Learning on ScreenThe Good Companions
- Summary
- 1949 BBC live studio production of The Good Companions, a stage adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s novel.
- Theatre play
- The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) and Edward Knoblock (1874-1945) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 30 January 1949
- Time
- 8.00-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
- Playwright
- Edward Knoblock (1874-1945)
- Playwright
- J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)
- Original Book by
- J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) (a stage adaptation of his novel)
- Musician
- Billy Bell (banjo)
- Musician
- Tom McCall (piano)
- Musician
- Roy Rawlins (drums)
- Musician
- George Weedon (piano accordion)
- Sets / Settings
- James Bould
- Assistant Producer
- Leslie Jackson
- Cast
Anthony Bateman Jerry Jerningham Gordon Bell Joby Jackson Anne Blake Lady Partlit Michael Brennan Linoleum Man / Ridvers Ernest Butcher Sam Oglethorpe Sebastian Cabot Monte Mortimer Peggy Cameron Effie Thomas Gallagher Summers Peter Hawkins Albert Tuggeridge Richard Hurndall Inigo Jollifant Sidney [or "Sydney"?] Keith Mr Pitsner Patricia Laffan Ethel Georgia Stanley Lemin Landlord at Tumbleby / Professor Miro Desmond Llewellyn Policeman at Ribsden / Mr Gooch Jean Lodge Elsie Longstaff William Mervyn Mr Fauntley / Reporter Edna Morris Mrs Maunders Noel Morris Jimmy Nunn James Neylin Mr Dulver Norman Pierce Jess Oakroyd Carol Raye Susie Dean Marjorie Rhodes Mrs Oakroyd Charles Rolfe Joe Brundit Stanley Rose Envelope Man / Landlord at Gatford Leonard Sharpe Waiter at Rawsley Geoffrey Steele Photographer at Gatford Ian Wallace Morton Mitcham Anthony Walman Leonard Oakroyd Olive Walter Mrs Tarvin Doris Yorke Mrs Joe Brundit
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 8.00pm on Thursday 3 February 1949.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- adaptation of novel
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 1 April 1949 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- photograph from production, p. 28
- Title
- Radio Times, 28 January 1949 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 26; article by James R. Gregson, p. 25
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