipside

Ep 15

The Enchanted Night

Ep 16

Four-Way Incident

Ep 17

Brothers

Ep 18

Janni! Oh Janni!

Ep 19

The Sugar Cubes

Ep 20

Case Suspended

Ep 21

Ships of the Line

Ep 22

Keep on Running

Ep 23

Not for Just an Hour

Ep 24

'Twas on a Sunday

Ep 25

Magnolia Summer

Ep 26

A Girl's Best Friend

Ep 27

Emergency Ward 9

Ep 28

A Letter from the Country

Ep 29

The Caramel Crisis

Ep 30

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

Ep 31

The House Mouse

Ep 32

The Hard Word

Ep 33

Ella

Ep 34

The Window

Ep 35

Friday Night's the Best Night

Ep 36

A Good Reason for Getting Married

Ep 37

The Queen Street Girls

Ep 38

They Put You Where You Are

Cast