Both Ends Meet [excerpt]

Summary: 1954 live BBC outside broadcast of an excerpt of Arthur Macrae’s comedy Both Ends Meet, given before an invited audience from the Apollo Theatre, London, by arrangement with H. M. Tennent Ltd.
Theatre play: Both Ends Meet by Arthur Macrae [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Tom Davenport is a revue writer faced with a writ for £300 back tax and without a hope of actually paying it. When his niece acquires a fiance, Edward, who is apparently an accountant, Tom turns to him for expert advice on the technique of tax trickery - revealing as shining examples the dodges and fiddles practised by his friends. But Edward is not what he seems...' (Radio Times, 22 March 1962, p. 11).
Production history: Presented in the West End in the summer of 1954, when the production by Peter Brook ran for 284 performances.
Date of transmission: Monday 6 September 1954
Time: 7.55-8.40pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC