Simple Spymen

Summary: 1964 BBC production of Simple Spymen by John Chapman.
Theatre play: Simple Spymen by John Chapman [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Two street musicians are dragged into the War Office for causing a disturbance of the peace in Whitehall. Unwittingly they utter a phrase which is the secret password for the day, and are mistaken for M15 agents in disguise. They are immediately signed up for a hazardous mission to intercept an atomic scientist when he arrives in Dover. Thereafter, they make endless attempts as different characters to gain access to the scientist’s hotel and secure the formula for the British Government. They display courage, ingenuity, and more than lint of lunacy’ (source: http://www.filmrights.ltd.uk/Chapman.htm).
Production history: First staged on 19 March 1958 at the Whitehall Theatre, London.
Date of transmission: Friday 25 December 1964
Time: 8.45-10.15pm
Series: Brian Rix Presents; Laughter from the Whitehall
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC

Director

Wallace Douglas

Playwright

John Chapman

Sets / Settings

Stanley Moore

Cast

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