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Thirty-Minute Theatre

Series 4

1968 · 36 episodes

  1. 1. Baby

    1968-09-09

  2. 2. A Matter of Principle

    1968-09-16

  3. 3. The Flag

    1968-09-23

  4. 4. The Chequers Manoeuvre

    1968-09-30

  5. 5. Something To Hide: The First Floor

    1968-10-07

  6. 6. Something To Hide: The Studio

    1968-10-14

  7. 7. Something To Hide: The Caretaker's Flat

    1968-10-21

  8. 8. Of Public Concern

    1968-11-04

  9. 9. Cause of Death

    1968-11-11

  10. 10. The Last Victim

    1968-11-18

  11. 11. Loving Israel

    1968-11-25

  12. 12. The Bishop and the Actress

    1968-12-02

  13. 13. Before Breakfast

    1968-12-09

  14. 14. Cross Examine

    1968-12-16

  15. 15. Swallowing the Anchor

    1968-12-23

    Commander Dusting is used to commanding men and having his slightest wish obeyed. So it comes as a great shock when he suddenly finds himself redundant.

  16. 16. Game, Set and Match

    1968-12-30

  17. 17. Where Have They Gone, All The Little Children

    1969-01-06

  18. 18. Absolute Aggers and Torters

    1969-01-13

    A young couple like to change their clothes and personalities to suit the people they've invited to dinner. But one night they forget who their guests are going to be.

  19. 19. These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini

    1969-01-20

  20. 20. These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler

    1969-01-27

  21. 21. These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin

    1969-02-03

    Josef Djugashvili is not a suitable candidate for the priesthood. Revolutionary politics lead him to take the name Stalin.

  22. 22. Stake Money

    1969-02-13

  23. 23. First Confession

    1969-02-20

  24. 24. The Boat To Addis Ababa

    1969-02-27

  25. 25. A Hot Day

    1969-03-06

  26. 26. Roses, Roses, All The Way

    1969-03-20

  27. 27. The Victims: A Degree of Stress

    1969-03-20

  28. 28. The Victims: Frontier

    1969-03-27

  29. 29. The Victims: Progressive Blues

    1969-04-03

  30. 30. Invasion

    1969-04-10

    A small group of middle class people are sitting around a table in a windowless room enjoying a dinner party as the TV in the corner reports on events in the Vietnam War. Their trivial chatter, one by one, bores people at the dinner party, who turn their attention to the TV and become encapsulated by the horror of the war and the dinner party continues despite, one by one, each diner being overwhelmed by war scenes and is next seen dead in their seat in the same way as a Vietnamese war victim; meanwhile the babble continues and the guest's demise passes unnoticed, until there is only one left.

  31. 31. A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky

    1969-04-24

  32. 32. Anything You Say

    1969-05-01

  33. 33. Conversation at Night

    1969-05-08

  34. 34. Roly Poly

    1969-05-15

  35. 35. ...And Was Invited to Form a Government

    1969-05-22

  36. 36. A Borderline Case

    1969-05-29

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