Drama
1965
• 30 min.
Finished
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. Thirty-Minute Theatre followed on from a similarly named ITV series, beginning on BBC2 in 1965 with an adaptation of the black comedy Parsons Pleasure. In 1967 BBC2 launched the UK's first colour service, with the consequence that Thirty-Minute Theatre became the first drama series in the country to be shown in colour.
Release:
October 07, 1965
Original language:
English
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Type:
Scripted
Status:
Ended
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Seasons
8
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Season 1
288 episodes
288 episodes
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Season 2
37 episodes
37 episodes
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Season 3
35 episodes
35 episodes
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Season 4
36 episodes
36 episodes
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Season 5
36 episodes
36 episodes
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Season 6
37 episodes
37 episodes
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Season 7
33 episodes
33 episodes
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Season 8
33 episodes
33 episodes
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Cast
Derek Francis
(2 ep.)
(2 ep.)
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Keith Barron
(2 ep.)
(2 ep.)
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John Franklyn-Robbins
(2 ep.)
(2 ep.)
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Earl Cameron
(2 ep.)
(2 ep.)
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Marius Goring
Mr Ponge (1 ep.)
Mr Ponge (1 ep.)
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Julian Glover
(2 ep.)
(2 ep.)
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Tenniel Evans
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Claire Nielson
(2 ep.)
(2 ep.)
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Beryl Reid
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Shelley Winters
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Tessa Wyatt
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Emrys James
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Julia Foster
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Sheila Hancock
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Tim Preece
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Nerys Hughes
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Diana Coupland
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Renée Asherson
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(1 ep.)
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Althea Gibson
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(1 ep.)
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John Cater
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(1 ep.)
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Trevor Bannister
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Eleanor Bron
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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John Castle
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Donald Pleasence
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Vernon Dobtcheff
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Bill Owen
(1 ep.)
(1 ep.)
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Frank Finlay
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(1 ep.)
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Moray Watson
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(1 ep.)
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John Le Mesurier
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(1 ep.)
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Judy Cornwell
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(1 ep.)
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John Standing
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(1 ep.)
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Edward Woodward
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Dennis Waterman
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Jennifer Daniel
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(1 ep.)
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James Bolam
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Diane Cilento
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(1 ep.)
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Michael Standing
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Johnny Briggs
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Donald Pickering
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Noel Johnson
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Clifton Jones
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(1 ep.)
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John Arnatt
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Alec Guinness
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Lally Bowers
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Harry Locke
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Melvyn Hayes
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Ray Brooks
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Roy Castle
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Betty Marsden
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Polly James
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Esmond Knight
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Mark Eden
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Nigel Stock
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Lee Montague
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(1 ep.)
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Robin Hunter
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Patrick Allen
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(1 ep.)
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Mary Morris
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(1 ep.)
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Calvin Lockhart
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Frederick Jaeger
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(1 ep.)
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Hannah Gordon
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Neville Smith
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John Carson
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Bryan Pringle
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John Wood
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Bernard Horsfall
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Kenneth Colley
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John Gielgud
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Sylvia Syms
Judy Marriott (1 ep.)
Judy Marriott (1 ep.)
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John Nettleton
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(1 ep.)
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Colin Douglas
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Ken Jones
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(1 ep.)
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Richard Pearson
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Faith Brook
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John Barrie
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Kathleen Byron
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Norman Rossington
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Leonard Rossiter
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Marie Kean
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Patricia Routledge
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Sylvia Coleridge
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Christopher Benjamin
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John Bennett
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Royston Tickner
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Philip Bond
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Robert Lang
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Jo Rowbottom
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George Layton
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Ronald Lacey
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Maureen O'Brien
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Terence de Marney
Flanders (1 ep.)
Flanders (1 ep.)
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Dan Jackson
Adzola (1 ep.)
Adzola (1 ep.)
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Gillian Lewis
Angela (1 ep.)
Angela (1 ep.)
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Nigel Davenport
The Prisoner (1 ep.)
The Prisoner (1 ep.)
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Athol Coats
Executioner (1 ep.)
Executioner (1 ep.)
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Colin Jeavons
Conspirator (1 ep.)
Conspirator (1 ep.)
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Kenneth Griffith
Mr Rounds (1 ep.)
Mr Rounds (1 ep.)
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Megs Jenkins
Miss Wellcome (1 ep.)
Miss Wellcome (1 ep.)
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Mary Kerridge
Miss Colduck (1 ep.)
Miss Colduck (1 ep.)
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Brian Wilde
Mr Shater (1 ep.)
Mr Shater (1 ep.)
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Miriam Karlin
Marcella Vankuchen (1 ep.)
Marcella Vankuchen (1 ep.)
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Sam Wanamaker
Solomon Ithimar, PhD (1 ep.)
Solomon Ithimar, PhD (1 ep.)
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Michael Aldridge
Henry Shoreham (1 ep.)
Henry Shoreham (1 ep.)
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Antony Carrick
Correspondent (1 ep.)
Correspondent (1 ep.)
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Alfred Burke
First Man (1 ep.)
First Man (1 ep.)
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Dean Stockwell
The Man (1 ep.)
The Man (1 ep.)
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Scott Forbes
Kender (1 ep.)
Kender (1 ep.)
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John Junkin
Jeffrey (1 ep.)
Jeffrey (1 ep.)
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Leo McKern
Mark (1 ep.)
Mark (1 ep.)
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