The Bishop Misbehaves

Summary

1951 live BBC studio production of Frederick J. Jackson’s comedy crime drama The Bishop Misbehaves.

Theatre play

The Bishop Misbehaves by Frederick J. Jackson (1886-1953) [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy crime drama in which the avid reader of detective fiction, the Bishop of Broadminster, is accidentally drawn into a mysterious case that occurs near his cathedral.

Production history

Premiered at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 23 September 1934.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 8 May 1951

Time

8.00-9.50pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Matthew Forsyth

Playwright

Frederick J. Jackson (1886-1953)

Sets / Settings

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Denys Blakelock	Bishop of Broadminster
Cyril Conway	Collins
Alec Gunn	Red Eagen
Ronald Howard	Donald Meadows
Mary Jerrold	Lady Emily Lyons
Leonard Sharp	Mr Brooke
Michael Sinclair	Parker
Campbell Singer	Mr Waller
Daniel Thorndike	Frenchy
Joan Young	Mrs Waller

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; crime; religion, as theme or subject

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 4 May 1951 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 42 and brief article, p. 39