Thursday Theatre Explained

Genre:	Drama, Anthology, television plays
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Network:	BBC 2

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^[1] and the BFI database.^[2] 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.^[3]

Original UK transmission date	Title	Author	Producer	Director	Performers	Notes
	Captain Carvallo				Patrick MacNee Ron Moody Barbara Jefford Laurence Hardy Ronald Lacey Jo Rowbottom Hugh Paddick	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing.
	data-sort-value="Cure for Love, The"	The Cure for Love				June Barry Terence Edmond Marjorie Rhodes Joan Hickson Norman Bird Daphne Heard Helen Fraser Graham 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 Denham George Baker John Bentley Jean Anderson John Sharp Basil Sydney Michael Collins	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times.
	data-sort-value="Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, The"	The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll				Sheila Hancock Madge Ryan Grant Taylor Ewen Solon Lyn Ashley George Roubicek Anthony 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 Buck Elizabeth MacLennan James Villiers Noel Hood T. P. McKenna Raymond Ross Royston Tickner	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing.
	data-sort-value="Same Sky, The"	The Same Sky				Barry Foster George Pravda Hana Maria Pravda Sandra Carom Alan Baulch David Cole	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing.
	Simon and Laura				Moira Lister Ian Carmichael Richard Briers Henry McGee Charles Lloyd-Pack Molly Urquhart Penny Morrell Philo Hauser Reg Lever Bruce Wightman David Jackson	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Repeated under Theatre 625, 6 March 1966.
	data-sort-value="Cocktail Party, The"	The Cocktail Party				James Donald Michael Bryant Virginia Maskell Daphne Slater Nora Swinburne Robert Eddison Philip Locke Hilary Sesta	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times.
	Murder Mistaken				Pamela Brown Julian Glover Philip Latham	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times. Missing.
	data-sort-value="Day by the Sea, A"	A Day by the Sea				Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Robert Flemyng Rachel Gurney Felix Aylmer Laurence Hardy Cyril Raymond Peter Collingwood Elizabeth Benzimra Gerald Rowland Gene 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 Godfrey Jack MacGowran Frances Cuka John Hurt Carmel McSharry Erik Chitty Jonathan Burn Tina Packer Jimmy Gardner	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times.
	data-sort-value="Young Elizabeth, The"	The Young Elizabeth		and Francis Letton		Valerie Gearon Katharine Blake Gwen Cherrell Scott Forbes Cyril Luckham Michael Lynch Michael Allaby	Adapted from the play. Not billed under Thursday Theatre in the Radio Times.
	When we are Married				Gwendolyn Watts Gilbert Wynne Marjorie Rhodes Sian Davies John Sharp Avis Bunnage Newton Blick Noel Dyson Glenn Melvyn Mary Quinn George A. Cooper Clare Kelly Robert James	Adapted from the play. Incomplete (only the final reel survives).
	Flowering Cherry				Bernard Lee Margaret Tyzack John Paul	Adapted from the play. Repeated 9 Sep 1965.
	data-sort-value="Wings of the Dove, The"	The Wings of the Dove	, adapted by Christopher Taylor			Susannah York Wendy Craig Edmund Purdom Lana Morris Frederick Jaeger Joyce Carey	Adapted from the novel. Missing.
	Photo Finish				Paul Rogers Robert Brown James Maxwell Simon Prebble Peter Ashmore Barbara Couper Daphne Slater Meg Wynn Owen Alice Montego Priscilla Morgan Michael Bates	Adapted from the play. Repeated on BBC1 under The Wednesday Play, 21 September 1966. Missing.
	Johnson Over Jordan	, adapted by David Lyons			Ralph Richardson Rachel Gurney Basil Henson Oliver Johnston Paul Eddington George Moon Hannah Gordon Brian Badcoe Terence Donovan	Adapted from the play. Repeated 12 Aug 1965.
	Naked Island				Ray Barrett Alan White Lewis Fiander John Breslin Barry Lowe Burt Kwouk James Bolam	Adapted from the play of the book. Repeated 16 Sep 1965.
	data-sort-value="Living Room, The"	The Living Room				Paul Rogers Robert Flemyng Janet Kelly Ann Tirard Margot Van der Burgh	Adapted from the play. Missing.
	Traveller Without Luggage	, translated by Lucienne Hill			Richard Pasco Lana Morris Margaret Whiting Reginald Beckwith Peter Pratt Madeleine Christie Noel Hood Clifford Earl Terrence Hardiman	Adapted from the play. Repeated 19 Aug 1965. Missing.
	Celebration	and Keith Waterhouse			Bert Palmer Noel Dyson Trevor Bannister Angela Crow Julian Somers Brian Smith Joan Young Nancie Jackson Jayne Muir Jane Tann Leonard Rossiter Derek Smee Jenny Oulton Leslie Lawton Linda Polan Dudley Foster	Adapted from the play. Repeated 26 Aug 1965. Missing.
	data-sort-value="Kidders, The"	The Kidders				Nyree Dawn Porter Rick Jones John McLaren Ann Lynn Neil McCallum Paul Maxwell James Maxwell Frank O'Keeffe	Adapted from the play. Missing.
	Anatol				Robert Hardy John Wood Moira Redmond Elvi Hale Priscilla Morgan	Adapted from the play. Repeated under Theatre 625, 4 December 1966.

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC Genome.
2. Web site: BFI Collections Search.
3. Web site: TV Brain.