Synopsis
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.
Episodes
1E1Parson's PleasureAn unscrupulous antiques dealer with a method for acquiring invaluable antiques in the countryside, stumbles upon a priceless chair owned by a less than cooperative family.30m2E2Give the Clown His SupperFailure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.30m3E3Portrait of a Madonna30m4E4Pay as You Go30m5E5MonicaSimon is trying to convince his mistress, Monica, to leave her husband by staging a suicide. But instead of Monica showing up, a stranger appears, who helps him to carry out the suicide he was staging at the beginning of the play.30m6E6Love in Triplicate30m7E7Application Form30m8E8The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft30m9E9Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's CoatMrs. Bixby, a dentist's wife, goes alone once a month to the country "to see her aunt"; she's secretly visiting her lover, the Colonel. But when he gives her an expensive coat, she has to devise a way of explaining it to her husband.30m10E10Mr. Ponge30m11E11That's Not My Name30m12E12Family Christmas30m13E13The Passenger30m14E14The Flipside30m15E15The Enchanted Night30m16E16Four-Way Incident30m17E17Brothers30m18E18Janni! Oh Janni!30m19E19The Sugar Cubes30m20E20Case Suspended30m21E21Ships of the Line30m22E22Keep on Running30m23E23Not for Just an Hour30m24E24'Twas on a Sunday30m25E25Magnolia Summer30m26E26A Girl's Best Friend30m27E27Emergency Ward 9In this medical drama for the BBC's THIRTY MINUTE THEATER series, a doctor is helpless as an old man dies in pain. In the same ward, three other patients of different backgrounds attempt to deal with the old man's death.30m28E28A Letter from the Country30m29E29The Caramel Crisis30m30E30Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea30m31E31The House Mouse30m32E32The Hard Word30m33E33Ella30m34E34The Window30m35E35Friday Night's the Best Night30m36E36A Good Reason for Getting Married30m37E37The Queen Street Girls30m38E38They Put You Where You Are30m
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