I Killed the Count
- Summary
- 1948 BBC live studio production of Alec Coppel’s comedy-thriller I Killed the Count.
- Theatre play
- I Killed the Count! by Alec Coppel [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 14 March 1948
- Time
- 8.30-10.00pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
Credits
- Producer
- Ian Atkins
- Playwright
- Alec Coppel
- Cast
Freda Bamford Polly Bruce Belfrage Viscount Sorrington Frederick Bradshaw Detective Sergeant Raines Erik Chitty (1907-1977) Martin Howard Douglas Johnson Olga Edwardes Louise Rogers Frank Foster Detective Inspector Davidson Arthur Goulett Mullet Diarmuid Kelly P. C. Clifton Philip Leaver Count Victor Mattoni Val Norton Samuel Diamond Guy Kingsley Poynter Bernard K. Froy Mildred Shay Renée la Lune
Additional details
- Origination
- Live from studio
- Vision original
- Monochrome
- Later transmissions
- Presented again at 3.00pm on Tuesday 16 March 1948.
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- comedy; murder; thriller
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 12 March 1948 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 26; article, p. 24
- Title
- Radio Times, 2 April 1948 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- short article titled ‘No It Wasn’t Filmed’ about reactions to the play, p. 24
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