Thirty-Minute Theatre

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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...read more

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. It was initially produced by Graeme MacDonald.

Original Release

10/07/1965 on BBC

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 Hands Monday, 14 August 1972
2 Lushly Monday, 21 August 1972
3 Too Far Monday, 28 August 1972
4 Thrills Galore Monday, 04 September 1972
5 The Argument Monday, 11 September 1972
6 The Seventh Juror Monday, 18 September 1972
7 I Spy a Stranger Monday, 25 September 1972
8 The Judge's Wife Monday, 02 October 1972
9 Scarborough Thursday, 12 October 1972
10 Tonight We Meet Arthur Pendlebury Thursday, 19 October 1972
11 Ronnie's So Long at the Fair Thursday, 26 October 1972
12 Ten Torrey Canyons Thursday, 02 November 1972
13 I Wouldn't Tell on You, Miss Thursday, 09 November 1972
14 You're Free Thursday, 16 November 1972
15 Dialogue Wednesday, 22 November 1972
16 Krapp's Last Tape Wednesday, 29 November 1972
17 The Chauffeur and the Lady Wednesday, 06 December 1972
18 You've Been a Long Time, Alfred Wednesday, 13 December 1972
19 The Japanese Student Wednesday, 03 January 1973
20 The Punchy and the Fairy Wednesday, 10 January 1973
21 Playthings Wednesday, 17 January 1973
22 Is Nellie Dead? Wednesday, 24 January 1973
23 A Chance Encounter Wednesday, 31 January 1973
24 You and Me and Him Thursday, 22 February 1973
25 The Great Acrobile Thursday, 01 March 1973
26 Atrocity Thursday, 15 March 1973
27 Beginning to End Thursday, 29 March 1973
28 Swamp Music Thursday, 12 April 1973
29 Croust Thursday, 19 April 1973
30 The Baby's Name Being Kitchener Thursday, 26 April 1973
31 Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath Thursday, 03 May 1973
32 About a Bout Thursday, 10 May 1973
33 Shakespeare Country Thursday, 17 May 1973
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Directors

Michael Hart, Gilchrist Calder, Geoffrey Nethercott, Rodney Bennett, Philip Dudley, Mark Cullingham, Tristan de Vere Cole, Piers Haggard, Brian Farnham, James Ferman, Donald McWhinnie, Rudolph Cartier, Herbert Wise, Mary Ridge, Michael Hayes, John Matthews, John Glenister, Roderick Graham, Hugh David, Naomi Capon, Robert Knights, Elsa Bolam, Bill Craske, Tina Wakerell, John Hefin, Henri Safran, James Brabazon, David Andrews, Oliver Horsbrugh, George Spenton-Foster, Alan Bridges, Eric Hills, Paul Ciappessoni, Anne Head, Claude Whatham, Alan Gibson, Christopher Morahan, Mike Newell, Gareth Davies, Christopher Barry, Philip Saville, David Saire, Toby Robertson, Tony Wickert, Keith Williams, Jack Gold, Colin Cant, Suzanne Neild, John Mackenzie, Douglas Camfield, John Warrington, Barry Hanson, Peter Duguid, Elizabeth Small, Clive Rees, Peter Dews, Tim Aspinall, Peter Cregeen, Derrick Goodwin, Gerald Blake, Malcolm Taylor, Ben Rea, Ken Hannam, Anthea Browne-Wilkinson, William Slater, Basil Coleman, Paddy Russell, Brian Parker, Christopher Barry, Bill Sellars, Voytek, Ian Wyatt, George R. Foa, Michael Simpson, Alan Cooke, Richard Martin, John Gibson, George Fox, Brian Miller, Brian Hulme, Feliks Norski, John Tydeman, Mischa Scorer, June Wyndham-Davies, Bob Hird, David Rose, John Hopkins, Alan Cooke, Anthony Page, Ridley Scott, Michael Apted, James MacTaggart, Alan Clarke, Waris Hussein, Michael Tuchner, Ian MacNaughton, Vere Lorrimer, Ronald Wilson, Vivian Matalon, James Cellan Jones, Roy Battersby, John Gorrie, David Giles, Simon Langton

