1965 - 1973
3.8 (5 votes)
8 Seasons
Genres
Drama
Networks
BBC Two
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Overview
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.
Seasons
Season 1 (1965)
No overview available.
38 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Parson's Pleasure
1965-10-07Episode 2: Give the Clown His Supper
1965-10-14Episode 3: Portrait of a Madonna
1965-10-21Episode 4: Pay as You Go
1965-10-28Episode 5: Monica
1965-11-04Episode 6: Love in Triplicate
1965-11-11Episode 7: Application Form
1965-11-18Episode 8: The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
1965-11-25Episode 9: Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
1965-12-02Episode 10: Mr. Ponge
1965-12-09Episode 11: That's Not My Name
1965-12-16Episode 12: Family Christmas
1965-12-23Episode 13: The Passenger
1965-12-30Episode 14: The Flipside
1966-01-03Episode 15: The Enchanted Night
1966-01-10Episode 16: Four-Way Incident
1966-01-17Episode 17: Brothers
1966-01-24Episode 18: Janni! Oh Janni!
1966-01-31Episode 19: The Sugar Cubes
1966-02-07Episode 20: Case Suspended
1966-02-14Episode 21: Ships of the Line
1966-02-21Episode 22: Keep on Running
1966-02-28Episode 23: Not for Just an Hour
1966-03-07Episode 24: 'Twas on a Sunday
1966-03-14Episode 25: Magnolia Summer
1966-03-28Episode 26: A Girl's Best Friend
1966-04-04Episode 27: Emergency Ward 9
1966-04-11Episode 28: A Letter from the Country
1966-04-18Episode 29: The Caramel Crisis
1966-04-25Episode 30: Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
1966-05-02Episode 31: The House Mouse
1966-05-09Episode 32: The Hard Word
1966-05-16Episode 33: Ella
1966-05-23Episode 34: The Window
1966-05-30Episode 35: Friday Night's the Best Night
1966-06-06Episode 36: A Good Reason for Getting Married
1966-06-13Episode 37: The Queen Street Girls
1966-06-20Episode 38: They Put You Where You Are
1966-06-27Season 2 (1966)
No overview available.
37 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Other Fella
1966-10-03Episode 2: The Devil and All His Mischief
1966-10-10Episode 3: The Spoken Word
1966-10-17Episode 4: The Sounds of War
1966-10-24Episode 5: The Excavation
1966-10-31Episode 6: Play to Win
1966-11-07Episode 7: Confession
1966-11-14Episode 8: Wife in a Blonde Wig
1966-11-21Episode 9: O-Gosh!
1966-11-28Episode 10: First Catch Your Hare...
1966-12-05Episode 11: Brainscrew
1966-12-12Episode 12: The Towers of Manhattan
1966-12-19Episode 13: Taste
1967-01-04Episode 14: R.S.V.P.
1967-01-11Episode 15: The Suede Jacket
1967-01-18Episode 16: Oldenberg
1967-01-26Episode 17: Later a Man Was Questioned
1967-02-01Episode 18: Teeth
1967-02-08Episode 19: Turn Off If You Know the Ending
1967-02-15Episode 20: An Absolute Treasure
1967-02-22Episode 21: Go Tell It on Table Mountain
1967-03-01Episode 22: Taffy Came to My House
1967-03-08Episode 23: Who Were You With Last Night?
1967-03-15Episode 24: Two and Two Make Twenty Two
1967-03-22Episode 25: Wanted
1967-03-29Episode 26: The Gun
1967-04-12Episode 27: Failpass
1967-04-19Episode 28: Boa Constrictor
1967-04-26Episode 29: The Isle is Full of Noises
1967-05-03Episode 30: Silver Wedding
1967-05-10Episode 31: The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov
1967-05-17Episode 32: Haven't You People Got Homes?
1967-05-24Episode 33: That Woman
1967-05-31Episode 34: The Other Side
1967-06-07Episode 35: The Wake
1967-06-14Episode 36: Child Marlene
1967-06-21Episode 37: Another Moon Called Earth
1967-06-28Season 3 (1967)
No overview available.
