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Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) is a drama web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Thirty-Minute Theatre online in HD.

Thirty-Minute Theatre — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Thirty-Minute Theatre — Series Details

Thirty-Minute Theatre — Episode Guide

Series 1

• E1: Parson's Pleasure (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.
• E2: Give the Clown His Supper (1965-10-14) — Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.
• E3: Portrait of a Madonna (1965-10-21)
• E4: Pay as You Go (1965-10-28)
• E5: Monica (1965-11-04) — Simon is trying to convince his mistress, Monica, to leave her husband by staging a suicide. But instead of Monica showing up, a stranger appears, who helps him to carry out the su
• E6: Love in Triplicate (1965-11-11)
• E7: Application Form (1965-11-18)
• E8: The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft (1965-11-25)
• E9: Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1965-12-02) — Mrs. Bixby, a dentist's wife, goes alone once a month to the country "to see her aunt"; she's secretly visiting her lover, the Colonel. But when he gives her an expensive coat, she
• E10: Mr. Ponge (1965-12-09)
• E11: That's Not My Name (1965-12-16)
• E12: Family Christmas (1965-12-23)
• E13: The Passenger (1965-12-30)
• E14: The Flipside (1966-01-03)
• E15: The Enchanted Night (1966-01-10)
• E16: Four-Way Incident (1966-01-17)
• E17: Brothers (1966-01-24)
• E18: Janni! Oh Janni! (1966-01-31)
• E19: The Sugar Cubes (1966-02-07)
• E20: Case Suspended (1966-02-14)
• E21: Ships of the Line (1966-02-21)
• E22: Keep on Running (1966-02-28)
• E23: Not for Just an Hour (1966-03-07)
• E24: 'Twas on a Sunday (1966-03-14)
• E25: Magnolia Summer (1966-03-28)
• E26: A Girl's Best Friend (1966-04-04)
• E27: Emergency Ward 9 (1966-04-11) — In this medical drama for the BBC's THIRTY MINUTE THEATER series, a doctor is helpless as an old man dies in pain. In the same ward, three other patients of different backgrounds a
• E28: A Letter from the Country (1966-04-18)
• E29: The Caramel Crisis (1966-04-25)
• E30: Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea (1966-05-02)
• E31: The House Mouse (1966-05-09)
• E32: The Hard Word (1966-05-16)
• E33: Ella (1966-05-23)
• E34: The Window (1966-05-30)
• E35: Friday Night's the Best Night (1966-06-06)
• E36: A Good Reason for Getting Married (1966-06-13)
• E37: The Queen Street Girls (1966-06-20)
• E38: They Put You Where You Are (1966-06-27)

Series 2

• E1: The Other Fella (1966-10-03)
• E2: The Devil and All His Mischief (1966-10-10)
• E3: The Spoken Word (1966-10-17)
• E4: The Sounds of War (1966-10-24)
• E5: The Excavation (1966-10-31) — The jury gave a verdict, mister. But you came here. Why? Because I was off a chain gang and Jackie used to hustle.' An American lawyer challenges the evidence given by a young coup
• E6: Play to Win (1966-11-07)
• E7: Confession (1966-11-14)
• E8: Wife in a Blonde Wig (1966-11-21)
• E9: O-Gosh! (1966-11-28)
• E10: First Catch Your Hare… (1966-12-05)
• E11: Brainscrew (1966-12-12)
• E12: The Towers of Manhattan (1966-12-19)
• E13: Taste (1967-01-04) — At a dinner party, the host hints that one of his guests, an appalling wine snob, will not be able to identify a particular rare vintage. The snob agrees to make a bet on it, but s
• E14: R.S.V.P. (1967-01-11)
• E15: The Suede Jacket (1967-01-18)
• E16: Oldenberg (1967-01-26)
• E17: Later a Man Was Questioned (1967-02-01)
• E18: Teeth (1967-02-08) — Does Harry, a rather sinister dentist, know that the young man in his chair is having an affair with his wife? And is he does, is he planning some sort of revenge?
• E19: Turn Off If You Know the Ending (1967-02-15) — Carol deserts her husband and son for her lover.
• E20: An Absolute Treasure (1967-02-22)
• E21: Go Tell It on Table Mountain (1967-03-01)
• E22: Taffy Came to My House (1967-03-08)
• E23: Who Were You With Last Night? (1967-03-15)
• E24: Two and Two Make Twenty Two (1967-03-22)
• E25: Wanted (1967-03-29)
• E26: The Gun (1967-04-12)
• E27: Failpass (1967-04-19)
• E28: Boa Constrictor (1967-04-26)
• E29: The Isle is Full of Noises (1967-05-03)
• E30: Silver Wedding (1967-05-10)
• E31: The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov (1967-05-17)
• E32: Haven't You People Got Homes? (1967-05-24)
• E33: That Woman (1967-05-31)
• E34: The Other Side (1967-06-07)
• E35: The Wake (1967-06-14)
• E36: Child Marlene (1967-06-21)
• E37: Another Moon Called Earth (1967-06-28)

