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Series · 1965–1973Ended

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.2·8 seasons·285 episodes·30 min avg.·United Kingdom

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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Parson's Pleasure
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Oct 7, 1965

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.

02
Give the Clown His Supper
Give the Clown His Supper
Oct 14, 1965

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

03
Portrait of a Madonna
Portrait of a Madonna
Oct 21, 1965
04
Pay as You Go
Pay as You Go
Oct 28, 1965
05
Monica
Monica
Nov 4, 1965

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.

06
Love in Triplicate
Love in Triplicate
Nov 11, 1965
07
Application Form
Application Form
Nov 18, 1965
08
The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
Nov 25, 1965
09
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Dec 2, 1965

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.

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Mr. Ponge
Mr. Ponge
Dec 9, 1965
11
That's Not My Name
That's Not My Name
Dec 16, 1965
12
Family Christmas
Family Christmas
Dec 23, 1965
13
The Passenger
The Passenger
Dec 30, 1965
14
The Flipside
The Flipside
Jan 3, 1966
15
The Enchanted Night
The Enchanted Night
Jan 10, 1966
16
Four-Way Incident
Four-Way Incident
Jan 17, 1966
17
Brothers
Brothers
Jan 24, 1966
18
Janni! Oh Janni!
Janni! Oh Janni!
Jan 31, 1966
19
The Sugar Cubes
The Sugar Cubes
Feb 7, 1966
20
Case Suspended
Case Suspended
Feb 14, 1966
21
Ships of the Line
Ships of the Line
Feb 21, 1966
22
Keep on Running
Keep on Running
Feb 28, 1966
23
Not for Just an Hour
Not for Just an Hour
Mar 7, 1966
24
'Twas on a Sunday
'Twas on a Sunday
Mar 14, 1966
25
Magnolia Summer
Magnolia Summer
Mar 28, 1966
26
A Girl's Best Friend
A Girl's Best Friend
Apr 4, 1966
27
Emergency Ward 9
Emergency Ward 9
Apr 11, 1966

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.

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A Letter from the Country
A Letter from the Country
Apr 18, 1966
29
The Caramel Crisis
The Caramel Crisis
Apr 25, 1966
30
Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
May 2, 1966
31
The House Mouse
The House Mouse
May 9, 1966
32
The Hard Word
The Hard Word
May 16, 1966
33
Ella
Ella
May 23, 1966
34
The Window
The Window
May 30, 1966
35
Friday Night's the Best Night
Friday Night's the Best Night
Jun 6, 1966
36
A Good Reason for Getting Married
A Good Reason for Getting Married
Jun 13, 1966
37
The Queen Street Girls
The Queen Street Girls
Jun 20, 1966
38
They Put You Where You Are
They Put You Where You Are
Jun 27, 1966

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