Thirty-Minute Theatre Season 1
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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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Thirty-Minute Theatre Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Episode 283 - Listen to the Drums
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 282 - Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath
First Aired: May. 03,1973
Episode 281 - The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
First Aired: April. 26,1973
Episode 280 - The Sit In
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 279 - Emergency Ward 9
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 278 - Revolutions: Cromwell
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 277 - Atrocity
First Aired: March. 15,1973
Episode 276 - Swamp Music
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 275 - A Letter from the Country
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 274 - A Chance Encounter
First Aired: January. 31,1973
Episode 273 - Is Nellie Dead?
First Aired: January. 24,1973
Episode 272 - Playthings
First Aired: January. 17,1973
Episode 271 - It's on You, John
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 270 - The Japanese Student
First Aired: January. 03,1973
Episode 269 - You've Been a Long Time Alfred
First Aired: December. 13,1972
Episode 268 - The Chauffer and the Lady
First Aired: December. 06,1972
Episode 267 - Krapp's Last Tape
First Aired: November. 29,1972
Episode 266 - The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 265 - Tropical Wednesdays
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 264 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Deadlock
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 263 - The Museum Attendant
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 262 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 261 - The Joke
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 260 - Hands
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 259 - The Judge's Wife
First Aired: October. 02,1972
Episode 258 - I Spy a Stranger
First Aired: September. 25,1972
Episode 257 - The Seventh Juror
First Aired: September. 18,1972
Episode 256 - The Arguement
First Aired: September. 11,1972
Episode 255 - Thrills Galore
First Aired: September. 04,1972
Episode 254 - Too Far
First Aired: August. 28,1972
Episode 253 - Lushly
First Aired: August. 21,1972
Episode 252 - Hands
First Aired: August. 14,1972
Episode 251 - Allotment
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 250 - The Chauffeur and the Lady
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 249 - Lecture to an Academy
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 248 - King's Cross Lunch Time
First Aired: May. 29,1972
Episode 247 - Mill Hill
First Aired: May. 22,1972
Episode 246 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 245 - Brainscrew
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 244 - The Keys on the Street
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 243 - Under the Age
First Aired: March. 20,1972
Episode 242 - You've Been a Long Time, Alfred
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 241 - Said the Preacher
First Aired: March. 06,1972
Episode 240 - That Quiet Earth
First Aired: February. 28,1972
Episode 239 - An Arrow for Little Audrey
First Aired: February. 21,1972
Episode 238 - An Affair of Honour
First Aired: January. 30,1972
Episode 237 - The Penthouse Appartment
First Aired: January. 24,1972
Episode 236 - They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
First Aired: January. 17,1972
Episode 235 - Uncle Rollo
First Aired: January. 10,1972
Episode 234 - Not Counting the Savages
First Aired: January. 03,1972
Episode 233 - A Wen
First Aired: December. 27,1971
Episode 232 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Observes the Truth of an Old Music-Hall Song
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 231 - Farewell Performance
First Aired: December. 06,1971
Episode 230 - A Wen
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 229 - Jenkins
First Aired: November. 29,1971
Episode 228 - Blues in the Morning
First Aired: November. 22,1971
Episode 227 - Game, Set, and Match
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 226 - A Settled Sort of Life
First Aired: November. 08,1971
Episode 225 - Psychological Warefare
First Aired: November. 01,1971
Episode 224 - Getting In
First Aired: October. 25,1971
Episode 223 - The Moonlighters
First Aired: October. 18,1971
Episode 222 - Combing Down His Yellow Hair
First Aired: October. 11,1971
Episode 221 - Gun Play
First Aired: October. 04,1971
Episode 220 - Soldier Ants
First Aired: September. 27,1971
Episode 219 - Walt, King of the Dumper
First Aired: September. 20,1971
Episode 218 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision
First Aired: August. 16,1971
Episode 217 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough
First Aired: August. 09,1971
Episode 216 - Snakes and Reptiles
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 215 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat
First Aired: July. 26,1971
Episode 214 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry
First Aired: July. 19,1971
Episode 213 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect
First Aired: July. 12,1971
Episode 212 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis
First Aired: July. 05,1971
Episode 211 - The Room They Left
First Aired: June. 14,1971
Episode 210 - Something for the Children
First Aired: June. 07,1971
Episode 209 - Jilly
First Aired: May. 31,1971
Episode 208 - Death's Head
First Aired: May. 24,1971
Episode 207 - An Absolute Treasure
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 206 - The Waiting Room
First Aired: March. 29,1971
Episode 205 - You and Me and Him
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 204 - No Charge for the Extra Service
First Aired: March. 15,1971
Episode 203 - The Railwayman's New Clothes
First Aired: March. 08,1971
Episode 202 - Happy Days Are Here Again
First Aired: March. 01,1971
Episode 201 - Asquith in Orbit
First Aired: February. 22,1971
Episode 200 - The Proposal
First Aired: February. 15,1971
Episode 199 - Me MacKenna
First Aired: February. 08,1971
Episode 198 - The Bequest
First Aired: February. 01,1971
Episode 197 - Terrible Jim Fitch
First Aired: January. 25,1971
Episode 196 - Faith
First Aired: January. 18,1971
Episode 195 - But Now They Are Fled
First Aired: January. 11,1971
Episode 194 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal But Not the Crime
First Aired: January. 08,1971
Episode 193 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
First Aired: January. 01,1971
Episode 192 - Where Have They Gone, All the Little Children?
