Tip-Toes
- Summary
- 1968 BBC production of the musical comedy Tip-Toes (music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin; book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson).
- Theatre play
- Tip-Toes by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson and George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 10 December 1968
- Time
- 9.05-10.05pm
- Series
- Jazz Age: Tales of the Twenties
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Piers Haggard
- Producer
- Harry Moore
- Gillian Lynne ('musical numbers staged by’)
- Book by
- Guy Bolton
- Book by
- Fred Thompson
- Composer
- George Gershwin
- Lyrics
- Ira Gershwin
- Musical Arrangements by
- Ian Macpherson (music for the dances)
- Musical Direction
- Dennis Wilson
- Designer
- James Weatherup
- Costumes
- Michael Robbie
- Cast
Pat Ashton Peggy Audrey Bayler Girl Dick Bentley Hen Kaye Bruce Boa Porter; Steward Peter Jay Elliott Rollo Eric Flynn Steve Ann Frost Girl Ian Frost Louis Godfrey Boy Loraine Hart Girl Ram John Holder Bob Howe Boy Davy Kaye Al Kaye Joseph Kelly Jimy Lande Pat Lovett Girl Jerry Manley Boy Virginia Mason Binnie Paddy McIntyre Boy Patricia Michael Sylvia Aleta Morrison Denise Peter Newton Albin Pahernik Boy Bryan Payne Boy Jane Warby Girl Sheila White Tip-Toes Maureen Willsher Girl
Additional details
- Vision original
- Colour
- Play tags
- American drama; comedy; musical; theatre or acting, as theme
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Tip-Toes (BBC, 1968)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 5 December 1968 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- photograph and listing, p. 25; illustrated article on Gershwin on p.31
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