TV Series
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19658 Seasons285 EpisodesEndedThirty-Minute Theatre
Drama
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.
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Series 1
38 EpisodesEP 01
EP 1
01.Parson's Pleasure
30m
1965-10-07
01.Parson's Pleasure
30m
Aired 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.
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EP 02
EP 2
02.Give the Clown His Supper
30m
1965-10-14
02.Give the Clown His Supper
30m
Aired 1965-10-14
Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.
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EP 03
EP 3
03.Portrait of a Madonna
30m
1965-10-21
03.Portrait of a Madonna
30m
Aired 1965-10-21
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EP 04
EP 4
04.Pay as You Go
30m
1965-10-28
04.Pay as You Go
30m
Aired 1965-10-28
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EP 05
EP 5
05.Monica
30m
1965-11-04
05.Monica
30m
Aired 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 suicide he was staging at the beginning of the play.
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EP 06
EP 6
06.Love in Triplicate
30m
1965-11-11
06.Love in Triplicate
30m
Aired 1965-11-11
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EP 07
EP 7
07.Application Form
30m
1965-11-18
07.Application Form
30m
Aired 1965-11-18
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EP 08
EP 8
08.The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
30m
1965-11-25
08.The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
30m
Aired 1965-11-25
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EP 09
EP 9
09.Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
30m
1965-12-02
09.Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
30m
Aired 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 has to devise a way of explaining it to her husband.
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EP 10
EP 10
10.Mr. Ponge
30m
1965-12-09
10.Mr. Ponge
30m
Aired 1965-12-09
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EP 11
EP 11
11.That's Not My Name
30m
1965-12-16
11.That's Not My Name
30m
Aired 1965-12-16
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EP 12
EP 12
12.Family Christmas
30m
1965-12-23
12.Family Christmas
30m
Aired 1965-12-23
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EP 13
EP 13
13.The Passenger
30m
1965-12-30
13.The Passenger
30m
Aired 1965-12-30
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EP 14
EP 14
14.The Flipside
30m
1966-01-03
14.The Flipside
30m
Aired 1966-01-03
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EP 15
EP 15
15.The Enchanted Night
30m
1966-01-10
15.The Enchanted Night
30m
Aired 1966-01-10
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EP 16
EP 16
16.Four-Way Incident
30m
1966-01-17
16.Four-Way Incident
30m
Aired 1966-01-17
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EP 17
EP 17
17.Brothers
30m
1966-01-24
17.Brothers
30m
Aired 1966-01-24
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EP 18
EP 18
18.Janni! Oh Janni!
30m
1966-01-31
18.Janni! Oh Janni!
30m
Aired 1966-01-31
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EP 19
EP 19
19.The Sugar Cubes
30m
1966-02-07
19.The Sugar Cubes
30m
Aired 1966-02-07
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EP 20
EP 20
20.Case Suspended
30m
1966-02-14
20.Case Suspended
30m
Aired 1966-02-14
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EP 21
EP 21
21.Ships of the Line
30m
1966-02-21
21.Ships of the Line
30m
Aired 1966-02-21
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EP 22
EP 22
22.Keep on Running
30m
1966-02-28
22.Keep on Running
30m
Aired 1966-02-28
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EP 23
EP 23
23.Not for Just an Hour
30m
1966-03-07
23.Not for Just an Hour
30m
Aired 1966-03-07
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EP 24
EP 24
24.'Twas on a Sunday
30m
1966-03-14
24.'Twas on a Sunday
30m
Aired 1966-03-14
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EP 25
EP 25
25.Magnolia Summer
30m
1966-03-28
25.Magnolia Summer
30m
Aired 1966-03-28
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EP 26
EP 26
26.A Girl's Best Friend
30m
1966-04-04
26.A Girl's Best Friend
30m
Aired 1966-04-04
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EP 27
EP 27
27.Emergency Ward 9
30m
1966-04-11
27.Emergency Ward 9
30m
Aired 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 attempt to deal with the old man's death.
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EP 28
EP 28
28.A Letter from the Country
30m
1966-04-18
28.A Letter from the Country
30m
Aired 1966-04-18
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EP 29
EP 29
29.The Caramel Crisis
30m
1966-04-25
29.The Caramel Crisis
30m
Aired 1966-04-25
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EP 30
EP 30
30.Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
30m
1966-05-02
30.Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
30m
Aired 1966-05-02
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EP 31
EP 31
31.The House Mouse
30m
1966-05-09
31.The House Mouse
30m
Aired 1966-05-09
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EP 32
EP 32
32.The Hard Word
30m
1966-05-16
32.The Hard Word
30m
Aired 1966-05-16
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EP 33
EP 33
33.Ella
30m
1966-05-23
33.Ella
30m
Aired 1966-05-23
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EP 34
EP 34
34.The Window
30m
1966-05-30
34.The Window
30m
Aired 1966-05-30
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EP 35
EP 35
35.Friday Night's the Best Night
30m
1966-06-06
35.Friday Night's the Best Night
30m
Aired 1966-06-06
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EP 36
EP 36
36.A Good Reason for Getting Married
30m
1966-06-13
36.A Good Reason for Getting Married
30m
Aired 1966-06-13
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EP 37
EP 37
37.The Queen Street Girls
30m
1966-06-20
37.The Queen Street Girls
30m
Aired 1966-06-20
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EP 38
EP 38
38.They Put You Where You Are
30m
1966-06-27
38.They Put You Where You Are
30m
Aired 1966-06-27
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