My Mother Said
- Summary
- 1949 BBC live studio production of A. P. Dearsley’s light comedy My Mother Said. The play premiered in John Arnatt’s stage production in Blackpool in February 1949 and then toured before the BBC television production in April. The stage cast reprised their roles for the television production.
- Theatre play
- My Mother Said by A. P. Dearsley [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 3 April 1949
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
- Theatre company
- [choose none of these]
Credits
- Stage Producer
- John Arnatt
- Playwright
- A. P. Dearsley
- Adapted for Television by
- Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
- Cast
Gina Bevan Georgina Whittaker Margot Bryant Mrs Hoop Vanda Godsell Mirabelle William Hodge Archie Watson Victoria Hopper Helen Bligh Kenneth Kove Captain Whittaker John [Farries] Moss William Bligh Peter Walter Hugh Fletcher
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 7 April 1949.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- art world
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 1 April 1949 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 30; brief article, p. 29
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