The Coiner
- Summary
- BBC Television studio production of scenes from Bernard Duffy’s one-act comedy The Coiner.
- Theatre play
- The Coiner by Bernard Duffy [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 19 January 1937
- Time
- 3.44pm (22 mins)
- Series
- Theatre Parade
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
- Theatre company
- Irish Players
Credits
- Producer
- George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)
- Playwright
- Bernard Duffy
- Cast
Sara Allgood Mrs Cannatt Jack Bland Eric Noels Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952) Tom McClippin Tony Quinn A Policeman
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Broadcast again at 3.00pm on Thursday 19 August 1937 and at 9.00pm on Saturday 21 August (with Harry Hutchinson and Gerrard Tyrell replacing Jack Bland and Eric Noels).
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; Irish drama
Print sources
- Title
- BBC Television Programme Records: vol. 1, 1937-38 (Book)
- Reference
- London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1938
- Linking notes
- listings on pp. 5 and 60
- Title
- Radio Times, 13 August 1937 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- p. 13
- Title
- Radio Times, 15 January 1937 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing on p. 6, although it does not list the play title
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 192 times.