Shooting Star

Summary

1949 BBC live studio presentation of Frith Banbury’s recent production from London’s Playhouse Theatre of Basil Thomas’ comedy Shooting Star.

Theatre play

Shooting Star by Basil Thomas [more information]

Play synopsis

Shooting Star focuses on shady practice in football finance. The action takes place in the office of Joseph Lawson, a printer, and in the Board Room of Burnville United Football Club.

Production history

Performed at the Playhouse Theatre, London in 1949, and published in the same year.

Date of transmission

Tuesday 12 July 1949

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Presented for Television by

Jan Bussell

Stage Producer

Frith Banbury

Playwright

Basil Thomas

Sets / Settings

James Bould

Cast

Derek Blomfield	Ned Rutter
Colin Douglas	Jack Bannerman
Charmian Eyre	Mavis Pink
Raymond Francis	Mr Blake
Heather Gratrix	Lulu Smith
James Hayter	Joe Lawson
Avice Landone	Miss Rawlings
Cameron Miller	Wells
Robert Perceval	Ben Woodhall
Frank Pettitt	Skid Evans
Ann Titheradge	Beryl Armstrong

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

football

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 8 July 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and photograph, p. 26; article by Lionel Hale, p. 25