Thirty-Minute Theatre: Series 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Tribunal
Oct 16, 1970
During the Czech uprising, a tribunal assembles for the trial of Alexander Dubcek.
Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Settles an Account
Dec 4, 1970
Inspector Waugh is asked to visit his bank manager, who needs some discreet help. Commander Browne formed the British Freedom Party and sailed for Albania. Since his return, his ba
Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
Dec 11, 1970
Inspector Waugh investigates an hit and run after a car driving on the wrong side of the road puts Mr Watkins in hospital. Watkins claims to be astronomer but his story doesn't hol
Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
Dec 18, 1970
P.C. White was chasing a missing dog which leads him to a dead body buried at the Maxwell Reece's garden. She claims it's a tramp but Waugh discovers that her lover died of a heart
Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Observes the Truth of an Old Music Hall Song
Dec 25, 1970
The Mallows return from a three month holiday to discover their house has been broke in to. Inspector Waugh learns nothing has been stolen. Burglar Albert Lawless who found £5,000
Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
Jan 1, 1971
Inspector Waugh is called to the house of Cynthia Holmes to look into the disappearance of her10-year-old son Peter. Waugh quickly spots that Mrs Holmes is lying about her wealth a
Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal but not the Crime
Jan 8, 1971
Inspector Waugh is looking for a robber from Liverpool, who he believes is in disguise and attempting to leave by boat. Arriving is Ephraim, a well. a known villain with no convict
The Railway Man's New Clothes
Mar 8, 1971
Mr Lumley's dazzling sales-talk sometimes gets out of control.