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Season guide

Thirty-Minute Theatre: Series 4

36 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 1968 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Thirty-Minute Theatre

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Thirty-Minute Theatre Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (33): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Baby

Sep 9, 1968

S4·E15 Core

Swallowing the Anchor

Dec 23, 1968

Commander Dusting is used to commanding men and having his slightest wish obeyed. So it comes as a great shock when he suddenly finds himself redundant.

S4·E18 Core

Absolute Aggers and Torters

Jan 13, 1969

A young couple like to change their clothes and personalities to suit the people they've invited to dinner. But one night they forget who their guests are going to be.

S4·E21 Core

These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin

Feb 3, 1969

Josef Djugashvili is not a suitable candidate for the priesthood. Revolutionary politics lead him to take the name Stalin.

S4·E30 Core

Invasion

Apr 10, 1969

A small group of middle class people are sitting around a table in a windowless room enjoying a dinner party as the TV in the corner reports on events in the Vietnam War. Their tri

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