
Thirty-Minute Theatre
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.
Seasons
1. 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.
2. Give the Clown His Supper
Air Date: 1965-10-14
3. Portrait of a Madonna
Air Date: 1965-10-21
4. Pay as You Go
Air Date: 1965-10-28
5. Monica
Air Date: 1965-11-04
6. Love in Triplicate
Air Date: 1965-11-11
7. Application Form
Air Date: 1965-11-18
8. The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
Air Date: 1965-11-25
9. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Air Date: 1965-12-02
10. Mr. Ponge
Air Date: 1965-12-09
11. That's Not My Name
Air Date: 1965-12-16
12. Family Christmas
Air Date: 1965-12-23
13. The Passenger
Air Date: 1965-12-30
14. The Flipside
Air Date: 1966-01-03
15. The Enchanted Night
Air Date: 1966-01-10
16. Four-Way Incident
Air Date: 1966-01-17
17. Brothers
Air Date: 1966-01-24
18. Janni! Oh Janni!
Air Date: 1966-01-31
19. The Sugar Cubes
Air Date: 1966-02-07
20. Case Suspended
Air Date: 1966-02-14
21. Ships of the Line
Air Date: 1966-02-21
22. Keep on Running
Air Date: 1966-02-28
23. Not for Just an Hour
Air Date: 1966-03-07
24. 'Twas on a Sunday
Air Date: 1966-03-14
25. Magnolia Summer
Air Date: 1966-03-28
26. A Girl's Best Friend
Air Date: 1966-04-04
27. Emergency Ward 9
Air Date: 1966-04-11
28. A Letter from the Country
Air Date: 1966-04-18
29. The Caramel Crisis
Air Date: 1966-04-25
30. Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
Air Date: 1966-05-02
31. The House Mouse
Air Date: 1966-05-09
32. The Hard Word
Air Date: 1966-05-16
33. Ella
Air Date: 1966-05-23
34. The Window
Air Date: 1966-05-30
35. Friday Night's the Best Night
Air Date: 1966-06-06
36. A Good Reason for Getting Married
Air Date: 1966-06-13
37. The Queen Street Girls
Air Date: 1966-06-20
38. They Put You Where You Are
Air Date: 1966-06-27
1. The Other Fella
Air Date: 1966-10-03
2. The Devil and All His Mischief
Air Date: 1966-10-10
3. The Spoken Word
Air Date: 1966-10-17
4. The Sounds of War
Air Date: 1966-10-24
5. The Excavation
Air Date: 1966-10-31
6. Play to Win
Air Date: 1966-11-07
7. Confession
Air Date: 1966-11-14
8. Wife in a Blonde Wig
Air Date: 1966-11-21
9. O-Gosh!
Air Date: 1966-11-28
10. First Catch Your Hare...
Air Date: 1966-12-05
11. Brainscrew
Air Date: 1966-12-12
12. The Towers of Manhattan
Air Date: 1966-12-19
13. Taste
Air Date: 1967-01-04
14. R.S.V.P.
Air Date: 1967-01-11
15. The Suede Jacket
Air Date: 1967-01-18
16. Oldenberg
Air Date: 1967-01-26
17. Later a Man Was Questioned
Air Date: 1967-02-01
18. Teeth
Air Date: 1967-02-08
19. Turn Off If You Know the Ending
Air Date: 1967-02-15
20. An Absolute Treasure
Air Date: 1967-02-22
21. Go Tell It on Table Mountain
Air Date: 1967-03-01
22. Taffy Came to My House
Air Date: 1967-03-08
23. Who Were You With Last Night?
Air Date: 1967-03-15
24. Two and Two Make Twenty Two
Air Date: 1967-03-22
25. Wanted
Air Date: 1967-03-29
26. The Gun
Air Date: 1967-04-12
27. Failpass
Air Date: 1967-04-19
28. Boa Constrictor
Air Date: 1967-04-26
29. The Isle is Full of Noises
Air Date: 1967-05-03
30. Silver Wedding
Air Date: 1967-05-10
31. The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov
Air Date: 1967-05-17
32. Haven't You People Got Homes?
Air Date: 1967-05-24
33. That Woman
Air Date: 1967-05-31
34. The Other Side
Air Date: 1967-06-07
35. The Wake
Air Date: 1967-06-14
36. Child Marlene
Air Date: 1967-06-21
37. Another Moon Called Earth
