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Behind the Schemes

Summary
1939 BBC studio production of George H. Grimaldi’s play Behind the Schemes.
Theatre play
Behind the Schemes by George H. Grimaldi [more information]
Date of transmission
Saturday 27 May 1939
Time
9.00-10.30pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
Playwright
George H. Grimaldi
Cast
Elizabeth ArkellMrs Queen
Harry Atkinson
Alban BlakelockToastmaster
Laidman BrowneAndrew Bevan
Geoffrey Cronk
Marjorie Davidson
Margaret Dewar
Jack Finlayson
Cameron HallEric Fairfield
James HayterLord Fosdyke
Walter HorsbrughFrederick Lathom
Sondra LawsonIrene Phillips
Jack LiveseyTony Howard
Marjorie MarsJill Henley
Joan Marsden
Christopher Rowan RobinsonWaiter
Lewis StringerBert Whiting
George ThirlwellDerek Struthers Chisholm
Anthony Trent
Hubert WoodwardTom Tyler

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 3.00pm on Wednesday 31 May 1939.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
journalism / the press / newspapers

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 19 May 1939 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 17

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