Half Hour Story (Season 2)

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.

  • Poster for In Loving Memory Of?

    In Loving Memory Of? (Episode 1)

    Writer: Ewart Alexander

    Air date: 1968-01-05

    Runtime: 25 min

  • Poster for Do You Play Requests?

    Do You Play Requests? (Episode 2)

    Writer: Hugh Leonard

    Air date: 1968-01-12

    Runtime: 25 min

  • Poster for The Casting Session

    The Casting Session (Episode 3)

    Writer: Stanley Mann

    Air date: 1968-01-19

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Two actors (Mike & Elaine) attending a casting session become increasingly concerned about the nature of the film they are being cast for.

  • Poster for The Money Spider

    The Money Spider (Episode 4)

    Writer: Jacques Gillies

    Air date: 1968-01-26

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: A petty criminal convinces a gangster boss he can make perfect counterfeit money.

  • Poster for Out of the Playground

    Out of the Playground (Episode 5)

    Writer: Douglas Livingstone

    Air date: 1968-02-14

    Runtime: 25 min

  • Poster for The Pub Fighter

    The Pub Fighter (Episode 6)

    Writer: Jim Allen

    Air date: 1968-02-21

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Out on the town in Birmingham, a happy night out turns into an ordeal, and drunken brawl, after an illegal boxing match in a pub.

  • Poster for Venus Rising

    Venus Rising (Episode 7)

    Writer: Fay Weldon

    Air date: 1968-02-28

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: A visit to a fortune teller has an unexpected effect on Edith, but is the fortune teller reading fate or just manipulating Edith's future?

  • Poster for The Event

    The Event (Episode 8)

    Writer: Kenneth Eastaugh

    Air date: 1968-03-06

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: An elderly pensioner finds himself attracted to his new home help Elsie, and sees her return each day as 'The Event'.

  • Poster for Natural Justice

    Natural Justice (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1968-03-13

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: A jury foreman behind closed doors bullies and blackmails the rest of the jury into accepting his verdict.

  • Poster for A View from the Obelisk

    A View from the Obelisk (Episode 10)

    Writer: Hugh Leonard

    Air date: 1968-03-20

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: A middle aged man returns to his home town to show his new girlfriend his origins. After an exhausting trip into the hills to get the best view, he strikes up a conversation with a young artist painting the scene. He finds they have a lot in common...

  • Poster for Goodnight Albert

    Goodnight Albert (Episode 11)

    Writer: Roy Minton

    Air date: 1968-04-03

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Albert lives with his Grandma, who he thinks is cramping his style. However an incident reveals to him that he is as much dependent on her as she is of him.

  • Poster for Flowers at My Feet

    Flowers at My Feet (Episode 12)

    Writer: Ted Allan

    Air date: 1968-04-10

    Runtime: 25 min

    Overview: Young David desperately wants to become a writer, but after the rejections his family thinks its about time he got 'a proper job' to support their precarious financial position.

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