Learning on ScreenBritons to the Rescue; or, English Virtue Preserved in South America
- Summary
- 1965 BBC production of the 19th-century melodrama British Born by Paul Meritt and Henry Pettitt, under the title Britons to the Rescue; or, English Virtue Preserved in South America.
- Theatre play
- British Born by Paul Meritt and Henry Pettitt [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Saturday 14 August 1965
- Time
- 7.45-8.45pm
- Series
- Gaslight Theatre
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Bryan Sears
- Lighting
- John Summers
- Playwright
- Paul Meritt
- Playwright
- Henry Pettitt
- Adapted for Television by
- Alec Clunes
- Conductor
- Maurice Arnold
- Musician
- Maurice Arnold (pianoforte)
- Musician
- Martia Eitler (violin)
- Sets / Settings
- Keith Norman
- Costumes
- Olive Harris
- Make-up
- Christina Morris
- Sound
- Dick Chamberlain
- Advisor
- Alec Clunes
- Cast
Ronnie Barker Captain Jabez Dolman, an American Dastard / A Revolting Dutch Miner / John Hope Leslie French Juvenile French Silver Miner / Faggles John Gower Handsome Captain Alfred Marks Laban Brood / McTavish the Scot Sandra Michaels The Lively Nancy / Messenger Boy Warren Mitchell Don André Patricia Routledge Our Mary Bill Shine George Freemantle
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- 19th-century setting; melodrama; South America, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 12 August 1965 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; illustrated article, p. 4; listing, p. 7
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