Half Hour Story

📊 Series Specifications

Network Network Broadcast
Episode Runtime ~25 min
Total Seasons 3
Total Episodes 38
Original Language EN

Half Hour Story (1967)

⭐ 3.8 / 5 (2 votes) 🎬 3 Seasons 📼 38 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Series Status:

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Synopsis

18 short plays written especially for TV, an opportunity for up-and-coming directors such as floor manager Alan Clarke, who ended up doing 10 of the episodes. Some top ranking performers were attracted to the series.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Shelter

Two strangers sheltering from the rain, discover they are also both sheltering from unhappiness.

E2 A Man Inside

A middle aged man taunted by his young office colleagues about his bachelorhood turns to violence.

E3 What Will You Do About Christmas?

An executive looking for a property for his young mistress had not met an estate agent like Ed before.

E4 Myself, I have Nothing Against South Ken

A middle aged couple hope to recreate a time when they were most happy, by moving back to a district they left years ago.

E5 The Gentleman Caller

Two wayward brothers convince (in their own way), an unexpected visitor from the Social Security Department that they have a genuine claim to certain benefits.

E6 Gone, and Never Called Me Mother

A son discovers his father is marrying his old girlfriend.

E7 The Necklace

A landlady finds herself becoming unexpectedly jealous over a necklace her lodger has just bought his girl friend.

E9 Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
E10 Hawks and Doves

Newspaper editor Martin has brought a new game back from the USA called 'Hawks and Doves' to play at his party, but finds the game brings out intense frustrations and bitter rivalry between his work colleagues guests .

E11 Dead Certainty

Poor Arthur discovers fate has left him with a very short straw. An opportunity however for him to settle an old score.

E12 Robert

A school pupil embarks on a sinister campaign against one of his teachers.

E13 The 45th Unmarried Mother

Lady Harriet uses her wealth and influence to help unmarried mothers, they are in turn grateful to their caring host. But underneath her facade are her motives as well intentioned as she likes people to believe?

E14 Wedlock

Set in the future of 1992. Renewal of a seven year marriage, poses problems for Flora and Jimmy.

E15 No Sale in Newhaven
E16 Quick on the Takeover
E17 Friends

Two old friends meet up in a Northern hotel, both with intense opposing political opinions on Vietnam, their noisy ripostes draws attention to the manager who judges them to be homosexuals and proceeds to throw them out.

E18 Bugs

Radio ham QPJakes suspects his wife of an affair, and hires a seedy private detective to spy on her.

E19 George's Room

A man is interviewed by a young widow as a potential lodger, and learns some disturbing facts about the woman's relationship with her dead husband.

Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →
Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →