Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known. Thirty-Minute Theatre followed on from a similarly named ITV series, beginning on BBC2 in 1965 with an adaptation of the black comedy Parsons Pleasure. In 1967 BBC2 launched the UK's first colour service, with the consequence that Thirty-Minute Theatre became the first drama series in the country to be shown in colour.
Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Parson's Pleasure
Release Date: 1965-10-07 -
Episode 2 - Give the Clown His Supper
Release Date: 1965-10-14 -
Episode 3 - Portrait of a Madonna
Release Date: 1965-10-21 -
Episode 4 - Pay as You Go
Release Date: 1965-10-28 -
Episode 5 - Monica
Release Date: 1965-11-04 -
Episode 6 - Love in Triplicate
Release Date: 1965-11-11 -
Episode 7 - Application Form
Release Date: 1965-11-18 -
Episode 8 - The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
Release Date: 1965-11-25 -
Episode 9 - Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Release Date: 1965-12-02 -
Episode 10 - Mr. Ponge
Release Date: 1965-12-09 -
Episode 11 - That's Not My Name
Release Date: 1965-12-16 -
Episode 12 - Family Christmas
Release Date: 1965-12-23 -
Episode 13 - The Passenger
Release Date: 1965-12-30 -
Episode 14 - The Flipside
Release Date: 1966-01-03 -
Episode 15 - The Enchanted Night
Release Date: 1966-01-10 -
Episode 16 - Four-Way Incident
Release Date: 1966-01-17 -
Episode 17 - Brothers
Release Date: 1966-01-24 -
Episode 18 - Janni! Oh Janni!
Release Date: 1966-01-31 -
Episode 19 - The Sugar Cubes
Release Date: 1966-02-07 -
Episode 20 - Case Suspended
Release Date: 1966-02-14 -
Episode 21 - Ships of the Line
Release Date: 1966-02-21 -
Episode 22 - Keep on Running
Release Date: 1966-02-28 -
Episode 23 - Not for Just an Hour
Release Date: 1966-03-07 -
Episode 24 - 'Twas on a Sunday
Release Date: 1966-03-14 -
Episode 25 - Magnolia Summer
Release Date: 1966-03-28 -
Episode 26 - A Girl's Best Friend
Release Date: 1966-04-04 -
Episode 27 - Emergency Ward 9
Release Date: 1966-04-11 -
Episode 28 - A Letter from the Country
Release Date: 1966-04-18 -
Episode 29 - The Caramel Crisis
Release Date: 1966-04-25 -
Episode 30 - Don't Go Down to the Bingo Mother, Father's Coming to Tea
Release Date: 1966-05-02 -
Episode 31 - The House Mouse
Release Date: 1966-05-09 -
Episode 32 - The Hard Word
Release Date: 1966-05-16 -
Episode 33 - Ella
Release Date: 1966-05-23 -
Episode 34 - The Window
Release Date: 1966-05-30 -
Episode 35 - Friday Night's the Best Night
Release Date: 1966-06-06 -
Episode 36 - A Good Reason for Getting Married
Release Date: 1966-06-13 -
Episode 37 - The Queen Street Girls
Release Date: 1966-06-20 -
Episode 38 - They Put You Where You Are
Release Date: 1966-06-27 -
Episode 39 - The Other Fella
Release Date: 1966-10-03 -
Episode 40 - The Devil and All His Mischief
Release Date: 1966-10-10 -
Episode 41 - The Spoken Word
Release Date: 1966-10-17 -
Episode 42 - The Sounds of War
Release Date: 1966-10-24 -
Episode 43 - The Other Fella
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Episode 44 - Play to Win
Release Date: 1966-11-07 -
Episode 45 - Confession
Release Date: 1966-11-21 -
Episode 46 - Wife in a Blonde Wig
Release Date: 1966-11-21 -
Episode 47 - O-Goshi
Release Date: 1966-11-28 -
Episode 48 - First Catch Your Hare...
