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Thirty-Minute Theatre Season 1

October. 07,1965

7.3

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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 Â£ 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

Seasons

Season 8 1972

Season 7 1971

Season 6 1970

Season 5 1969

Season 4 1968

Season 3 1967

Season 2 1966

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