Saloon Bar

Summary
1947 BBC live studio production of Frank Harvey’s drama Saloon Bar.
Theatre play
Saloon Bar by Frank Harvey (1912-1981) [more information]
Date of transmission
Tuesday 25 November 1947
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Fred O’Donovan (1889-1952)
Playwright
Frank Harvey (1912-1981)
Cast
Hilary BamfordJean / A Waitress
Kathleen BoutallSally Watson
Evel BurnsPianist
Larry BurnsOrgan-grinder’s Mate / A Customer
Edwin EllisGeorge
Frank FosterEvangelist
Douglas HurnNewspaper Boy
Stanley LeminOld Jim
Peggy LiveseyDoris
Desmond LlewelynPeter / Police Constable
Gerard McLarnonJohnny Bains
Violette MoriceNora
Val NortonJoe Harris
Norman PierceHoskins
Sally RogersIvy
John SalewWickers
George SelwayFred
Peggy SimpsonQueenie
Sydney [or Sidney] TaflerFred Small

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 3.00pm on Friday 26 November 1947.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
murder

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 21 November 1947 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, p. 30; listing, p. 32

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