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Chase Me Comrade

Summary
1967 BBC production of the farce Chase Me Comrade by Raymond Cooney with almost the same cast who performed in the Whitehall Theatre performance.
Theatre play
Chase Me Comrade by Ray Cooney [more information]
Date of transmission
Wednesday 27 December 1967
Time
6.45-8.00pm
Series
Brian Rix Presents
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Wallace Douglas
Playwright
Ray Cooney
Designer
Rhoda Gray
Cast
Diane ApplebyNancy Rimmington
Leo FranklynHoskins
Peter GrayCommander Rimmington
Stefan GryffPetrovyan
Helen JessopAlicia Courtney
George LeeConstable Pulford
Sheila MercierJanet Rimmington
Larry NobleBobby Hargreaves
Dennis RamsdenMr Laver
Brian Rix (1924-)Gerry Buss

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
ballet; farce; Russia (Soviet Union etc), as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 21 December 1967 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 52; illustrated article, p. 49

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