The Happiest Days of Your Life

Summary: 1962 BBC production of The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton.
Theatre play: The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Set after World War II, this delightful farce is about what happens when a boys’ school receives the news that they are to billet another school which is all female. Events are complicated by the arrival of the parents. Each headmaster/mistress tries to conceal the fact that his/her school is now co-ed. Eventually, the parents learn the truth and are about to remove their children when news arrives that a third school is to be amalgamated into theirs. They all join together to keep out these intruders.' (Source: http://www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk/p/5488/happiest-days-of-your-life-the.)
Production history: This was written for television and first produced there on 4 February 1947. It was performed on stage at least as early as November 1947, and frequently aftwards.
Date of transmission: Sunday 4 February 1962
Time: 8.40-9.55pm
Series: Sunday-Night Play
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Stephen Harrison

Playwright

John Dighton

Designer

Tim Harvey

Cast

Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: farce; schools, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

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