Air Date: 1967-06-28
1. Leave Me Alone
Air Date: 1967-10-02
2. The Timekeepers
Air Date: 1967-10-09
3. You Meet All Sorts
Air Date: 1967-10-16
4. The Tape Recorder
Air Date: 1967-10-23
5. The Top Bunk
Air Date: 1967-10-30
6. Have It On The House
Air Date: 1967-11-06
7. Notice! Meeting In Progress
Air Date: 1967-11-27
8. A Time of Wolves and Tigers
Air Date: 1967-12-06
9. The Keys on the Streets
Air Date: 1967-12-13
10. Come Death
Air Date: 1967-12-20
11. The Metal Martyr
Air Date: 1967-12-27
12. A Private Place
Air Date: 1968-01-03
13. The News-Benders
Air Date: 1968-01-10
14. Diary of an Encounter
Air Date: 1968-01-17
15. Lovely In Black
Air Date: 1968-01-24
16. Happiness Is E Shaped
Air Date: 1968-01-31
17. Child's Play
Air Date: 1968-02-07
18. Snakes and Reptiles
Air Date: 1968-02-14
19. The Unquiet Man
Air Date: 1968-02-21
20. The Interview
Air Date: 1968-02-28
21. Eveline
Air Date: 1968-03-06
22. A Personal Affair
Air Date: 1968-03-13
23. No Trams To Ethiopia
Air Date: 1968-03-20
24. Father's Day
Air Date: 1968-03-27
25. Pleasant Dreams, Fernando
Air Date: 1968-04-03
26. The Sinner
Air Date: 1968-04-10
27. It's On You, John
Air Date: 1968-04-24
28. Standing By For Santa Claus
Air Date: 1968-05-01
29. Empty Bottles
Air Date: 1968-05-08
30. Thank God for U.D.I.!
Air Date: 1968-05-15
31. Still Death
Air Date: 1968-05-22
32. Walk In The Dark
Air Date: 1968-05-29
33. The Boy's Room
Air Date: 1968-06-05
34. Number 30, Approximately
Air Date: 1968-06-19
35. A Question of Honour
Air Date: 1968-06-26
1. Baby
Air Date: 1968-09-09
2. A Matter of Principle
Air Date: 1968-09-16
3. The Flag
Air Date: 1968-09-23
4. The Chequers Manoeuvre
Air Date: 1968-09-30
5. Something To Hide: The First Floor
Air Date: 1968-10-07
6. Something To Hide: The Studio
Air Date: 1968-10-14
7. Something To Hide: The Caretaker's Flat
Air Date: 1968-10-21
8. Of Public Concern
Air Date: 1968-11-04
9. Cause of Death
Air Date: 1968-11-11
10. The Last Victim
Air Date: 1968-11-18
11. Loving Israel
Air Date: 1968-11-25
12. The Bishop and the Actress
Air Date: 1968-12-02
13. Before Breakfast
Air Date: 1968-12-09
14. Cross Examine
Air Date: 1968-12-16
15. Swallowing the Anchor
Air Date: 1968-12-23
16. Game, Set and Match
Air Date: 1968-12-30
17. Where Have They Gone, All The Little Children
Air Date: 1969-01-06
18. Absolute Aggers and Torters
Air Date: 1969-01-13
19. These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini
Air Date: 1969-01-20
20. These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler
Air Date: 1969-01-27
21. These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin
Air Date: 1969-02-03
22. Stake Money
Air Date: 1969-02-13
23. First Confession
Air Date: 1969-02-20
24. The Boat To Addis Ababa
Air Date: 1969-02-27
25. A Hot Day
Air Date: 1969-03-06
26. Roses, Roses, All The Way
Air Date: 1969-03-20
27. The Victims: A Degree of Stress
Air Date: 1969-03-20
28. The Victims: Frontier
Air Date: 1969-03-27
29. The Victims: Progressive Blues
Air Date: 1969-04-03
30. Invasion
Air Date: 1969-04-10
31. A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky
Air Date: 1969-04-24
32. Anything You Say
Air Date: 1969-05-01
33. Conversation at Night
Air Date: 1969-05-08
34. Roly Poly
Air Date: 1969-05-15
35. ...And Was Invited to Form a Government
Air Date: 1969-05-22
36. A Borderline Case
Air Date: 1969-05-29
1. Remote Control
Air Date: 1969-09-14
2. Gangster
Air Date: 1969-09-28
