Thirty-Minute Theatre

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Information

• BBC anthology drama series of short plays shown between 1965 and 1973
• What Dahl Did: wrote original stories that were adapted for the series
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  • General Details
  • Episode 1 (Season 1): “Parson’s Pleasure”
    • Originally aired on October 17, 1965
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  • Episode 9 (Season 1): “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
    • Originally aired on November 2, 1965
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  • Episode 13 (Season 2): “Taste”
    • Originally aired on January 4, 1967
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Description

Thirty-Minute Theatre was an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973. It became a sort of a training ground for new writers on account of its short running length, and therefore it attracted many writers who later became well known.