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 named ITV series, beginning on BBC2 in 1965 with an adaptation of the black comedy Parsons Pleasure. 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.
Parson's Pleasure
Give the Clown His Supper
Portrait of a Madonna
Pay as You Go
Monica
Love in Triplicate
Application Form
The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Mr. Ponge
That's Not My Name
Family Christmas
The Passenger
The Flipside
The Enchanted Night
Four-Way Incident
Brothers
Janni! Oh Janni!
The Sugar Cubes
Case Suspended
Ships of the Line
Keep on Running
Not for Just an Hour
'Twas on a Sunday
Magnolia Summer
A Girl's Best Friend
Emergency Ward 9
A Letter from the Country
The Caramel Crisis
Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
The House Mouse
The Hard Word
Ella
The Window
Friday Night's the Best Night
A Good Reason for Getting Married
The Queen Street Girls
They Put You Where You Are