Series 3

• E1: Leave Me Alone (1967-10-02)
• E2: The Timekeepers (1967-10-09)
• E3: You Meet All Sorts (1967-10-16)
• E4: The Tape Recorder (1967-10-23)
• E5: The Top Bunk (1967-10-30)
• E6: Have It On The House (1967-11-06)
• E7: Notice! Meeting In Progress (1967-11-27)
• E8: A Time of Wolves and Tigers (1967-12-06) — An alcoholic civil servant is abandoned by his wife and comes home to an empty house.
• E9: The Keys on the Streets (1967-12-13)
• E10: Come Death (1967-12-20) — Rome, in the latter part of the 19th century. A plague is raging through all that part of Italy, and death is beginning to visit households in the city itself. A rich and famous ho
• E11: The Metal Martyr (1967-12-27)
• E12: A Private Place (1968-01-03)
• E13: The News-Benders (1968-01-10)
• E14: Diary of an Encounter (1968-01-17) — Keith Michell portrays a sad man who books a room in an English seaside hotel with a revolver in his luggage and an intention to shoot himself. Once in his room alone, we watch him
• E15: Lovely In Black (1968-01-24)
• E16: Happiness Is E Shaped (1968-01-31)
• E17: Child's Play (1968-02-07)
• E18: Snakes and Reptiles (1968-02-14)
• E19: The Unquiet Man (1968-02-21) — A ventriloquist , shares a few secrets with his dummy.
• E20: The Interview (1968-02-28)
• E21: Eveline (1968-03-06)
• E22: A Personal Affair (1968-03-13)
• E23: No Trams To Ethiopia (1968-03-20)
• E24: Father's Day (1968-03-27)
• E25: Pleasant Dreams, Fernando (1968-04-03)
• E26: The Sinner (1968-04-10)
• E27: It's On You, John (1968-04-24)
• E28: Standing By For Santa Claus (1968-05-01)
• E29: Empty Bottles (1968-05-08)
• E30: Thank God for U.D.I.! (1968-05-15) — A black Rhodesian and a white Rhodesian meet in London.
• E31: Still Death (1968-05-22)
• E32: Walk In The Dark (1968-05-29)
• E33: The Boy's Room (1968-06-05) — A couple wait for their son to return from Vietnam.
• E34: Number 30, Approximately (1968-06-19) — A woman's romantic tryst with a married man is interrupted by the arrival of his wife.
• E35: A Question of Honour (1968-06-26)

Series 4

• E1: Baby (1968-09-09)
• E2: A Matter of Principle (1968-09-16)
• E3: The Flag (1968-09-23)
• E4: The Chequers Manoeuvre (1968-09-30)
• E5: Something To Hide: The First Floor (1968-10-07)
• E6: Something To Hide: The Studio (1968-10-14)
• E7: Something To Hide: The Caretaker's Flat (1968-10-21)
• E8: Of Public Concern (1968-11-04)
• E9: Cause of Death (1968-11-11)
• E10: The Last Victim (1968-11-18)
• E11: Loving Israel (1968-11-25)
• E12: The Bishop and the Actress (1968-12-02)
• E13: Before Breakfast (1968-12-09)
• E14: Cross Examine (1968-12-16)
• E15: Swallowing the Anchor (1968-12-23) — Commander Dusting is used to commanding men and having his slightest wish obeyed. So it comes as a great shock when he suddenly finds himself redundant.
• E16: Game, Set and Match (1968-12-30)
• E17: Where Have They Gone, All The Little Children (1969-01-06)
• E18: Absolute Aggers and Torters (1969-01-13) — A young couple like to change their clothes and personalities to suit the people they've invited to dinner. But one night they forget who their guests are going to be.
• E19: These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini (1969-01-20)
• E20: These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler (1969-01-27)
• E21: These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin (1969-02-03) — Josef Djugashvili is not a suitable candidate for the priesthood. Revolutionary politics lead him to take the name Stalin.
• E22: Stake Money (1969-02-13)
• E23: First Confession (1969-02-20)
• E24: The Boat To Addis Ababa (1969-02-27)
• E25: A Hot Day (1969-03-06)
• E26: Roses, Roses, All The Way (1969-03-20)
• E27: The Victims: A Degree of Stress (1969-03-20)
• E28: The Victims: Frontier (1969-03-27)
• E29: The Victims: Progressive Blues (1969-04-03)
• E30: Invasion (1969-04-10) — A small group of middle class people are sitting around a table in a windowless room enjoying a dinner party as the TV in the corner reports on events in the Vietnam War. Their tri
• E31: A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky (1969-04-24)
• E32: Anything You Say (1969-05-01)
• E33: Conversation at Night (1969-05-08)
• E34: Roly Poly (1969-05-15)
• E35: …And Was Invited to Form a Government (1969-05-22)
• E36: A Borderline Case (1969-05-29)

