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.
Top cast
Lee Montague
Lenin
Norman Rossington
Mr. Dross
Hugh Burden
Edwin
Richard Pearson
Cloon
Brian Wilde
Mr Shater
George Cole
Caramel
Jimmy Gardner
Elderly Sam
Rosemary Leach
Josie
Michael Brennan
Leonard
David Collings
Sverdlov
Marius Goring
The Interrogator
Tenniel Evans
Padstow
Jeremy Child
Jack
Denys Graham
Police Constable
Donald Churchill
Henry Bulstrode
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- October 7, 1965
- Last air date
- May 17, 1973
- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes
- 285
- Episode runtime
- 30m
- Network
- BBC Two
- Original language
- EN
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