Listen James

Summary

1961 BBC production of Listen James, an adaptation for television of It’s the Geography that Counts by Raymond Bowers.

Theatre play

It’s the Geography that Counts by Raymond Bowers [more information]

Play synopsis

Psychological thriller. Why does a famous racing driver want to take the blame for his brother James’ hit-and-run accident, when there has never been any love lost between the two men? The brother rehearse an elaborate story to satisfy police investigators that it was Marshal who was driving the car, and that James was visiting his mother in Cornwall.

Production history

The last play to be performed at the St James’ Theatre, London, in 1957.

Date of transmission

Sunday 23 July 1961

Time

7.30-9.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

George R. Foa

Playwright

Raymond Bowers

Designer

Stephen Bundy

Cast

Keith Anderson	Detective-Sergeant Daniels
Derek Aylward	James Armitt
John Carson	Marshal Armitt
Petra Davies	Mercia Sparling
Gerald James	Detective-Superintendent Hurst
Reginald Smith	Parker

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

murder; thriller

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 20 July 1961 (Magazine)

Linking notes

illustrated article, p. 10; listing, with image, p. 13