The Government Inspector, Part 1

Summary

1976 BBC production of The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, presented in three parts in the series For Schools, Colleges.

Theatre play

The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol [more information]

Play synopsis

'A comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Government_Inspector).

Production history

First published in 1836.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 2 November 1976

Time

2.30-3.00pm

Series

Schools

Channel

BBC1

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Ronald Smedley

Playwright

Nikolai Gogol

Translator

David Magarshack

Cast

John Clive	Mr Lewis
Richard Davies	Owen Owen
Freddie Jones	Mayor
Robin Nedwell	Government Inspector
Sion Probert	Waiter
David Pugh	Owen Bowen
Aubrey Richards	Mr Pritchard
Talfryn Thomas	Mr Griffiths
Jack Walters	Mr Llewellyn
Jack Wild	Osip

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, 28 October 1976 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 40

Associated programmes

The Government Inspector, Part 2 (BBC, 1976)
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
BBC1 (Schools)

The Government Inspector, Part 3 (BBC, 1976)
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
BBC1 (Schools)