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.
Guest stars included John Hurt, Susannah York, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Macnee, Ron Moody and Margaret Whiting.
Productions This table is based on records in the BBC Genome archive of the Radio Times and the BFI database. Links to the original works from which the productions were adapted are provided in the Notes column, where available. The 13 productions missing from (or incomplete in) the archives are noted according to the TV Brain database.
Original UKtransmission date Title Author Producer Director Performers Notes Captain Carvallo Patrick MacNeeRon MoodyBarbara JeffordLaurence HardyRonald LaceyJo RowbottomHugh Paddick Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing. The Cure for Love June BarryTerence EdmondMarjorie RhodesJoan HicksonNorman BirdDaphne HeardHelen FraserGraham Rigby Adapted from the play. Billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times only for the repeat on 21 Jan 1965. Missing. Any Other Business and Campbell Singer Maurice DenhamGeorge BakerJohn BentleyJean AndersonJohn SharpBasil SydneyMichael Collins Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Sheila HancockMadge RyanGrant TaylorEwen SolonLyn AshleyGeorge RoubicekAnthony Coburn Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times (where it was titled in error as Summer of the Seventh Doll). Write Me a Murder David BuckElizabeth MacLennanJames VilliersNoel HoodT. P. McKennaRaymond RossRoyston Tickner Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing. The Same Sky Barry FosterGeorge PravdaHana Maria PravdaSandra CaromAlan BaulchDavid Cole Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing. Simon and Laura Moira ListerIan CarmichaelRichard BriersHenry McGeeCharles Lloyd-PackMolly UrquhartPenny MorrellPhilo HauserReg LeverBruce WightmanDavid Jackson Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Repeated under Theatre 625, 6 March 1966. The Cocktail Party James DonaldMichael BryantVirginia MaskellDaphne SlaterNora SwinburneRobert EddisonPhilip LockeHilary Sesta Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Murder Mistaken Pamela BrownJulian GloverPhilip Latham Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing. A Day by the Sea Gwen Ffrangcon-DaviesRobert FlemyngRachel GurneyFelix AylmerLaurence HardyCyril RaymondPeter CollingwoodElizabeth BenzimraGerald RowlandGene Anderson Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Repeated 2 Sep 1965. Missing. Point of Departure , translated by Kitty Black Derek GodfreyJack MacGowranFrances CukaJohn HurtCarmel McSharryErik ChittyJonathan BurnTina PackerJimmy Gardner Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. The Young Elizabeth and Francis Letton Valerie GearonKatherine BlakeGwen CherrellScott ForbesCyril LuckhamMichael LynchMichael Allaby Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. When we are Married Gwendolyn WattsGilbert WynneMarjorie RhodesSian DaviesJohn SharpAvis BunnageNewton BlickNoel DysonGlenn MelvynMary QuinnGeorge A. CooperClare KellyRobert James Adapted from the play. Incomplete (only the final reel survives). Flowering Cherry Bernard LeeMargaret TyzackJohn Paul Adapted from the play. Repeated 9 Sep 1965. The Wings of the Dove , adapted by Christopher Taylor Susannah YorkWendy CraigEdmund PurdomLana MorrisFrederick JaegerJoyce Carey Adapted from the novel. Missing. Photo Finish Paul RogersRobert BrownJames MaxwellSimon PrebblePeter AshmoreBarbara CouperDaphne SlaterMeg Wynn OwenAlice MontegoPriscilla MorganMichael Bates Adapted from the play. Repeated on BBC1 under The Wednesday Play, 21 September 1966. Missing. Johnson Over Jordan , adapted by David Lyons Ralph RichardsonRachel GurneyBasil HensonOliver JohnstonPaul EddingtonGeorge MoonHannah GordonBrian BadcoeTerence Donovan Adapted from the play. Repeated 12 Aug 1965. Naked Island Ray BarrettAlan WhiteLewis FianderJohn BreslinBarry LoweBurt KwoukJames Bolam Adapted from the play of the book. Repeated 16 Sep 1965. The Living Room Paul RogersRobert FlemyngJanet KellyAnn TirardMargot Van der Burgh Adapted from the play. Missing. Traveller Without Luggage , translated by Lucienne Hill Richard PascoLana MorrisMargaret WhitingReginald BeckwithPeter PrattMadeleine ChristieNoel HoodClifford EarlTerrence Hardiman Adapted from the play. Repeated 19 Aug 1965. Missing. Celebration and Keith Waterhouse Bert PalmerNoel DysonTrevor BannisterAngela CrowJulian SomersBrian SmithJoan YoungNancie JacksonJayne MuirJane TannLeonard RossiterDerek SmeeJenny OultonLeslie LawtonLinda PolanDudley Foster Adapted from the play. Repeated 26 Aug 1965. Missing. The Kidders Nyree Dawn PorterRick JonesJohn McLarenAnn LynnNeil McCallumPaul MaxwellJames MaxwellFrank O'Keeffe Adapted from the play. Missing. Anatol Robert HardyJohn WoodMoira RedmondElvi HalePriscilla Morgan Adapted from the play. Repeated under Theatre 625, 4 December 1966.
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