Journey’s End [excerpt]

Summary

A live broadcast of an excerpt from R. C. Sherriff’s play Journey’s End, presented from Alexandra Palace as part of ‘Thank You, Ally Pally’, a programme that marked the end of regular transmissions from the pre-war base of BBC Television. The play was first produced at Alexandra Palace on 11 November 1937.

Theatre play

Journey’s End by R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975) [more information]

Play synopsis

The scene is a dug-out in the British trenches before St Quentin in March 1918. Captain knows that an offensive is imminent. A conflict between Captain Stanhope and 2nd Lieutenant Raleigh is on the cards.

Production history

Produced at the Apollo Theatre, London by the Incorporated Stage Society in 1928.

Date of transmission

Friday 19 March 1954

Time

approx. 9.30-9.55pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Michael Barry

Playwright

R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975)

Cast

Patric Doonan	Lieut. Trotter
Bryan Forbes	Second-Lieut. Hibbert
Geoffrey Keen	Lieut. Osborne
Terence Longdon	Captain Stanhope
Barry MacGregor	Second-Lieut. Raleigh
Lane Meddick	Private Mason
Andrew Osborn	The Colonel

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Play tags

First World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 12 March 1954 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing and photograph, p. 44

Title

Stolen minutes (Magazine review)

Author/creator

Philip Hope-Wallace (Author)

Reference

The Listener, 25 March 1954, pp. 544-45