Release Date: 1966-12-05 -
Episode 49 - Brainscrew
Release Date: 1966-12-12 -
Episode 50 - The Towers of Manhattan
Release Date: 1966-12-19 -
Episode 51 - Taste
Release Date: 1967-01-04 -
Episode 52 - Loving Israel
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Episode 53 - The Suede Jacket
Release Date: 1967-01-18 -
Episode 54 - Oldenberg
Release Date: 1967-01-26 -
Episode 55 - Dialogue
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Episode 56 - Teeth
Release Date: 1967-02-08 -
Episode 57 - Turn Off If You Know the Ending
Release Date: 1967-02-15 -
Episode 58 - An Absolute Treasure
Release Date: 1967-02-22 -
Episode 59 - Go Tell It on Table Mountain
Release Date: 1967-03-01 -
Episode 60 - You're Free
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Episode 61 - Two and Two Make Twenty Two
Release Date: 1967-03-22 -
Episode 62 - Wanted
Release Date: 1967-03-29 -
Episode 63 - The Gun
Release Date: 1967-04-12 -
Episode 64 - The Warmonger
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Episode 65 - Boa Constrictor
Release Date: 1967-04-26 -
Episode 66 - The Isle Is Full of Noises
Release Date: 1967-05-03 -
Episode 67 - I Wouldn't Tell on You, Miss
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Episode 68 - The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov
Release Date: 1967-05-17 -
Episode 69 - Haven't You People Got Homes?
Release Date: 1967-05-24 -
Episode 70 - That Woman
Release Date: 1967-05-31 -
Episode 71 - The Other Side
Release Date: 1967-06-07 -
Episode 72 - The Wake
Release Date: 1967-06-14 -
Episode 73 - Child Marlene
Release Date: 1967-06-21 -
Episode 74 - Ten Torrey Canyons
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Episode 75 - Psychological Warfare
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Episode 76 - The Timekeepers
Release Date: 1967-10-09 -
Episode 77 - You Meet All Sorts
Release Date: 1967-10-16 -
Episode 78 - The Tape Recorder
Release Date: 1967-10-23 -
Episode 79 - Kings Cross--Lunch Hour
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Episode 80 - Have It on the House
Release Date: 1967-11-06 -
Episode 81 - Notice! Meeting in Progress
Release Date: 1967-11-27 -
Episode 82 - A Time of Wolves and Tigers
Release Date: 1967-12-06 -
Episode 83 - The Keys on the Streets
Release Date: 1967-12-13 -
Episode 84 - Twenty-Six Efforts at Pornography
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Episode 85 - The Metal Martyr
Release Date: 1967-12-27 -
Episode 86 - A Private Place
Release Date: 1968-01-03 -
Episode 87 - The News Benders
Release Date: 1968-01-10 -
Episode 88 - Diary of an Encounter
Release Date: 1968-01-17 -
Episode 89 - Shakespeare Country
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Episode 90 - The Sufferings of Peter Obnizov
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Episode 91 - Child's Play
Release Date: 1968-02-07 -
Episode 92 - The Hard Word
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Episode 93 - The Unquiet Man
Release Date: 1968-02-21 -
Episode 94 - The Interview
Release Date: 1968-02-28 -
Episode 95 - About a Bout
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Episode 96 - A Personal Affair
Release Date: 1968-03-13 -
Episode 97 - Is That Your Body, Boy?
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Episode 98 - Father's Day
Release Date: 1968-03-27 -
Episode 99 - Pleasent Dreams, Fernando
Release Date: 1968-04-03 -
Episode 100 - The Sinner
Release Date: 1968-04-10 -
Episode 101 - It's on You John
Release Date: 1968-04-24 -
Episode 102 - Standing by for Santa Claus
Release Date: 1968-05-01 -
Episode 104 - Thank God for U.D.I.!
