Thursday Theatre is a British television anthology programme produced by and aired on the BBC from 1964–1965. The productions ranged in duration from 75 to 95 minutes. Out of the 23 episodes, 13 are believed lost, and one is incomplete.
CreatorsCedric Messina, Bernard Hepton
Captain Carvallo
Oct 8, 1964
A philandering young army officer seeks amorous adventures while facing the perils of war.
The Cure for Love
Oct 15, 1964
On leave during WWII, Jack Hardacre returns home to find himself navigating an engagement to Janey Jenkins he never wanted, and his new feelings for Milly Southern.
Any Other Business?
Oct 22, 1964
A routine board meeting of a successful company reveals some facts that a traitor has left the company in a perilous position on the verge of ruin.
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Oct 29, 1964
For sixteen years, Barney and Ron, a couple of cane-cutters in Australia, have spent their summer holiday boozing and chasing girls. This year, it's different.
S1.E5 ∙ Write Me a Murder
Nov 5, 1964
When two brothers inherit a fortune, the less successful one plans a murder.
S1.E6 ∙ The Same Sky
Nov 12, 1964
The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.
S1.E7 ∙ Simon and Laura
Nov 19, 1964
Simon and Laura are married actors - who better for the roles of a happily-married couple in a new TV soap opera? But they're actually on the verge of divorce.
S1.E8 ∙ The Cocktail Party
Nov 26, 1964
Lavinia has left her husband before a cocktail party. They have both had relationships. A foreign guest, Sir Henry, analyzes their marriage and relationship. Will they find their way back to each other again?
S1.E9 ∙ Murder Mistaken
Dec 3, 1964
Edward Bare has murdered his much older wife and inherited her fortune. Now, he meets the tough, vulgar (and very rich) Freda, who seems attracted to him. Will there be a second murder?
S1.E10 ∙ A Day by the Sea
Dec 10, 1964
No description available.
S1.E11 ∙ Point of Departure
Dec 17, 1964
No description available.
S1.E12 ∙ The Young Elizabeth
Dec 24, 1964
No description available.
S1.E13 ∙ When We Are Married
Dec 31, 1964
No description available.
S1.E14 ∙ The Flowering Cherry
Jan 7, 1965
Jim Cherry's an ordinary sort of man leading an ordinary sort of life. But it's about to come crashing down around him.
S1.E15 ∙ The Wings of the Dove
Jan 14, 1965
An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.
Photo Finish
Jan 21, 1965
Eighty years old, Sam, a famous writer, looks back on his life and tempestuous marriage, and meets himself at the ages of sixty, forty and twenty.
S1.E17 ∙ Johnson Over Jordan
Jan 28, 1965
No description available.
S1.E18 ∙ Naked Island
Feb 11, 1965
A prisoner-of-war drama set in Japanese-held Singapore, five Australian POWs listen to radio reports of the Allies' advance toward the island.
The Living Room
Feb 18, 1965
Rose Pembleton introduces her new lover, Michael Dennis, to her eccentric family. But they soon learn that Michael is married -- when his suicidal wife arrives at the house.
S1.E20 ∙ Traveller Without Luggage
Feb 25, 1965
No description available.
S1.E21 ∙ Celebration
Mar 4, 1965
No description available.
S1.E22 ∙ The Kidders
Mar 11, 1965
No description available.
S1.E23 ∙ Anatol
Mar 18, 1965
Socialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation than he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment only to have her two-time him. He comforts the near suicidal Annie only to have her rob him.
