Thirty-Minute Theatre
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries
Details
- First aired
- 7 Oct 1965
- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes
- 285
- TMDB 4.2
- Last aired
- 17 May 1973
- Genres
Drama
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episode runtime
- 30 min
- Countries
GB
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
- Cast
- Writers
Don Shaw Arden Winch Derek Hoddinott Innes Lloyd John Mortimer Charlotte Plimmer Denis Plimmer Rhys Adrian Jean Benedetti David Hodson Robin Smyth Roald Dahl Frank Clement Terry Wale Keith Dewhurst Barry Bermange Maurice Edelman Cecil P. Taylor Dawn Pavitt Thomas Clarke Roy Minton Derrick Sherwin Gerry Jones Jim Allen Jeremy Paul Henry Livings John Foster David Rudkin Philip Martin Vickery Turner Carey Harrison John Finch Hugh Whitemore Julia Jones Hugh Leonard Ewart Alexander Hugo Charteris John Bowen James Hanley Willis Hall Mavor Moore William Douglas-Home Laurence Collinson Ron Berry Fay Weldon Alun Owen John Spurling Nicholas Bethell Tom Stoppard John Wiles Jack Trevor Story Peter Brent Friedrich Dürrenmatt Pat Flower Samuel Beckett William Bast George Layton Howard Barker Philip Levene John Hall Robert Storey Patrick Garland B. S. Johnson John Howlett Victor Carin Peter Hammond Brian Finch Adeline Collier Michael Hayes Peter Van Greenaway Euripides Dave Humphries Janusz Wasylkowski Alun Richards Raymond Hitchcock Ted Whitehead James Ferman Robert Gould Franz Kafka Snoo Wilson David Weir Sean Hignett Allan Prior Frank Marcus Alan Plater Caryl Churchill Edward Etler Sheila MacLeod Rodney Bennett Clancy Sigal Raymond Williams Jack Rosenthal David Snodin George R. Foa Robert David MacDonald Peter Everett Maggie Ross Peter S. Beagle Stanisław Lem Brian Clark Stewart Love Donald Tosh Shaun MacLoughlin John Gale Eric Coltart John Lucarotti Frank O'Connor Paul Wheeler William Woods Desmond Lowden David Cregan Tennessee Williams Tim Aspinall William Trevor Donald Howarth Pauline Macaulay Owen Holder Janet Fisher John Gale Lida Winiewicz Howard Brenton Gerald Wilson Robert Moore Williams John Westgate David Hopkins Barry Letts Sławomir Mrożek Dennis Woolf David Rolfe Arthur Hopcraft Brian Wright Dennis Potter Colin Morris Leslie Thomas James Saunders Peter Lewis Andrew Davies Saul Bellow John Lovelady James Joyce Elisaveta Fen Peter Coke Shelagh Delaney Peter Prince Marc Brandel Tony Perrin Robert Holles Alfred Hayes Reg Hill Ian Curteis M. Charles Cohen Alasdair Gray Michael Ashe Simon Gray Robert Rudelson Gwen Cherrell Richard McNeff Thomas Murphy John Hopkins Frank Norman Leo Lehmann David Mercer David Campton James Leo Herlihy Tony Holland Keith Waterhouse Brian Phelan Kon Fraser P.C. Jersild Rod Beacham Jean Stubbs Susan Pleat Alfred Fagon Robert Furnival Evan Jones Claude Stephenson Jean Rhys