Series 5

• E1: Remote Control (1969-09-14)
• E2: Gangster (1969-09-28)
• E3: Trial (1969-10-05)
• E4: A Formula for Treason (1969-10-12)
• E5: Someone's Knocking at Me Door (1969-10-19)
• E6: Trespassers (1969-10-26)
• E7: Aggers and Torters: Back to Nature (1969-11-09)
• E8: Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi (1969-11-16)
• E9: Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory (1969-11-23)
• E10: Lecture to an Academy (1969-12-07)
• E11: The Switch (1969-12-14)
• E12: The Discharge of Trooper Lusby (1969-12-28)
• E13: Laffin' Gas (1970-01-10)
• E14: The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments (1970-01-17)
• E15: Reparation (1970-01-24)
• E16: The Scarecrows (1970-01-31)
• E17: Laying It Off For Spangle (1970-02-07)
• E18: Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat (1970-02-14)
• E19: What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer (1970-02-21)
• E20: Out of Sight, Out of Mind (1970-02-28)
• E21: Meanwhile Back at the Office (1970-03-14)
• E22: All My Own Army (1970-03-28)
• E23: Whispers (1970-04-04)
• E24: Revolutions: Cromwell (1970-04-11)
• E25: Revolutions: Lenin (1970-04-18)
• E26: Revolutions: Fidel Castro (1970-04-25)
• E27: Is That Your Body, Boy? (1970-05-09)
• E28: The Tidewatchers (1970-05-16)
• E29: Twenty-Six Efforts at Pornography (1970-05-23)
• E30: Lilly: Part 1 (1970-06-06)
• E31: Lilly: Part 2 (1970-06-13)
• E32: Ben (1970-06-20)
• E33: An Uncertain Sound (1970-06-27)
• E34: Hope (1970-07-04)
• E35: Good Times (1970-07-25) — A woman advertises her services as a portrait model, but a misunderstanding arises.
• E36: Tropical Wednesdays (1970-08-01)

Series 6

• E1: The Raid (1970-09-18)
• E2: The Year of the Crow (1970-10-02)
• E3: Did Your Nanny Come from Bergen? (1970-10-09)
• E4: Tribunal (1970-10-16) — During the Czech uprising, a tribunal assembles for the trial of Alexander Dubcek.
• E5: Helen (1970-10-30)
• E6: The Warmonger (1970-11-13)
• E7: The Editor Regrets (1970-11-27)
• E8: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Settles an Account (1970-12-04) — Inspector Waugh is asked to visit his bank manager, who needs some discreet help. Commander Browne formed the British Freedom Party and sailed for Albania. Since his return, his ba
• E9: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives (1970-12-11) — Inspector Waugh investigates an hit and run after a car driving on the wrong side of the road puts Mr Watkins in hospital. Watkins claims to be astronomer but his story doesn't hol
• E10: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System (1970-12-18) — P.C. White was chasing a missing dog which leads him to a dead body buried at the Maxwell Reece's garden. She claims it's a tramp but Waugh discovers that her lover died of a heart
• E11: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Observes the Truth of an Old Music Hall Song (1970-12-25) — The Mallows return from a three month holiday to discover their house has been broke in to. Inspector Waugh learns nothing has been stolen. Burglar Albert Lawless who found £5,000
• E12: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers (1971-01-01) — Inspector Waugh is called to the house of Cynthia Holmes to look into the disappearance of her10-year-old son Peter. Waugh quickly spots that Mrs Holmes is lying about her wealth a
• E13: Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal but not the Crime (1971-01-08) — Inspector Waugh is looking for a robber from Liverpool, who he believes is in disguise and attempting to leave by boat. Arriving is Ephraim, a well. a known villain with no convict
• E14: But Now They Are Fled (1971-01-11)
• E15: Faith (1971-01-18)
• E16: Terrible Jim Fitch (1971-01-25)
• E17: The Bequest (1971-02-01)
• E18: Me MacKenna (1971-02-08)
• E19: The Proposal (1971-02-15)
• E20: Asquith in Orbit (1971-02-22)
• E21: Happy Days Are Here Again (1971-03-01)
• E22: The Railway Man's New Clothes (1971-03-08) — Mr Lumley's dazzling sales-talk sometimes gets out of control.
• E23: No Charge for the Extra Service (1971-03-15)
• E24: A Distinct Chill (1971-03-22)
• E25: The Waiting Room (1971-03-29)
• E26: Listen to the Drums (1971-04-05)
• E27: Death's Head (1971-05-24)
• E28: Jilly (1971-05-31)
• E29: Something for the Children (1971-06-07)
• E30: The Room They Left (1971-06-14)
• E31: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis (1971-07-05)
• E32: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect (1971-07-12)
• E33: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry (1971-07-19)
• E34: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat (1971-07-26)
• E35: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Deadlock (1971-08-02)
• E36: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough (1971-08-09)
• E37: Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision (1971-08-16)

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Thirty-Minute Theatre have? 8 season(s) with 285 episodes.

Where can I watch Thirty-Minute Theatre? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.