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Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

19653.48 Seasons285 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

NetworksBBC Two

Themes & Keywords

anthology

About Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre is a drama series that first aired in 1965 exploring themes of anthology. 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.

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