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 191 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
First Aired: December. 18,1970
Episode 190 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
First Aired: December. 11,1970
Episode 189 - The News-Benders
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 188 - The Editor Regrets
First Aired: November. 27,1970
Episode 187 - Uncle Rollo
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 186 - Helen
First Aired: October. 30,1970
Episode 185 - Tribunal
First Aired: October. 16,1970
Episode 184 - But Now They Are Fled
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 183 - The Year of the Crow
First Aired: October. 02,1970
Episode 182 - Far-Way Incident
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 181 - Tropical Wednesdays
First Aired: August. 01,1970
Episode 180 - Good Times
First Aired: July. 25,1970
Episode 179 - Hope
First Aired: July. 04,1970
Episode 178 - An Uncertain Sound
First Aired: June. 27,1970
Episode 177 - Ben
First Aired: June. 20,1970
Episode 176 - Lilly: Part 2
First Aired: June. 13,1970
Episode 175 - Lilly: Part 1
First Aired: June. 06,1970
Episode 174 - Brothers
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 173 - Lovely in Black
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 172 - Is That Your Body Boy?
First Aired: May. 09,1970
Episode 171 - The Penthouse Apartment
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 170 - Revolutions: Lenin
First Aired: April. 18,1970
Episode 169 - Revolutions: Cromwell
First Aired: April. 11,1970
Episode 168 - Whispers
First Aired: April. 04,1970
Episode 167 - All My Own Army
First Aired: March. 28,1970
Episode 166 - Janni...Oh Janni
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 165 - Happiness Is £ Shaped
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 164 - What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer
First Aired: February. 21,1970
Episode 163 - Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat
First Aired: February. 14,1970
Episode 162 - Laying It Off for Spangle
First Aired: February. 07,1970
Episode 161 - The Scarecrows
First Aired: January. 31,1970
Episode 160 - Reparation
First Aired: January. 24,1970
Episode 159 - The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments
First Aired: January. 17,1970
Episode 158 - Laffin' Gas
First Aired: January. 10,1970
Episode 157 - The Discharge of Trooper Lusby
First Aired: December. 28,1969
Episode 156 - The Switch
First Aired: December. 14,1969
Episode 155 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 154 - Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory
First Aired: November. 23,1969
Episode 153 - Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi
First Aired: November. 16,1969
Episode 152 - Swiss Cottage
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 151 - Friday Night's the Best Night
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 150 - Lily (Part 1)
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 149 - A Formula for Treason
First Aired: October. 12,1969
Episode 148 - Trial
First Aired: October. 05,1969
Episode 147 - Gangster
First Aired: September. 28,1969
Episode 146 - A Good Reason for Getting Married?
