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The Happiest Days of Your Life

Summary
1961 ABC Television production for ITV of the Nottingham Playhouse Company’s production of John Dighton’s farceThe Happiest Days of Your Life.
Theatre play
The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 22 January 1961
Time
3.25-4.20pm
Series
Comedy Matinee
Channel
ITV
Production company
ABC Television (1955-1968)
Theatre company
Nottingham Playhouse Company

Credits

Director
Michael Mills
Theatre Producer
Val May
Playwright
John Dighton
Adapted for Television by
Val May
Sets / Settings
Graham Barlow
Introduced by
Jeremy Hawk
Cast
Donald Burton
Rowena Cooper
James Cossins
Gabrielle Hamilton
Eileen Helsby
Pamela Holmes
David Kelsey
Jeremy Kemp
Gillian Martell
Joachim Tillinger
Antony Tuckey
Tobi Weinberg
Michael Williams

Additional details

Notes
The roles played by the actors are not listed in the TV Times.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
farce; schools, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
TV Times, 20 January 1961 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 19

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