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The Guinea Pig

Summary
1949 live studio presentation of Warren Chetham-Strode’s controversial public school drama The Guinea Pig.
Theatre play
The Guinea Pig by Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 11 September 1949
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Douglas Allen
Playwright
Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974)
Sets / Settings
Barry Learoyd
Cast
Pamela AlanLynne Hartley
Clive BaxterGrimmett
Derek BlomfieldRead
D. A. Clarke-SmithLloyd Hartley
Noel DysonMrs Read
Duncan LewisMr Read
Barry MacGregorFitch
William MervynDennis Stringer
Hector RossNigel Lorraine
Edith SharpeMrs Hartley

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 8.30pm on Thursday 15 September 1949.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
class issues / differences; schools, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 9 September 1949 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 42; article by Lionel Hale, ‘Comedy and Controversy’, p. 41; brief article, p. 40

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