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Theatre 625

Theatre 625

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Overview

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

NetworksBBC Two

Themes & Keywords

anthologybased on play or musicalbased on short storyliterary adaptationpartially lost media

About Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a drama series that first aired in 1964 exploring themes of anthology, based on play or musical, based on short story, literary adaptation, partially lost media. Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

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