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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]
Thirty-Minute Theatre: I Bought a Jalopy: BBC Light Programme: Car owner 1959: Dombey and Son: BBC Home Service: Mr. Toots Adapted for radio in eight parts by Hilary Oldfield Box 1960: Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Man Who Changed His Name: BBC Light Programme: The last of six plays by members of the Crime Writers' Association: 1960: The Saturday ...
The episodes were often broadcast as part of programmes such as Children's Hour or Thirty-Minute Theatre and did not originally air with an overall series title. The title Sherlock Holmes was used for some of the individual series and has been used for the overall series. [1]
Allen's first play, The Hard Word (1966), directed by Ridley Scott, [2] was broadcast as part of the Thirty-Minute Theatre series on BBC 2. It was followed by The Lump (1967), the first fictional work directed by Jack Gold, who had begun his career on documentaries, [3] and broadcast as part of The Wednesday Play drama anthology series.
The Caramel Crisis was a one-off BBC television drama by Simon Gray, produced as part of the BBC's Thirty-Minute Theatre series. [1] It was Simon Gray's first dramatic work, adapted from his own short story, and was first broadcast live on 25 April 1966 starring George Cole, Richard Pearson, John Le Mesurier and Bryan Pringle.
The plays she wrote for the BBC's Thirty-Minute Theatre series were "Keep on Running" and "Magnolia Summer" and for The Wednesday Play "Kippers & Curtains". Her film career included roles in Prudence and the Pill (1968), Crooks and Coronets (1969), The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970), Chandler (1971), Ruby and Oswald (1978), The Good Soldier (1981 ...
In the 1960s, he produced a number of plays for the BBC's anthology drama series Thirty-Minute Theatre, including several Sherlock Holmes works. [9] He continued to work as a part-time script adviser until 1986. [1]
Thirty Minute Theatre: The Flip Side (1966) Mad Movies (1966) (writer, presenter and producer) Sunday Night at the London Palladium (January–March 1967) Half Hour Story: Bug (1967) The Golden Shot (1967–72, 1974–75) Friends In High Places (1969) Take Three Girls (1971) The Bob Monkhouse Comedy Hour (1972) Quick on the Draw (1974)