Thirty-Minute Theatre

Oct 7, 1965

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.

Oct 14, 1965

Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.

Oct 21, 1965

Oct 28, 1965

Nov 4, 1965

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.

Nov 11, 1965

Nov 18, 1965

Nov 25, 1965

Dec 2, 1965

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.

Dec 9, 1965

Dec 16, 1965

Dec 23, 1965

Dec 30, 1965

Jan 3, 1966

Jan 10, 1966

Jan 17, 1966

Jan 24, 1966

Jan 31, 1966

Feb 7, 1966

Feb 14, 1966

Feb 21, 1966

Feb 28, 1966

Mar 7, 1966

Mar 14, 1966

Mar 28, 1966

Apr 4, 1966

Apr 11, 1966

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.

Apr 18, 1966

Apr 25, 1966

May 2, 1966

May 9, 1966

May 16, 1966

May 23, 1966

May 30, 1966

Jun 6, 1966

Jun 13, 1966

Jun 20, 1966

Jun 27, 1966

Oct 3, 1966

Oct 10, 1966

Oct 17, 1966

Oct 24, 1966

Oct 31, 1966

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 couple, which has led to the conviction of two boys for rape and murder

Nov 7, 1966

Nov 14, 1966

Nov 21, 1966

Nov 28, 1966

Dec 5, 1966

Dec 12, 1966

Dec 19, 1966

Jan 4, 1967

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 suggests an unusual stake.

Jan 11, 1967

Jan 18, 1967

Jan 26, 1967

Feb 1, 1967

Feb 8, 1967

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?

Feb 15, 1967

Carol deserts her husband and son for her lover.

Feb 22, 1967

Mar 1, 1967

Mar 8, 1967

Mar 15, 1967

Mar 22, 1967

Mar 29, 1967

Apr 12, 1967

Apr 19, 1967

Apr 26, 1967

May 3, 1967

May 10, 1967

May 17, 1967

May 24, 1967

May 31, 1967

Jun 7, 1967

Jun 14, 1967

Jun 21, 1967

Jun 28, 1967

Oct 2, 1967

Oct 9, 1967

Oct 16, 1967

Oct 23, 1967

Oct 30, 1967

Nov 6, 1967

Nov 27, 1967

Dec 6, 1967

An alcoholic civil servant is abandoned by his wife and comes home to an empty house.

Dec 13, 1967

Dec 20, 1967

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 hostess is determined to crown her social career by giving a splendid ball for the most awesome guest of honour of all--the lordly Death himself.

Dec 27, 1967

Jan 3, 1968

Jan 10, 1968

Jan 17, 1968

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 silently and sadly unpack the gun, place it in front of him on the table in his room and prepare to do away with himself. He slowly places a bullet in the chamber and positions the gun to his head. At that moment there comes a knock on the door. He hides the gun and answers the door to find a pretty young woman standing there played by Geraldine McEwan.

Jan 24, 1968

Jan 31, 1968

Feb 7, 1968

Feb 14, 1968

Feb 21, 1968

A ventriloquist , shares a few secrets with his dummy.

Feb 28, 1968

Mar 6, 1968

Mar 13, 1968

Mar 20, 1968

Mar 27, 1968

Apr 3, 1968

Apr 10, 1968

Apr 24, 1968

May 1, 1968

May 8, 1968

May 15, 1968

A black Rhodesian and a white Rhodesian meet in London.

May 22, 1968

May 29, 1968

Jun 5, 1968

A couple wait for their son to return from Vietnam.

Jun 19, 1968

A woman's romantic tryst with a married man is interrupted by the arrival of his wife.

Jun 26, 1968

Sep 9, 1968

Sep 16, 1968

Sep 23, 1968

Sep 30, 1968

Oct 7, 1968

Oct 14, 1968

Oct 21, 1968

Nov 4, 1968

Nov 11, 1968

Nov 18, 1968

Nov 25, 1968

Dec 2, 1968

Dec 9, 1968

Dec 16, 1968

Dec 23, 1968

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.

Dec 30, 1968

Jan 6, 1969

Jan 13, 1969

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.

Jan 20, 1969

Jan 27, 1969

Feb 3, 1969

Josef Djugashvili is not a suitable candidate for the priesthood. Revolutionary politics lead him to take the name Stalin.

Feb 13, 1969

Feb 20, 1969

Feb 27, 1969

Mar 6, 1969

Mar 20, 1969

Mar 20, 1969

Mar 27, 1969

Apr 3, 1969

Apr 10, 1969

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 trivial chatter, one by one, bores people at the dinner party, who turn their attention to the TV and become encapsulated by the horror of the war and the dinner party continues despite, one by one, each diner being overwhelmed by war scenes and is next seen dead in their seat in the same way as a Vietnamese war victim; meanwhile the babble continues and the guest's demise passes unnoticed, until there is only one left.

