Big Bad Mouse

Summary

1972 Thames Television presentation for ITV of the West End comedy hit Big Bad Mouse by Philip King and Falkland L. Cary, filmed at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre just before the production ended its successful run.

Theatre play

Big Bad Mouse by Philip King and Falkland L. Cary [more information]

Play synopsis

An anything-can-happen West End comedy hit. The story concerns a meek office executive who rises in esteem when he is accused of attacking a girl on Wandsworth Common.

Production history

First produced in Worthing, Sussex in 1964 (http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsK/king-philip.html#19297).

Date of transmission

Tuesday 26 December 1972

Time

8.00-9.30pm

Channel

ITV

Production company

Thames Television (1968-1992)

Credits

Television Presentation by

Robert Gillette

Television Presentation by

John Robins

Playwright

Falkland L. Cary

Playwright

Philip King

Cast

Jimmy Edwards	Mr Price-Hargreaves
Diane Holland	Miss Spencer
Joyce Irvine	Fiona Jones
Wendy Lovelock	Doris Povey
Iain Smith	Harold Hopkins
Eric Sykes	Mr Bloome
Joan Young	Lady Chesapeake

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; sexual violence

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 14 December 1972 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 71, with image