All the Year Round

Summary

1951 BBC production of All the Year Round by Neville Croft, based on the recent theatre production at the Duke of York’s in London which was spoiled and brought to a swift end by drunken hecklers on the night of the General Election.

Theatre play

All the Year Round by Neville Croft [more information]

Play synopsis

The passing of the years within an ordinary family.

Production history

Opened on 26 October 1951 at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, the night of the General Election results. In the first minutes of the performance, drunken hecklers spoiled the production and it closed after a couple of nights.

Date of transmission

Sunday 9 December 1951

Time

8.30-10.15pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

Neville Croft

Sets / Settings

Barry Learoyd

Cast

John Bailey	Derek Hall
Jean Cadell	Auntie Jo
David Coote	Young Roger
Rosalie Crutchley	Helen Manifold
Derek Farr	Harold Trewitt
Frank Pettingell	Roger Manifold
Daphne Slater	Kate Manifold
Marian Spencer	Daisy Manifold
Jean St Clair	The Faversham Girl

Additional details

Later transmissions

Repeated on Thursday 13 December 1951 at 7.30pm.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

politics

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 7 December 1951 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 47; listing, p. 48