Writers

Don Shaw, Arden Winch, Robin Smyth, John Mortimer, Charlotte Plimmer, Denis Plimmer, Rhys Adrian, Jean Benedetti, David Hodson, Derek Hoddinott, Roy Minton, Terry Wale, Gerry Jones, Cecil P. Taylor, Keith Dewhurst, Barry Bermange, Leo Knowles, Derrick Sherwin, Frank Clements, Roald Dahl, Maurice Edelman, Jim Allen, Dawn Pavitt, Henry Livings, Hugo Charteris, David Rudkin, Mavor Moore, John Finch, Carey Harrison, John Gale, William Douglas-Home, Ewart Alexander, Nicholas Bethell, John Foster, Alun Owen, Thomas Clarke, Julia Jones, Vickery Turner, Fay Weldon, Philip Martin, Jack Trevor Story, Tom Stoppard, Jeremy Paul, Ron Berry, John Spurling, Hugh Leonard, John Bowen, John Wiles, Laurence Collinson, Willis Hall, James Hanley, Peter Brent, Hugh Whitemore, P.C. Jersild, Victor Carin, Simon Gray, Gwen Cherrell, Euripides, Richard McNeff, Keith Waterhouse, Robert David MacDonald, Franz Kafka, Essam El Erian, Dave Humphries, Tim Aspinall, Tony Holland, Robert Moore Williams, Pat Flower, Tennessee Williams, Dennis Potter, Alfred Fagon, John Lucarotti, Peter Prince, Howard Brenton, William Bast, Snoo Wilson, Marc Brandel, Philip Levene, James Ferman, Brian Finch, Jack Rosenthal, Anton Chekhov, Sean Hignett, Stanisław Lem, Alan Plater, James Leo Herlihy, Jean Rhys, Shelagh Delaney, Rodney Bennett, Caryl Churchill, Howard Barker, Lida Winiewicz, Patrick Garland, M. Charles Cohen, Arthur Hopcraft, William Trevor, B.S. Johnson, James Saunders, Ian Curteis, Peter S. Beagle, David Mercer, Frank Norman, James Gibbins, David Campton, Robert Gould, Michael Ashe, Alan Gosling, Eric Coltart, David Rolfe, Raymond Williams, Clancy Segal, William T. Powers, George R. Foa, Peter Lewis, Colin Morris, Frank Marcus, Michael Hayes, Raymond Hitchcock, Stewart Love, John Howlett, Frank O'Connor, Brian Wright, David Cregan, Alasdair Gray, John Loveday, Rayner Heppenstall, John Hall, Paul Jones, Janet Fisher, Sumanta Mukherjee, Clive Barker, Slawomir Mrozek, Sheila MacLeod, John Westgate, Maggie Ross, Charles Castle, Kon Fraser, Shaun MacLoughlin, Ray Butler, Graham Seal, Edward Etler, Janusz Wasylkowski, Adeline Collier, Conn Ryan, Elisaveta Fen, Pauline Macaulay, Robert Storey, Jonquil Antony, Jean Stubbs, Peter Van Greenaway, Owen Holder, Robert Furnival, Robert Holles, Alun Richards, Andrew Davies, Peter Hammond, Paul Wheeler, Brian Clark, Rod Beacham, Donald Tosh, Leo Lehmann, Desmond Lowden, James Joyce, Reg Hill, William Woods, David Weir, Peter Everett, Dennis Woolf, John Hopkins, Donald Howarth, David Hopkins, Tony Perrin, Susan Pleat, Allan Prior, Campbell Black, Samuel Beckett, Claude Stephenson, George Layton, Peter Coke, Alfred Hayes, Gerald Wilson, Robert Rudelson, David Snodin, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Brian Phelan, Barry Letts, Saul Bellow

Creators

Derek Hoddinott, Innes Lloyd

Cast

Producers

Editors

Geoffrey Botterill, Brian Keene, David Elliott, Henry Fowler, David Thomas, Ken Pearce

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