Release Date: 1968-05-15 -
Episode 105 - Still Death
Release Date: 1968-05-22 -
Episode 106 - Beginning to End
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Episode 107 - The Waiting-Room
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Episode 108 - Number 30, Approximately
Release Date: 1968-06-19 -
Episode 109 - A Question of Honour
Release Date: 1968-06-26 -
Episode 110 - Baby
Release Date: 1968-09-09 -
Episode 111 - A Matter of Principle
Release Date: 1968-09-16 -
Episode 112 - The Flag
Release Date: 1968-09-23 -
Episode 113 - The Chequers Manoeuvre
Release Date: 1968-09-30 -
Episode 114 - Something to Hide: The First Floor
Release Date: 1968-10-07 -
Episode 115 - Two and Two Are Twenty-Two
Release Date: -
Episode 116 - Something to Hide: The Caretaker's Flat
Release Date: 1968-10-21 -
Episode 117 - Of Public Concern
Release Date: 1968-11-04 -
Episode 118 - Cause of Death
Release Date: 1968-11-11 -
Episode 119 - The Last Victim
Release Date: 1968-11-18 -
Episode 120 - No Charge for the Extra Service
Release Date: -
Episode 121 - The Bishop and the Actress
Release Date: 1968-11-25 -
Episode 122 - Meanwhile, Back at the Office
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Episode 123 - Cross Examine
Release Date: 1968-12-16 -
Episode 124 - That Time of Life
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Episode 125 - Game, Set and Match
Release Date: 1968-12-30 -
Episode 126 - Where Have They Gone, All the Little Children
Release Date: 1969-01-06 -
Episode 127 - Absolute Aggers and Torters
Release Date: 1969-01-13 -
Episode 128 - These Men Are Dangerous: Mussolini
Release Date: 1969-01-20 -
Episode 129 - These Men Are Dangerous: Hitler
Release Date: 1969-01-27 -
Episode 130 - These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin
Release Date: 1969-02-03 -
Episode 131 - Eveline
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Episode 132 - First Confession
Release Date: 1969-02-20 -
Episode 133 - The Boat to Addis Ababa
Release Date: 1969-02-27 -
Episode 134 - A Hot Day
Release Date: 1969-03-06 -
Episode 135 - Roses, Roses, All the Way
Release Date: 1969-03-13 -
Episode 136 - The Victims: A Degree of Stress
Release Date: 1969-03-20 -
Episode 137 - The Victims: Frontier
Release Date: 1969-03-27 -
Episode 138 - The Victims: Progressive Blues
Release Date: 1969-04-03 -
Episode 139 - Invasion
Release Date: 1969-04-10 -
Episode 140 - A Nice Cool Pad in the Sky
Release Date: 1969-04-24 -
Episode 141 - Bermondsey
Release Date: 1972-06-19 -
Episode 142 - Conversation at Night
Release Date: 1969-05-08 -
Episode 143 - Roly Poly
Release Date: 1969-05-15 -
Episode 144 - ...And Was Invited to Form a Government
Release Date: 1969-05-22 -
Episode 145 - Lily (Part 2)
Release Date: -
Episode 146 - A Good Reason for Getting Married?
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Episode 147 - Gangster
Release Date: 1969-09-28 -
Episode 148 - Trial
Release Date: 1969-10-05 -
Episode 149 - A Formula for Treason
Release Date: 1969-10-12 -
Episode 150 - Lily (Part 1)
Release Date: -
Episode 151 - Friday Night's the Best Night
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Episode 152 - Swiss Cottage
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Episode 153 - Aggers and Torters: Psy-Fi
Release Date: 1969-11-16 -
Episode 154 - Aggers and Torters: Hickory Dickory
Release Date: 1969-11-23 -
Episode 156 - The Switch
Release Date: 1969-12-14 -
Episode 157 - The Discharge of Trooper Lusby
Release Date: 1969-12-28 -
Episode 158 - Laffin' Gas
Release Date: 1970-01-10 -
Episode 159 - The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments
Release Date: 1970-01-17 -
Episode 160 - Reparation
Release Date: 1970-01-24 -
Episode 161 - The Scarecrows
Release Date: 1970-01-31 -
Episode 162 - Laying It Off for Spangle
Release Date: 1970-02-07 -
Episode 163 - Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat
Release Date: 1970-02-14 -
Episode 164 - What a Pity You Can't Stay Longer
Release Date: 1970-02-21 -
Episode 165 - Happiness Is £ Shaped
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Episode 166 - Janni...Oh Janni
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Episode 167 - All My Own Army
Release Date: 1970-03-28 -
Episode 168 - Whispers
Release Date: 1970-04-04 -
Episode 169 - Revolutions: Cromwell
Release Date: 1970-04-11 -
Episode 170 - Revolutions: Lenin
Release Date: 1970-04-18 -
Episode 171 - The Penthouse Apartment
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Episode 172 - Is That Your Body Boy?