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 145 - Lily (Part 2)
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 144 - ...And Was Invited to Form a Government
First Aired: May. 22,1969
Episode 143 - Roly Poly
First Aired: May. 15,1969
Episode 142 - Conversation at Night
First Aired: May. 08,1969
Episode 141 - Bermondsey
First Aired: June. 19,1972
Episode 140 - A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky
First Aired: April. 24,1969
Episode 139 - Invasion
First Aired: April. 10,1969
Episode 138 - The Victims: Progressive Blues
First Aired: April. 03,1969
Episode 137 - The Victims: Frontier
First Aired: March. 27,1969
Episode 136 - The Victims: A Degree of Stress
First Aired: March. 20,1969
Episode 135 - Roses, Roses, All the Way
First Aired: March. 13,1969
Episode 134 - A Hot Day
First Aired: March. 06,1969
Episode 133 - The Boat to Addis Ababa
First Aired: February. 27,1969
Episode 132 - First Confession
First Aired: February. 20,1969
Episode 131 - Eveline
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 130 - These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin
First Aired: February. 03,1969
Episode 129 - These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler
First Aired: January. 27,1969
Episode 128 - These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini
First Aired: January. 20,1969
Episode 127 - Absolute Aggers and Torters
First Aired: January. 13,1969
Episode 126 - Where Have They Gone, All the Little Children
First Aired: January. 06,1969
Episode 125 - Game, Set and Match
First Aired: December. 30,1968
Episode 124 - That Time of Life
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 123 - Cross Examine
First Aired: December. 16,1968
Episode 122 - Meanwhile, Back at the Office
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 121 - The Bishop and the Actress
First Aired: November. 25,1968
Episode 120 - No Charge for the Extra Service
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 119 - The Last Victim
First Aired: November. 18,1968
Episode 118 - Cause of Death
First Aired: November. 11,1968
Episode 117 - Of Public Concern
First Aired: November. 04,1968
Episode 116 - Something to Hide: The Caretaker's Flat
First Aired: October. 21,1968
Episode 115 - Two and Two Are Twenty-Two
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 114 - Something to Hide: The First Floor
First Aired: October. 07,1968
Episode 113 - The Chequers Manoeuvre
First Aired: September. 30,1968
Episode 112 - The Flag
First Aired: September. 23,1968
Episode 111 - A Matter of Principle
First Aired: September. 16,1968
Episode 110 - Baby
First Aired: September. 09,1968
Episode 109 - A Question of Honour
First Aired: June. 26,1968
Episode 108 - Number 30, Approximately
First Aired: June. 19,1968
Episode 107 - The Waiting-Room
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 106 - Beginning to End
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 105 - Still Death
First Aired: May. 22,1968
Episode 104 - Thank God for U.D.I.!
First Aired: May. 15,1968
Episode 103 - Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother--Father's Come to Tea
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 102 - Standing by for Santa Claus
First Aired: May. 01,1968
Episode 101 - It's on You John
First Aired: April. 24,1968
Episode 100 - The Sinner
First Aired: April. 10,1968
Episode 99 - Pleasent Dreams, Fernando
First Aired: April. 03,1968
Episode 98 - Father's Day
First Aired: March. 27,1968
Episode 97 - Is That Your Body, Boy?
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 96 - A Personal Affair
First Aired: March. 13,1968
Episode 95 - About a Bout
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 94 - The Interview
First Aired: February. 28,1968
Episode 93 - The Unquiet Man
First Aired: February. 21,1968
Episode 92 - The Hard Word
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 91 - Child's Play
First Aired: February. 07,1968
Episode 90 - The Sufferings of Peter Obnizov
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 89 - Shakespeare Country
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 88 - Diary of an Encounter
First Aired: January. 17,1968
Episode 87 - The News Benders
First Aired: January. 10,1968
Episode 86 - A Private Place
First Aired: January. 03,1968
Episode 85 - The Metal Martyr
First Aired: December. 27,1967
Episode 84 - Twenty-Six Efforts at Pornography
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 83 - The Keys on the Streets
First Aired: December. 13,1967
Episode 82 - A Time of Wolves and Tigers
First Aired: December. 06,1967
Episode 81 - Notice! Meeting in Progress
First Aired: November. 27,1967
Episode 80 - Have It on the House
First Aired: November. 06,1967
Episode 79 - Kings Cross--Lunch Hour
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 78 - The Tape Recorder
First Aired: October. 23,1967
Episode 77 - You Meet All Sorts
First Aired: October. 16,1967
Episode 76 - The Timekeepers
First Aired: October. 09,1967
Episode 75 - Psychological Warfare
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 74 - Ten Torrey Canyons
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 73 - Child Marlene
First Aired: June. 21,1967
Episode 72 - The Wake
First Aired: June. 14,1967
Episode 71 - The Other Side
First Aired: June. 07,1967
Episode 70 - That Woman
First Aired: May. 31,1967
Episode 69 - Haven't You People Got Homes?
