Theatre Date


Theatre Date was a British anthology television series that aired on BBC1 in 1969. The series aired televised broadcasts of current plays from London's West End. A total of five broadcasts were made in the series. These included: William Douglas-Home's The Secretary Bird ; Ronald Millar's They Don't Grow on Trees ; Joyce Rayburn's The Man Most Likely To... ; Basil Dawson and Felicity Douglas's The Crunch ; and Jim Wise, George Haimsohn and Robin Miller's musical Dames at Sea.

Episode status

Of the 5 broadcasts, three are lost, being "They Don't Grow on Trees", "The Crunch", & "Dames at Sea", with no recordings known to exist.