The Gay Dog [excerpt]

Summary: 1952 BBC live outside broadcast from the Piccadilly Theatre, London, of an excerpt from The Gay Dog by Joseph Colton, given before an invited audience. The play was presented by H. M. Tennant Ltd by arrangement with Lorner, Ltd.
Theatre play: The Gay Dog by Joseph Colton [more information]
Play synopsis: 'A miner’s family acquire ownership of a greyhound, "Raving Beauty", which they plan to enter into a race. Jim Gay, the father, plans to get a better starting price for the dog by pretending it is ill, in order to lengthen its odds and clean up at the bookies. But keeping up the pretence with his wife, daughter, the whole street and the hardened gamblers is no easy task’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Dog; accessed 22 November 2014).
Production history: Presented at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1952.
Date of transmission: Friday 22 August 1952
Time: 9.40-10.25pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC