Thursday Theatre

1964 – 1965
Returning Series
1 season

Thursday Theatre is a UK television anthology series produced by and airing on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1964–1965. There were twenty-three episodes which included adaptations of the play, The Cocktail Party, by T. S. Eliot, and the novel, The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James. The productions ranged in duration from 75 to 95 minutes. Out of the twenty-three episodes, thirteen are believed to be lost, and one episode is incomplete.

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E1. S1.E1 ∙ Captain Carvallo
Oct 8, 1964 · 50m
Captain Carvallo's determined pursuit of the beautiful Smilja might cause his death.
E2. S1.E2 ∙ The Cure for Love
Oct 15, 1964 · 50m
E3. S1.E3 ∙ Any Other Business
Oct 22, 1964 · 50m
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.
E4. S1.E4 ∙ Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Oct 29, 1964 · 50m
For sixteen years, Barney and Roo, a couple of cane-cutters in Australia, have spent their summer holiday boozing and chasing girls. This year, it's different.
E5. S1.E5 ∙ Write Me a Murder
Nov 5, 1964 · 50m
When two brothers inherit a fortune, the less successful one plans a murder.
E6. S1.E6 ∙ The Same Sky
Nov 12, 1964 · 50m
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.