Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
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. 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. Dennis Potter contributed Emergency – Ward 9, which he partially recycled in the much later The Singing Detective. 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. As well as single plays, the series showed several linked collections of plays, including a group of four plays by John Mortimer named after areas of London in 1972, two three-part Inspector Waugh series starring Clive Swift in the title role, and a trilogy of plays by Jean Benedetti, broadcast in 1969, focusing on infamous historical figures such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.
- Release Date: 1965-10-07
- Views: 733
- Country: GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 30
Alec Guinness
Julian Glover
John Standing
Edward Woodward
Kenneth Colley
Bill Owen
Renée Asherson
Ronald Lacey
John Gielgud
Shelley Winters
John Wood
John Carson
John Le Mesurier
Roy Castle
Nigel Stock
Norman Rossington
Esmond Knight
James Bolam
Donald Pleasence
Keith Barron
Frank Finlay
Vernon Dobtcheff
Eleanor Bron
Earl Cameron
Richard Pearson
Calvin Lockhart
Dennis Waterman
Hannah Gordon
Patrick Allen
Sheila Hancock
John Castle
Derek Francis
Jennifer Daniel
Faith Brook
Ken Jones
Julia Foster
Robert Lang
Judy Cornwell
Christopher Benjamin
John Cater
Marius Goring
John Arnatt
Donald Pickering
Patricia Routledge
Frederick Jaeger
Melvyn Hayes
Beryl Reid
Mary Morris
Sylvia Syms
Clifton Jones
John Bennett
Kathleen Byron
Tim Preece
Michael Aldridge
Tenniel Evans
Mark Eden
Leonard Rossiter
Diane Cilento
Bernard Horsfall
Dan Jackson
Philip Bond
Robin Hunter
Ray Brooks
Neville Smith
Lee Montague
Antony Carrick
Bryan Pringle
Betty Marsden
Moray Watson
Nerys Hughes
Diana Coupland
John Nettleton
Michael Standing
Claire Nielson
John Franklyn-Robbins
Johnny Briggs
Marie Kean
Colin Douglas
Tessa Wyatt
Royston Tickner
