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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 BevanGeorgina Whittaker
Margot BryantMrs Hoop
Vanda GodsellMirabelle
William HodgeArchie Watson
Victoria HopperHelen Bligh
Kenneth KoveCaptain Whittaker
John [Farries] MossWilliam Bligh
Peter WalterHugh 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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