Apr 24, 1969

May 1, 1969

May 8, 1969

May 15, 1969

May 22, 1969

May 29, 1969

Sep 14, 1969

Sep 28, 1969

Oct 5, 1969

Oct 12, 1969

Oct 19, 1969

Oct 26, 1969

Nov 9, 1969

Nov 16, 1969

Nov 23, 1969

Dec 7, 1969

Dec 14, 1969

Dec 28, 1969

Jan 10, 1970

Jan 17, 1970

Jan 24, 1970

Jan 31, 1970

Feb 7, 1970

Feb 14, 1970

Feb 21, 1970

Feb 28, 1970

Mar 14, 1970

Mar 28, 1970

Apr 4, 1970

Apr 11, 1970

Apr 18, 1970

Apr 25, 1970

May 9, 1970

May 16, 1970

May 23, 1970

Jun 6, 1970

Jun 13, 1970

Jun 20, 1970

Jun 27, 1970

Jul 4, 1970

Jul 25, 1970

A woman advertises her services as a portrait model, but a misunderstanding arises.

Aug 1, 1970

Sep 18, 1970

Oct 2, 1970

Oct 9, 1970

Oct 16, 1970

During the Czech uprising, a tribunal assembles for the trial of Alexander Dubcek.

Oct 30, 1970

Nov 13, 1970

Nov 27, 1970

Dec 4, 1970

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 bank account has been emptied by a man posing as him.

Dec 11, 1970

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 hold water. Waugh finds a bag and Watkins criminal record.

Dec 18, 1970

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 attack and she doesn't want neighbours to know

Dec 25, 1970

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 hidden in locked draw, at the Mallows, and arrested.

Jan 1, 1971

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 and the boy has escaped to have fun somewhere else.

Jan 8, 1971

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 convictions. Waugh knows he's smuggling something, but what?

Jan 11, 1971

Jan 18, 1971

Jan 25, 1971

Feb 1, 1971

Feb 8, 1971

Feb 15, 1971

Feb 22, 1971

Mar 1, 1971

Mar 8, 1971

Mr Lumley's dazzling sales-talk sometimes gets out of control.

Mar 15, 1971

Mar 22, 1971

Mar 29, 1971

Apr 5, 1971

May 24, 1971

May 31, 1971

Jun 7, 1971

Jun 14, 1971

Jul 5, 1971

Jul 12, 1971

Jul 19, 1971

Jul 26, 1971

Aug 2, 1971

Aug 9, 1971

Aug 16, 1971

Sep 20, 1971

Sep 27, 1971

Oct 4, 1971

Oct 11, 1971

Oct 18, 1971

Oct 25, 1971

Nov 1, 1971

Nov 8, 1971

Nov 15, 1971

Nov 22, 1971

Nov 29, 1971

Dec 6, 1971

Dec 13, 1971

Dec 20, 1971

Dec 27, 1971

Jan 3, 1972

An incident in a graveyard has upset a middle-aged housewife, but her husband couldn't care less.

Jan 10, 1972

Uncle Rollo has a bad habit of remembering all the things his nephew Ivor would like to forget.

Jan 17, 1972

Jan 24, 1972

Morgan the caretaker really doesn't like Mr. and Mrs. Runca, two of the tenants he's supposed to look after - and he picks the worst possible time to let them know it.

Jan 31, 1972

If Major Bartholomew isn't insane, why is he playing Russian roulette with a lovelorn subaltern?

Feb 21, 1972

Feb 28, 1972

Mar 6, 1972

Mar 13, 1972

Mar 20, 1972

Gay bartender Susie applies make-up and holds sway over a quiet bar, responding with suspicion and bitterness to two men and then two women who enter, all communicating with meanness, innuendo and sniggering.

Mar 27, 1972

Apr 3, 1972

Apr 10, 1972

May 22, 1972

A dentist discovers his wife on the verge of having an affair with another man - a rival dentist.

May 29, 1972

A romantic rendezvous doesn't quite go as planned.

Jun 5, 1972

Jun 12, 1972

Francesca has some concerns about her mother's business.

Jun 19, 1972

Pip and Bob, both married, are a couple of ordinary working-class blokes in an ordinary London suburb. It's just that they have also been gay lovers for years.

Aug 14, 1972

Aug 21, 1972

Aug 28, 1972

Sep 4, 1972

Sep 11, 1972

Sep 18, 1972

Sep 25, 1972

Oct 2, 1972

Oct 12, 1972

Holiday work in the countryside brings three young friends peace and tenderness. The richness and innocence of their experience carries with it the seeds of painful disintegration.

Oct 19, 1972

Oct 26, 1972

Nov 2, 1972

Nov 9, 1972

Nov 16, 1972

Nov 22, 1972

Nov 29, 1972

On Krapp's 69th birthday, he reviews a tape recording he made the year he was 39 and makes a new recording commenting on the last 12 months.

Dec 6, 1972

Dec 13, 1972

Jan 3, 1973

Jan 10, 1973

Jan 17, 1973

Jan 24, 1973

Jan 31, 1973

Feb 22, 1973

Mar 1, 1973

Mar 15, 1973

Mar 29, 1973

Apr 12, 1973

When Pulsford, an ulcerated impresario, stages a competition to find a new pop-group, the only entrant is The Poetic Works. Their act is truly spectacular, too spectacular for Pulsford's own.

Apr 19, 1973

Apr 26, 1973

May 3, 1973

May 10, 1973

May 17, 1973