Thirty-Minute Theatre

October. 07,1965      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis

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.

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Seasons 8 : 1972

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Episode 1 - Hands
August. 14,1972

Episode 2 - Lushly
August. 21,1972

Episode 3 - Too Far
August. 28,1972

Episode 4 - Thrills Galore
September. 04,1972

Episode 5 - The Argument
September. 11,1972

Episode 6 - The Seventh Juror
September. 18,1972

Episode 7 - I Spy a Stranger
September. 25,1972

Episode 8 - The Judge's Wife
October. 02,1972

Episode 9 - Scarborough
October. 12,1972

Episode 10 - Tonight We Meet Arthur Pendlebury
October. 19,1972

Episode 11 - Ronnie's So Long at the Fair
October. 26,1972

Episode 12 - Ten Torrey Canyons
November. 02,1972

Episode 13 - I Wouldn't Tell on You, Miss
November. 09,1972

Episode 14 - You're Free
November. 16,1972

Episode 15 - Dialogue
November. 22,1972

Episode 16 - Krapp's Last Tape
November. 29,1972

Episode 17 - The Chauffeur and the Lady
December. 06,1972

Episode 18 - You've Been a Long Time, Alfred
December. 13,1972

Episode 19 - The Japanese Student
January. 03,1973

Episode 20 - The Punchy and the Fairy
January. 10,1973

Episode 21 - Playthings
January. 17,1973

Episode 22 - Is Nellie Dead?
January. 24,1973

Episode 23 - A Chance Encounter
January. 31,1973

Episode 24 - You and Me and Him
February. 22,1973

Episode 25 - The Great Acrobile
March. 01,1973

Episode 26 - Atrocity
March. 15,1973

Episode 27 - Beginning To End
March. 29,1973

Episode 28 - Swamp Music
April. 12,1973

Episode 29 - Croust
April. 19,1973

Episode 30 - The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
April. 26,1973

Episode 31 - Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath
May. 03,1973

Episode 32 - About a Bout
May. 10,1973

Episode 33 - Shakespeare Country
May. 17,1973

Seasons 7 : 1971

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33 Episode

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Seasons 6 : 1970

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37 Episode

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Seasons 5 : 1969

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36 Episode

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Seasons 4 : 1968

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36 Episode

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Seasons 3 : 1967

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35 Episode

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Seasons 2 : 1966

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37 Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1965

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288 Episode

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