The Middle Watch

Summary

1946 BBC live studio production of Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall’s ‘romance of the navy’ The Middle Watch.

Theatre play

The Middle Watch by Ian Hay (1876-1952) and Stephen King-Hall [more information]

Play synopsis

Naval comedy. The scene is laid in the Captain’s lobby and day cabin on board HMS Falcon, a cruiser on the China Station.

Production history

Premiered in 1929 at the Strand Theatre, London, and published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.

Date of transmission

Sunday 11 August 1946

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Ian Atkins

Playwright

Ian Hay (1876-1952)

Playwright

Stephen King-Hall

Cast

Gerald Campion	An Able Seaman
Gerald Case	Captain Maitland
Diane Hart	Nancy Hewitt
Miki Hood	Mary Carlton
Philip Howard	Flag lieutenant
Richard Littledale	Marine Ogg
Joan Mundy	A guest
Joan Newell	Fay Eaton
Christopher Quest	Captain Randall
Bill Rowbotham	Corporal Duckett
Horace Sequeira	Admiral Sir Hercules Hewitt
Phillada Sewell	Charlotte Hopkinson
Milo Sperber	Ah Fong
Ruth Taylor	Lady Hewitt
Torin Thatcher	Commander Baddeley

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Wednesday 14 August 1946.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; military / army / navy / air-force

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 9 August 1946 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 25