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Thirty-Minute Theatre. Thirty-Minute Theatre was a British 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. [2]
- 291 (241 missing)
- 7 October 1965 –, 9 August 1973
- 8
- BBC 2
Thirty-Minute Theatre: With Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty. Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
- (52)
- 1965-10-07
- Crime, Drama
- 30
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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 many writers who later became well known. Thirty-Minute Theatre followed on from a similarly ...
BBC2’s Thirty-Minute Theatre was an attempt to reintroduce live drama to British television at a time when most programme-makers had put the method behind them. However, the live element didn’t last long, being phased out in favour of the convenience of pre-recording. Even so, a handful of the series’ plays remained live until 1968.
The News-Benders: Directed by Rudolph Cartier. With Donald Pleasence, Nigel Davenport, Sarah Brackett. The News-Benders.
Thirty Minute Theatre: With W.H. Williams, Madge Jones, Hazel Bainbridge, Joan Newell.
