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

Writers

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

Creators

Innes Lloyd, Derek Hoddinott

Cast

Producers

Editors

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

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