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The Government Inspector, Part 1

Summary
1966 BBC production of The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, presented in three parts in the series For Schools and Colleges.
Theatre play
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 15 November 1966
Time
2.05-2.35pm
Series
Schools
Channel
BBC2
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Michael Simpson
Playwright
Nikolai Gogol
Translator
Anthony Bosworth
Designer
Gordon Roland
Cast
Timothy BatesonDobchinsky
John CaterBobchinsky
Helen CherryMayor’s Wife
Kenneth ColleyPostmaster
Michael EarlPolice Inspector
John GillHeadmaster
John MalcolmWaiter
John McKelveyYosif
Anne MitchellMayor’s Daughter
Redmond PhillipsJudge
John SharpMedical Officer
Ian TaylorMishka
John WoodLestakoff
Peter WoodthorpeMayor

Additional details

Play tags
19th-century setting; comedy; politics; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting; Russian drama
Programme context tags
schools television programming

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Government Inspector (in 3 parts)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 10 November 1966 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 29

Associated programmes

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