Release Date: 1970-05-09 -
Episode 173 - Lovely in Black
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Episode 174 - Brothers
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Episode 175 - Lilly: Part 1
Release Date: 1970-06-06 -
Episode 176 - Lilly: Part 2
Release Date: 1970-06-13 -
Episode 177 - Ben
Release Date: 1970-06-20 -
Episode 178 - An Uncertain Sound
Release Date: 1970-06-27 -
Episode 179 - Hope
Release Date: 1970-07-04 -
Episode 180 - Good Times
Release Date: 1970-07-25 -
Episode 181 - Tropical Wednesdays
Release Date: 1970-08-01 -
Episode 182 - Far-Way Incident
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Episode 183 - The Year of the Crow
Release Date: 1970-10-02 -
Episode 184 - But Now They Are Fled
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Episode 185 - Tribunal
Release Date: 1970-10-16 -
Episode 186 - Helen
Release Date: 1970-10-30 -
Episode 187 - Uncle Rollo
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Episode 188 - The Editor Regrets
Release Date: 1970-11-27 -
Episode 189 - The News-Benders
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Episode 190 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
Release Date: 1970-12-11 -
Episode 191 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
Release Date: 1970-12-18 -
Episode 193 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
Release Date: 1971-01-01 -
Episode 194 - Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal But Not the Crime
Release Date: 1971-01-08 -
Episode 195 - But Now They Are Fled
Release Date: 1971-01-11 -
Episode 196 - Faith
Release Date: 1971-01-18 -
Episode 197 - Terrible Jim Fitch
Release Date: 1971-01-25 -
Episode 198 - The Bequest
Release Date: 1971-02-01 -
Episode 199 - Me MacKenna
Release Date: 1971-02-08 -
Episode 200 - The Proposal
Release Date: 1971-02-15 -
Episode 201 - Asquith in Orbit
Release Date: 1971-02-22 -
Episode 202 - Happy Days Are Here Again
Release Date: 1971-03-01 -
Episode 203 - The Railwayman's New Clothes
Release Date: 1971-03-08 -
Episode 204 - No Charge for the Extra Service
Release Date: 1971-03-15 -
Episode 205 - You and Me and Him
Release Date: -
Episode 206 - The Waiting Room
Release Date: 1971-03-29 -
Episode 207 - An Absolute Treasure
Release Date: -
Episode 208 - Death's Head
Release Date: 1971-05-24 -
Episode 209 - Jilly
Release Date: 1971-05-31 -
Episode 210 - Something for the Children
Release Date: 1971-06-07 -
Episode 211 - The Room They Left
Release Date: 1971-06-14 -
Episode 212 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Crisis
Release Date: 1971-07-05 -
Episode 213 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Suspect
Release Date: 1971-07-12 -
Episode 214 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Inquiry
Release Date: 1971-07-19 -
Episode 215 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Retreat
Release Date: 1971-07-26 -
Episode 216 - Snakes and Reptiles
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Episode 217 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Breakthrough
Release Date: 1971-08-09 -
Episode 218 - Seven Days in the Life of Andrew Pelham: Decision
Release Date: 1971-08-16 -
Episode 219 - Walt, King of the Dumper
Release Date: 1971-09-20 -
Episode 220 - Soldier Ants
Release Date: 1971-09-27 -
Episode 221 - Gun Play
Release Date: 1971-10-04 -
Episode 222 - Combing Down His Yellow Hair
Release Date: 1971-10-11 -
Episode 223 - The Moonlighters
Release Date: 1971-10-18 -
Episode 224 - Getting In
Release Date: 1971-10-25 -
Episode 225 - Psychological Warefare
Release Date: 1971-11-01 -
Episode 226 - A Settled Sort of Life
Release Date: 1971-11-08 -
Episode 227 - Game, Set, and Match
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Episode 228 - Blues in the Morning
Release Date: 1971-11-22 -
Episode 229 - Jenkins
Release Date: 1971-11-29 -
Episode 230 - A Wen
