Learning on ScreenThe Scarlet Pimpernel
- Summary
- 1951 revival of the previous year’s BBC production of Orczy and Barstowe’s romantic adventure drama The Scarlet Pimpernel.
- Theatre play
- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska ['Baroness’] Orczy (1865-1947) and Montague Barstowe [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 14 January 1951
- Time
- 8.30-10.20pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
- Playwright
- Montague Barstowe
- Playwright
- Emmuska ['Baroness’] Orczy (1865-1947)
- Pianist
- Tom McCall
- Sets / Settings
- James Bould
- Dances Arranged by
- Viola Merrett
- Cast
Archie Angus Richard Bebb Armand St Just Alban Blakelock Messenger Beckett Bould Mr Hempseed Sally Braddock Sally Jellyband Michael Brennan Captain of the Guard Edgar K. Bruce Jellyband James Carney Sir Percy Blakeney Bryan Coleman Lord Anthony Dewhurst Amy Dalby Mère Brogard Terence de Marney Chauvelin Joan Duan Graveley Edwards Lord Grenville Thomas Gallagher Brogard Nicholas Gee Margaret Goodman Suzanne de Tournai Denys Graham Michael Green Doreen Harrop Percy Herbert Jack Livesey Prince of Wales Desmond Llewellyn Citizen Herbert Peter MacDonell Comte de Tournai Viola Merrett Alexis Milne Evelyn Moore Lady Portarles Richmond Nairne Vicomte de Tournai Rose Power Henzie Raeburn Comtesse de Tournai Margaretta Scott Lady Marguerite Blakeney Anthony Sharp Chevalier Paul de Grignon Robert Weedon Patrick Westwood Citizen John Witty Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 18 January 1951.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 18th-century setting; France, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 12 January 1951 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 44 and article by Lionel Hale, ‘Sir Percey Blakeney again’. p. 43
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