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

Writers

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

Creators

Derek Hoddinott, Innes Lloyd

Cast

Producers

Editors

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

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