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Episode 231 - Farewell Performance
Release Date: 1971-12-06 -
Episode 233 - A Wen
Release Date: 1971-12-27 -
Episode 234 - Not Counting the Savages
Release Date: 1972-01-03 -
Episode 235 - Uncle Rollo
Release Date: 1972-01-10 -
Episode 236 - They Don't All Open Men's Boutiques
Release Date: 1972-01-17 -
Episode 237 - The Penthouse Appartment
Release Date: 1972-01-24 -
Episode 238 - An Affair of Honour
Release Date: 1972-01-30 -
Episode 239 - An Arrow for Little Audrey
Release Date: 1972-02-21 -
Episode 240 - That Quiet Earth
Release Date: 1972-02-28 -
Episode 241 - Said the Preacher
Release Date: 1972-03-06 -
Episode 242 - You've Been a Long Time, Alfred
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Episode 243 - Under the Age
Release Date: 1972-03-20 -
Episode 244 - The Keys on the Street
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Episode 245 - Brainscrew
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Episode 247 - Mill Hill
Release Date: 1972-05-22 -
Episode 248 - King's Cross Lunch Time
Release Date: 1972-05-29 -
Episode 249 - Lecture to an Academy
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Episode 250 - The Chauffeur and the Lady
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Episode 251 - Allotment
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Episode 252 - Hands
Release Date: 1972-08-14 -
Episode 253 - Lushly
Release Date: 1972-08-21 -
Episode 254 - Too Far
Release Date: 1972-08-28 -
Episode 255 - Thrills Galore
Release Date: 1972-09-04 -
Episode 256 - The Arguement
Release Date: 1972-09-11 -
Episode 257 - The Seventh Juror
Release Date: 1972-09-18 -
Episode 258 - I Spy a Stranger
Release Date: 1972-09-25 -
Episode 259 - The Judge's Wife
Release Date: 1972-10-02 -
Episode 260 - Hands
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Episode 261 - The Joke
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Episode 263 - The Museum Attendant
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Episode 265 - Tropical Wednesdays
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Episode 266 - The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
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Episode 267 - Krapp's Last Tape
Release Date: 1972-11-29 -
Episode 268 - The Chauffer and the Lady
Release Date: 1972-12-06 -
Episode 269 - You've Been a Long Time Alfred
Release Date: 1972-12-13 -
Episode 270 - The Japanese Student
Release Date: 1973-01-03 -
Episode 271 - It's on You, John
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Episode 272 - Playthings
Release Date: 1973-01-17 -
Episode 273 - Is Nellie Dead?
Release Date: 1973-01-24 -
Episode 274 - A Chance Encounter
Release Date: 1973-01-31 -
Episode 275 - A Letter from the Country
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Episode 276 - Swamp Music
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Episode 277 - Atrocity
Release Date: 1973-03-15 -
Episode 278 - Revolutions: Cromwell
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Episode 279 - Emergency Ward 9
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Episode 280 - The Sit In
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Episode 281 - The Baby's Name Being Kitchener
Release Date: 1973-04-26 -
Episode 282 - Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath
Release Date: 1973-05-03 -
Episode 283 - Listen to the Drums
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Episode 284 - Shakespeare Country
Release Date: 1973-05-17 -
Episode 285 - Places Where They Sing
Release Date: 1973-07-19 -
Episode 286 - And For My Next Trick
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Episode 287 - The Museum Attendent
Release Date: 1973-08-02 -
Episode 288 - Pleasant Dreams, Fernando
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