First Aired: May. 24,1967
Episode 68 - The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov
First Aired: May. 17,1967
Episode 67 - I Wouldn't Tell on You, Miss
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 66 - The Isle Is Full of Noises
First Aired: May. 03,1967
Episode 65 - Boa Constrictor
First Aired: April. 26,1967
Episode 64 - The Warmonger
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 63 - The Gun
First Aired: April. 12,1967
Episode 62 - Wanted
First Aired: March. 29,1967
Episode 61 - Two and Two Make Twenty Two
First Aired: March. 22,1967
Episode 60 - You're Free
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 59 - Go Tell It on Table Mountain
First Aired: March. 01,1967
Episode 58 - An Absolute Treasure
First Aired: February. 22,1967
Episode 57 - Turn Off If You Know the Ending
First Aired: February. 15,1967
Episode 56 - Teeth
First Aired: February. 08,1967
Episode 55 - Dialogue
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 54 - Oldenberg
First Aired: January. 26,1967
Episode 53 - The Suede Jacket
First Aired: January. 18,1967
Episode 52 - Loving Israel
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 51 - Taste
First Aired: January. 04,1967
Episode 50 - The Towers of Manhattan
First Aired: December. 19,1966
Episode 49 - Brainscrew
First Aired: December. 12,1966
Episode 48 - First Catch Your Hare...
First Aired: December. 05,1966
Episode 47 - O-Goshi
First Aired: November. 28,1966
Episode 46 - Wife in a Blonde Wig
First Aired: November. 21,1966
Episode 45 - Confession
First Aired: November. 21,1966
Episode 44 - Play to Win
First Aired: November. 07,1966
Episode 43 - The Other Fella
First Aired: January. 01,0001
Episode 42 - The Sounds of War
First Aired: October. 24,1966
Episode 38 - They Put You Where You Are
First Aired: June. 27,1966
Episode 37 - The Queen Street Girls
First Aired: June. 20,1966
Episode 36 - A Good Reason for Getting Married
First Aired: June. 13,1966
Episode 35 - Friday Night's the Best Night
First Aired: June. 06,1966
Episode 34 - The Window
First Aired: May. 30,1966
Episode 33 - Ella
First Aired: May. 23,1966
Episode 32 - The Hard Word
First Aired: May. 16,1966
Episode 31 - The House Mouse
First Aired: May. 09,1966
Episode 30 - Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
First Aired: May. 02,1966
Episode 29 - The Caramel Crisis
First Aired: April. 25,1966
Episode 28 - A Letter from the Country
First Aired: April. 18,1966
Episode 27 - Emergency Ward 9
First Aired: April. 11,1966
Episode 26 - A Girl's Best Friend
First Aired: April. 04,1966
Episode 25 - Magnolia Summer
First Aired: March. 28,1966
Episode 24 - 'Twas on a Sunday
First Aired: March. 14,1966
Episode 23 - Not for Just an Hour
First Aired: March. 07,1966
Episode 22 - Keep on Running
First Aired: February. 28,1966
Episode 21 - Ships of the Line
First Aired: February. 21,1966
Episode 20 - Case Suspended
First Aired: February. 14,1966
Episode 19 - The Sugar Cubes
First Aired: February. 07,1966
Episode 18 - Janni! Oh Janni!
First Aired: January. 31,1966
Episode 17 - Brothers
First Aired: January. 24,1966
Episode 16 - Four-Way Incident
First Aired: January. 17,1966
Episode 15 - The Enchanted Night
First Aired: January. 10,1966
Episode 14 - The Flipside
First Aired: January. 03,1966
Episode 13 - The Passenger
First Aired: December. 30,1965
Episode 12 - Family Christmas
First Aired: December. 23,1965
Episode 11 - That's Not My Name
First Aired: December. 16,1965
Episode 10 - Mr. Ponge
First Aired: December. 09,1965
Episode 9 - Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
First Aired: December. 02,1965
Episode 8 - The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
First Aired: November. 25,1965
Episode 7 - Application Form
First Aired: November. 18,1965
Episode 6 - Love in Triplicate
First Aired: November. 11,1965
Episode 5 - Monica
First Aired: November. 04,1965
Episode 4 - Pay as You Go
First Aired: October. 28,1965
Episode 3 - Portrait of a Madonna
First Aired: October. 21,1965
Episode 2 - Give the Clown His Supper
First Aired: October. 14,1965
Episode 1 - Parson's Pleasure
First Aired: October. 07,1965