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Morning Departure

Summary
1946 BBC live studio production of Kenneth Woollard’s drama, Morning Departure, set aboard a submarine.
Theatre play
Morning Departure by Kenneth Woollard [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 1 December 1946
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television

Credits

Producer
Harold Clayton
Playwright
Kenneth Woollard
Sets / Settings
James Bould
Cast
Ronald Adam (1896-1979)Lt McFee
John BakerPetty Officer Barlow
Alban BlakelockLeading Seaman Hillbrook
Derek ElphinstoneLt Manson
Ronald ForttCaptain Marshall
Fred GrovesCaptain Fenton
Cameron HallAble Seaman Higgins
Michael HordernCommander Gates
Anthony HudsonStoker Snipe
Patrick McNeeStoker Marks
Nigel PatrickLt-Cdr Stanford
Robert RaglanCommander Whately
Michael RoseBrackley
John StevensLt Oakley

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 3.00pm on Tuesday 3 December 1946.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
sea-faring; Second World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Broadcasting (Newspaper listing)
Reference
The Times, 30 November 1946, p. 6
Title
Radio Times, 29 November 1946 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 35 and brief article, p. 33

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