Christmas Pantomime: Red Riding-Hood

Summary

1950 BBC outside broadcast of the Christmas pantomime Red Riding-Hood from Collins’ Music-Hall in Islington, by permission of Lew Lake.

Theatre play

Red Riding-Hood by [more information]

Production history

Christmas pantomime for 1949-50 from Collins’ Music-Hall in Islington; no author is credited in the Radio Times.

Date of transmission

Monday 2 January 1950

Time

8.15-10.25

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Conductor

Fred Conquer

Introduced by

Brian Johnston

Cast

Betty Baxter	Red Riding-Hood
Norman Clyne	Sheriff Hardhart
Derek Dohn	Simple Simon
Billy Eugene	Ben Barmy
Nick Franks	Bad Bob
Vicky Gail	Robin Hood
Frank Hughes	Wolf
Ada Le Cren	Fairy
Pat Trevor	Maid Marion
Dick Tubb, Jnr.	Dame Trott

Additional details

Origination

Live from theatre

Vision original

Monochrome

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

pantomime

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 30 December 1949 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 42; brief article, p. 40