35 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Leave Me Alone
1967-10-02Episode 2: The Timekeepers
1967-10-09Episode 3: You Meet All Sorts
1967-10-16Episode 4: The Tape Recorder
1967-10-23Episode 5: The Top Bunk
1967-10-30Episode 6: Have It On The House
1967-11-06Episode 7: Notice! Meeting In Progress
1967-11-27Episode 8: A Time of Wolves and Tigers
1967-12-06Episode 9: The Keys on the Streets
1967-12-13Episode 10: Come Death
1967-12-20Episode 11: The Metal Martyr
1967-12-27Episode 12: A Private Place
1968-01-03Episode 13: The News-Benders
1968-01-10Episode 14: Diary of an Encounter
1968-01-17Episode 15: Lovely In Black
1968-01-24Episode 16: Happiness Is E Shaped
1968-01-31Episode 17: Child's Play
1968-02-07Episode 18: Snakes and Reptiles
1968-02-14Episode 19: The Unquiet Man
1968-02-21Episode 20: The Interview
1968-02-28Episode 21: Eveline
1968-03-06Episode 22: A Personal Affair
1968-03-13Episode 23: No Trams To Ethiopia
1968-03-20Episode 24: Father's Day
1968-03-27Episode 25: Pleasant Dreams, Fernando
1968-04-03Episode 26: The Sinner
1968-04-10Episode 27: It's On You, John
1968-04-24Episode 28: Standing By For Santa Claus
1968-05-01Episode 29: Empty Bottles
1968-05-08Episode 30: Thank God for U.D.I.!
1968-05-15Episode 31: Still Death
1968-05-22Episode 32: Walk In The Dark
1968-05-29Episode 33: The Boy's Room
1968-06-05Episode 34: Number 30, Approximately
1968-06-19Episode 35: A Question of Honour
1968-06-26Season 4 (1968)
No overview available.
36 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Baby
1968-09-09Episode 2: A Matter of Principle
1968-09-16Episode 3: The Flag
1968-09-23Episode 4: The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968-09-30Episode 5: Something To Hide: The First Floor
1968-10-07Episode 6: Something To Hide: The Studio
1968-10-14Episode 7: Something To Hide: The Caretaker's Flat
1968-10-21Episode 8: Of Public Concern
1968-11-04Episode 9: Cause of Death
1968-11-11Episode 10: The Last Victim
1968-11-18Episode 11: Loving Israel
1968-11-25Episode 12: The Bishop and the Actress
1968-12-02Episode 13: Before Breakfast
1968-12-09Episode 14: Cross Examine
1968-12-16Episode 15: Swallowing the Anchor
1968-12-23Episode 16: Game, Set and Match
1968-12-30Episode 17: Where Have They Gone, All The Little Children
1969-01-06Episode 18: Absolute Aggers and Torters
1969-01-13Episode 19: These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini
1969-01-20Episode 20: These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler
1969-01-27Episode 21: These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin
1969-02-03Episode 22: Stake Money
1969-02-13Episode 23: First Confession
1969-02-20Episode 24: The Boat To Addis Ababa
1969-02-27Episode 25: A Hot Day
1969-03-06Episode 26: Roses, Roses, All The Way
1969-03-20Episode 27: The Victims: A Degree of Stress
1969-03-20Episode 28: The Victims: Frontier
1969-03-27Episode 29: The Victims: Progressive Blues
1969-04-03Episode 30: Invasion
1969-04-10Episode 31: A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky
1969-04-24Episode 32: Anything You Say
1969-05-01Episode 33: Conversation at Night
1969-05-08Episode 34: Roly Poly
1969-05-15Episode 35: ...And Was Invited to Form a Government
1969-05-22Episode 36: A Borderline Case
1969-05-29Season 5 (1969)
No overview available.
36 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Remote Control
1969-09-14Episode 2: Gangster
1969-09-28Episode 3: Trial
1969-10-05Episode 4: A Formula for Treason
1969-10-12Episode 5: Someone's Knocking at Me Door
1969-10-19Episode 6: Trespassers
1969-10-26Episode 7: Aggers and Torters: Back to Nature
1969-11-09Episode 8: Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi
1969-11-16Episode 9: Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory
1969-11-23Episode 10: Lecture to an Academy
1969-12-07Episode 11: The Switch
1969-12-14Episode 12: The Discharge of Trooper Lusby
1969-12-28Episode 13: Laffin' Gas
1970-01-10Episode 14: The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments
1970-01-17Episode 15: Reparation
1970-01-24Episode 16: The Scarecrows
1970-01-31Episode 17: Laying It Off For Spangle
1970-02-07Episode 18: Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat
1970-02-14Episode 19: What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer
1970-02-21Episode 20: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1970-02-28Episode 21: Meanwhile Back at the Office
1970-03-14Episode 22: All My Own Army
1970-03-28Episode 23: Whispers
1970-04-04Episode 24: Revolutions: Cromwell
1970-04-11Episode 25: Revolutions: Lenin
1970-04-18Episode 26: Revolutions: Fidel Castro
1970-04-25Episode 27: Is That Your Body, Boy?
