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.
Parson's Pleasure
Oct 7, 1965
An 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.
Give the Clown His Supper
Oct 14, 1965
Failure to win in a television quiz proves too much for Stuart and Patricia Pendleton.
Portrait of a Madonna
Oct 21, 1965
No description available.
Pay as You Go
Oct 28, 1965
No description available.
Monica
Nov 4, 1965
Simon 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.
Love in Triplicate
Nov 11, 1965
No description available.
Application Form
Nov 18, 1965
No description available.
The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
Nov 25, 1965
No description available.
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Dec 2, 1965
Mrs. 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.
Mr. Ponge
Dec 9, 1965
No description available.
That's Not My Name
Dec 16, 1965
No description available.
Family Christmas
Dec 23, 1965
No description available.
The Passenger
Dec 30, 1965
No description available.
The Flipside
Jan 3, 1966
No description available.
The Enchanted Night
Jan 10, 1966
No description available.
Four-Way Incident
Jan 17, 1966
No description available.
Brothers
Jan 24, 1966
No description available.
Janni! Oh Janni!
Jan 31, 1966
No description available.
The Sugar Cubes
Feb 7, 1966
No description available.
Case Suspended
Feb 14, 1966
No description available.
Ships of the Line
Feb 21, 1966
No description available.
Keep on Running
Feb 28, 1966
No description available.
Not for Just an Hour
Mar 7, 1966
No description available.
'Twas on a Sunday
Mar 14, 1966
No description available.
Magnolia Summer
Mar 28, 1966
No description available.
A Girl's Best Friend
Apr 4, 1966
No description available.
Emergency Ward 9
Apr 11, 1966
In 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.
A Letter from the Country
Apr 18, 1966
No description available.
The Caramel Crisis
Apr 25, 1966
No description available.
Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
May 2, 1966
No description available.
The House Mouse
May 9, 1966
No description available.
The Hard Word
May 16, 1966
No description available.
Ella
May 23, 1966
No description available.
The Window
May 30, 1966
No description available.
Friday Night's the Best Night
Jun 6, 1966
No description available.
A Good Reason for Getting Married
Jun 13, 1966
No description available.
The Queen Street Girls
Jun 20, 1966
No description available.
They Put You Where You Are
Jun 27, 1966
No description available.
