Thirty-Minute Theatre

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.

Drama

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

Cast