Bird in Hand
- Summary
- 1952 BBC production of the comedy Bird in Hand by John Drinkwater.
- Theatre play
- Bird in Hand by John Drinkwater (1882-1937) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 13 April 1952
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Dennis Vance
- Playwright
- John Drinkwater (1882-1937)
- Sets / Settings
- Barry Learoyd
- Cast
Basil Appleby Gerald Arnwood Peter Cushing Cyril Beverley Leslie Dwyer Mr Blanquet Ann Hayes Joan Greenleaf Herbert Lomas Thomas Greenleaf Anthony Nicholls Ambrose Godolphin Robert Speaight Sir Robert Arnwood Beatrice Varley Alice Greenleaf
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 7.30pm on Thursday 17 April 1952.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- class issues / differences; comedy
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 11 April 1952 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article by Lionel Hale, ‘A fresh and alluring comedy’, and listing on p. 42
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