3. Trial
Air Date: 1969-10-05
4. A Formula for Treason
Air Date: 1969-10-12
5. Someone's Knocking at Me Door
Air Date: 1969-10-19
6. Trespassers
Air Date: 1969-10-26
7. Aggers and Torters: Back to Nature
Air Date: 1969-11-09
8. Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi
Air Date: 1969-11-16
9. Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory
Air Date: 1969-11-23
10. Lecture to an Academy
Air Date: 1969-12-07
11. The Switch
Air Date: 1969-12-14
12. The Discharge of Trooper Lusby
Air Date: 1969-12-28
13. Laffin' Gas
Air Date: 1970-01-10
14. The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments
Air Date: 1970-01-17
15. Reparation
Air Date: 1970-01-24
16. The Scarecrows
Air Date: 1970-01-31
17. Laying It Off For Spangle
Air Date: 1970-02-07
18. Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat
Air Date: 1970-02-14
19. What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer
Air Date: 1970-02-21
20. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Air Date: 1970-02-28
21. Meanwhile Back at the Office
Air Date: 1970-03-14
22. All My Own Army
Air Date: 1970-03-28
23. Whispers
Air Date: 1970-04-04
24. Revolutions: Cromwell
Air Date: 1970-04-11
25. Revolutions: Lenin
Air Date: 1970-04-18
26. Revolutions: Fidel Castro
Air Date: 1970-04-25
27. Is That Your Body, Boy?
Air Date: 1970-05-09
28. The Tidewatchers
Air Date: 1970-05-16
29. Twenty-Six Efforts at Pornography
Air Date: 1970-05-23
30. Lilly: Part 1
Air Date: 1970-06-06
31. Lilly: Part 2
Air Date: 1970-06-13
32. Ben
Air Date: 1970-06-20
33. An Uncertain Sound
Air Date: 1970-06-27
34. Hope
Air Date: 1970-07-04
35. Good Times
Air Date: 1970-07-25
36. Tropical Wednesdays
Air Date: 1970-08-01
1. The Raid
Air Date: 1970-09-18
2. The Year of the Crow
Air Date: 1970-10-02
3. Did Your Nanny Come from Bergen?
Air Date: 1970-10-09
4. Tribunal
Air Date: 1970-10-16
5. Helen
Air Date: 1970-10-30
6. The Warmonger
Air Date: 1970-11-13
7. The Editor Regrets
Air Date: 1970-11-27
8. Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Settles an Account
Air Date: 1970-12-04
9. Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
Air Date: 1970-12-11
10. Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
Air Date: 1970-12-18
11. Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Observes the Truth of an Old Music Hall Song
Air Date: 1970-12-25
12. Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
Air Date: 1971-01-01
13. Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal but not the Crime
Air Date: 1971-01-08
14. But Now They Are Fled
Air Date: 1971-01-11
15. Faith
Air Date: 1971-01-18
16. Terrible Jim Fitch
Air Date: 1971-01-25
17. The Bequest
Air Date: 1971-02-01
18. Me MacKenna
Air Date: 1971-02-08
19. The Proposal
Air Date: 1971-02-15
20. Asquith in Orbit
Air Date: 1971-02-22
21. Happy Days Are Here Again
Air Date: 1971-03-01
22. The Railway Man's New Clothes
Air Date: 1971-03-08
23. No Charge for the Extra Service
Air Date: 1971-03-15
24. A Distinct Chill
Air Date: 1971-03-22
25. The Waiting Room
Air Date: 1971-03-29
26. Listen to the Drums
Air Date: 1971-04-05
27. Death's Head
Air Date: 1971-05-24
28. Jilly
Air Date: 1971-05-31
29. Something for the Children
Air Date: 1971-06-07
30. The Room They Left
Air Date: 1971-06-14
31. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis
Air Date: 1971-07-05
32. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect
Air Date: 1971-07-12
33. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry
Air Date: 1971-07-19
34. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat
Air Date: 1971-07-26
35. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Deadlock
Air Date: 1971-08-02
36. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough
Air Date: 1971-08-09
37. Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision
Air Date: 1971-08-16
1. Walt, King of the Dumper
Air Date: 1971-09-20
2. Soldier Ants
Air Date: 1971-09-27
3. Gun Play
Air Date: 1971-10-04
4. Combing Down His Yellow Hair
Air Date: 1971-10-11
5. The Moonlighters
Air Date: 1971-10-18
6. Getting In
Air Date: 1971-10-25
7. Psychological Warfare
Air Date: 1971-11-01
8. A Settled Sort of Life
Air Date: 1971-11-08
9. The Gardeners of My Youth
Air Date: 1971-11-15
10. Blues in the Morning
Air Date: 1971-11-22
11. Jenkins
Air Date: 1971-11-29
12. Allotment
Air Date: 1971-12-06
13. Farewell Performance
Air Date: 1971-12-13
14. Footprints
Air Date: 1971-12-20
15. A Wen
Air Date: 1971-12-27
16. Not Counting the Savages
Air Date: 1972-01-03
17. Uncle Rollo
Air Date: 1972-01-10
18. They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
Air Date: 1972-01-17
19. The Penthouse Apartment
Air Date: 1972-01-24
20. An Affair of Honour
Air Date: 1972-01-31
21. An Arrow for Little Audrey
Air Date: 1972-02-21
22. That Quiet Earth
Air Date: 1972-02-28
23. Said the Preacher
Air Date: 1972-03-06
24. That Time of Life
Air Date: 1972-03-13
25. Under the Age
Air Date: 1972-03-20
26. Bypass
Air Date: 1972-03-27
27. And For My Next Trick
Air Date: 1972-04-03
28. The Sit In
Air Date: 1972-04-10
29. Mill Hill
Air Date: 1972-05-22
30. King's Cross Lunch Hour
Air Date: 1972-05-29
31. Swiss Cottage
Air Date: 1972-06-05
32. Knightsbridge
Air Date: 1972-06-12
33. Bermondsey
Air Date: 1972-06-19
1. Hands
Air Date: 1972-08-14
2. Lushly
Air Date: 1972-08-21
3. Too Far
Air Date: 1972-08-28
4. Thrills Galore
Air Date: 1972-09-04
5. The Argument
Air Date: 1972-09-11
6. The Seventh Juror
Air Date: 1972-09-18
7. I Spy a Stranger
Air Date: 1972-09-25
8. The Judge's Wife
Air Date: 1972-10-02
9. Scarborough
Air Date: 1972-10-12
10. Tonight We Meet Arthur Pendlebury
Air Date: 1972-10-19
11. Ronnie's So Long at the Fair
Air Date: 1972-10-26
12. Ten Torrey Canyons
Air Date: 1972-11-02
13. I Wouldn't Tell on You, Miss
Air Date: 1972-11-09
14. You're Free
Air Date: 1972-11-16
15. Dialogue
Air Date: 1972-11-22
16. Krapp's Last Tape
Air Date: 1972-11-29
17. The Chauffeur and the Lady
Air Date: 1972-12-06
18. You've Been a Long Time, Alfred
Air Date: 1972-12-13
19. The Japanese Student
Air Date: 1973-01-03
20. The Punchy and the Fairy
Air Date: 1973-01-10
21. Playthings
Air Date: 1973-01-17
22. Is Nellie Dead?
Air Date: 1973-01-24
23. A Chance Encounter
Air Date: 1973-01-31
24. You and Me and Him
Air Date: 1973-02-22
25. The Great Acrobile
Air Date: 1973-03-01
26. Atrocity
Air Date: 1973-03-15
27. Beginning To End
Air Date: 1973-03-29
28. Swamp Music
Air Date: 1973-04-12
29. Croust
Air Date: 1973-04-19
30. The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
Air Date: 1973-04-26
31. Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath
Air Date: 1973-05-03
32. About a Bout
Air Date: 1973-05-10
33. Shakespeare Country
Air Date: 1973-05-17
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Rating
3.8/10
Release Date
1965-10-07
Episodes
285 (8 seasons)
Status
Ended