1970-05-09Episode 28: The Tidewatchers
1970-05-16Episode 29: Twenty-Six Efforts at Pornography
1970-05-23Episode 30: Lilly: Part 1
1970-06-06Episode 31: Lilly: Part 2
1970-06-13Episode 32: Ben
1970-06-20Episode 33: An Uncertain Sound
1970-06-27Episode 34: Hope
1970-07-04Episode 35: Good Times
1970-07-25Episode 36: Tropical Wednesdays
1970-08-01Season 6 (1970)
No overview available.
37 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Raid
1970-09-18Episode 2: The Year of the Crow
1970-10-02Episode 3: Did Your Nanny Come from Bergen?
1970-10-09Episode 4: Tribunal
1970-10-16Episode 5: Helen
1970-10-30Episode 6: The Warmonger
1970-11-13Episode 7: The Editor Regrets
1970-11-27Episode 8: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Settles an Account
1970-12-04Episode 9: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
1970-12-11Episode 10: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
1970-12-18Episode 11: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Observes the Truth of an Old Music Hall Song
1970-12-25Episode 12: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
1971-01-01Episode 13: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal but not the Crime
1971-01-08Episode 14: But Now They Are Fled
1971-01-11Episode 15: Faith
1971-01-18Episode 16: Terrible Jim Fitch
1971-01-25Episode 17: The Bequest
1971-02-01Episode 18: Me MacKenna
1971-02-08Episode 19: The Proposal
1971-02-15Episode 20: Asquith in Orbit
1971-02-22Episode 21: Happy Days Are Here Again
1971-03-01Episode 22: The Railway Man's New Clothes
1971-03-08Episode 23: No Charge for the Extra Service
1971-03-15Episode 24: A Distinct Chill
1971-03-22Episode 25: The Waiting Room
1971-03-29Episode 26: Listen to the Drums
1971-04-05Episode 27: Death's Head
1971-05-24Episode 28: Jilly
1971-05-31Episode 29: Something for the Children
1971-06-07Episode 30: The Room They Left
1971-06-14Episode 31: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis
1971-07-05Episode 32: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect
1971-07-12Episode 33: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry
1971-07-19Episode 34: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat
1971-07-26Episode 35: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Deadlock
1971-08-02Episode 36: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough
1971-08-09Episode 37: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision
1971-08-16Season 7 (1971)
No overview available.
33 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Walt, King of the Dumper
1971-09-20Episode 2: Soldier Ants
1971-09-27Episode 3: Gun Play
1971-10-04Episode 4: Combing Down His Yellow Hair
1971-10-11Episode 5: The Moonlighters
1971-10-18Episode 6: Getting In
1971-10-25Episode 7: Psychological Warfare
1971-11-01Episode 8: A Settled Sort of Life
1971-11-08Episode 9: The Gardeners of My Youth
1971-11-15Episode 10: Blues in the Morning
1971-11-22Episode 11: Jenkins
1971-11-29Episode 12: Allotment
1971-12-06Episode 13: Farewell Performance
1971-12-13Episode 14: Footprints
1971-12-20Episode 15: A Wen
1971-12-27Episode 16: Not Counting the Savages
1972-01-03Episode 17: Uncle Rollo
1972-01-10Episode 18: They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
1972-01-17Episode 19: The Penthouse Apartment
1972-01-24Episode 20: An Affair of Honour
1972-01-31Episode 21: An Arrow for Little Audrey
1972-02-21Episode 22: That Quiet Earth
1972-02-28Episode 23: Said the Preacher
1972-03-06Episode 24: That Time of Life
1972-03-13Episode 25: Under the Age
1972-03-20Episode 26: Bypass
1972-03-27Episode 27: And For My Next Trick
1972-04-03Episode 28: The Sit In
1972-04-10Episode 29: Mill Hill
1972-05-22Episode 30: King's Cross Lunch Hour
1972-05-29Episode 31: Swiss Cottage
1972-06-05Episode 32: Knightsbridge
1972-06-12Episode 33: Bermondsey
1972-06-19Season 8 (1972)
No overview available.
33 episodes
