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Happy Week-end

Summary
1949 BBC live studio production of Dion Titheradge’s musical Happy Week-end.
Theatre play
Happy Week-end! by Dion Titheradge (1889-1934) [more information]
Date of transmission
Saturday 21 May 1949
Time
8.15-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Walter Anderson
Adapted for Television by
Walter Anderson
Book by
Dion Titheradge (1889-1934)
Music
Michael Eisemann
Music
Percival Mackay
Lyrics
Dion Titheradge (1889-1934)
Additional Music and Lyrics
Frank Andrews
Additional Music and Lyrics
Nat Ayer
Additional Music and Lyrics
Arthur Stanley
Additional Music and Lyrics
Frank Trafford
Orchestra Directed by
Eric Robinson
Sets / Settings
Richard R. Greenough
Assistant Producer
Leslie Jackson
Cast
Howard DouglasCharlie
Wallas EatonEdward Potts
Richard GilbertRogers; Bragg
Lois GreenMitzi
Anthony HayesFrank
Walter HorsbrughTom
Barbara LeakeMiss Blythe-Pratt
George MoonRiki
Roberta PettLola
Carol RayePolly
Ian WhittakerPageboy

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 7.45pm on Thursday 26 May 1949.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
musical

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 13 May 1949 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 31; brief article, p.29

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