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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 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.
Episode 33 : Shakespeare Country
May. 17,1973
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Episode 32 : About a Bout
May. 10,1973
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Episode 31 : Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath
May. 03,1973
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Episode 30 : The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
April. 26,1973
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Episode 29 : Croust
April. 19,1973
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Episode 28 : Swamp Music
April. 12,1973
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Episode 27 : Beginning To End
March. 29,1973
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Episode 26 : Atrocity
March. 15,1973
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Episode 25 : The Great Acrobile
March. 01,1973
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Episode 24 : You and Me and Him
February. 22,1973
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Episode 23 : A Chance Encounter
January. 31,1973
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Episode 22 : Is Nellie Dead?
January. 24,1973
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Episode 21 : Playthings
January. 17,1973
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Episode 20 : The Punchy and the Fairy
January. 10,1973
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Episode 19 : The Japanese Student
January. 03,1973
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Episode 18 : You've Been a Long Time, Alfred
December. 13,1972
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Episode 17 : The Chauffeur and the Lady
December. 06,1972
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Episode 16 : Krapp's Last Tape
November. 29,1972
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Episode 15 : Dialogue
November. 22,1972
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Episode 14 : You're Free
November. 16,1972
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Episode 13 : I Wouldn't Tell on You, Miss
November. 09,1972
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Episode 12 : Ten Torrey Canyons
November. 02,1972
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Episode 11 : Ronnie's So Long at the Fair
October. 26,1972
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Episode 10 : Tonight We Meet Arthur Pendlebury
October. 19,1972
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Episode 9 : Scarborough
October. 12,1972
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Episode 8 : The Judge's Wife
October. 02,1972
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Episode 7 : I Spy a Stranger
September. 25,1972
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Episode 6 : The Seventh Juror
September. 18,1972
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Episode 5 : The Argument
September. 11,1972
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Episode 4 : Thrills Galore
September. 04,1972
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Episode 3 : Too Far
August. 28,1972
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Episode 2 : Lushly
August. 21,1972
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Episode 1 : Hands
August. 14,1972
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