Synopsis
Thursday Theatre is a British television anthology programme produced by and aired on the BBC from 1964–1965. The productions ranged in duration from 75 to 95 minutes. Out of the 23 episodes, 13 are believed lost, and one is incomplete.
Episodes
Season 11E1Captain CarvalloA philandering young army officer seeks amorous adventures while facing the perils of war.50m2E2The Cure for LoveOn leave during WWII, Jack Hardacre returns home to find himself navigating an engagement to Janey Jenkins he never wanted, and his new feelings for Milly Southern.50m3E3Any Other Business?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.50m4E4Summer of the Seventeenth DollFor sixteen years, Barney and Ron, a couple of cane-cutters in Australia, have spent their summer holiday boozing and chasing girls. This year, it's different.50m5E5S1.E5 ∙ Write Me a MurderWhen two brothers inherit a fortune, the less successful one plans a murder.50m6E6S1.E6 ∙ The Same SkyThe 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.50m7E7S1.E7 ∙ Simon and LauraSimon and Laura are married actors - who better for the roles of a happily-married couple in a new TV soap opera? But they're actually on the verge of divorce.50m8E8S1.E8 ∙ The Cocktail PartyLavinia has left her husband before a cocktail party. They have both had relationships. A foreign guest, Sir Henry, analyzes their marriage and relationship. Will they find their way back to each other again?50m9E9S1.E9 ∙ Murder MistakenEdward Bare has murdered his much older wife and inherited her fortune. Now, he meets the tough, vulgar (and very rich) Freda, who seems attracted to him. Will there be a second murder?50m10E10S1.E10 ∙ A Day by the Sea50m11E11S1.E11 ∙ Point of Departure50m12E12S1.E12 ∙ The Young Elizabeth50m13E13S1.E13 ∙ When We Are Married50m14E14S1.E14 ∙ The Flowering CherryJim Cherry's an ordinary sort of man leading an ordinary sort of life. But it's about to come crashing down around him.50m15E15S1.E15 ∙ The Wings of the DoveAn impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.50m16E16Photo FinishEighty years old, Sam, a famous writer, looks back on his life and tempestuous marriage, and meets himself at the ages of sixty, forty and twenty.50m17E17S1.E17 ∙ Johnson Over Jordan50m18E18S1.E18 ∙ Naked IslandA prisoner-of-war drama set in Japanese-held Singapore, five Australian POWs listen to radio reports of the Allies' advance toward the island.50m19E19The Living RoomRose Pembleton introduces her new lover, Michael Dennis, to her eccentric family. But they soon learn that Michael is married -- when his suicidal wife arrives at the house.50m20E20S1.E20 ∙ Traveller Without Luggage50m21E21S1.E21 ∙ Celebration50m22E22S1.E22 ∙ The Kidders50m23E23S1.E23 ∙ AnatolSocialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation than he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment only to have her two-time him. He comforts the near suicidal Annie only to have her rob him.50m
