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See How They Run

Summary
1962 BBC production of the farce See How They Run by Philip King, which was recorded earlier in the year at the Whitehall Theatre and televised on the August Bank Holiday Monday. In between the recording of the performance and its broadcast, the actor Henry Kendall died.
Theatre play
See How They Run by Philip King [more information]
Date of transmission
Monday 6 August 1962
Time
6.45-8.15pm
Series
Brian Rix Presents
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Wallace Douglas
Presented for Television by
Mary Evans
Playwright
Philip King
Adapted for Television by
Philip King
Sets / Settings
Rhoda Gray
Cast
Hazel DouglasIda Bolton
Fabia DrakeMiss Skillon
Elspeth GrayPenelope Toop
Henry KendallThe Bishop of Lax
Basil LordPolice Sergeant
Peter MercierThe Intruder
Larry NobleRev. Arthur Humphrey
Brian Rix (1924-)L/Cpl. Clive Winton
Terry ScottRev. Lionel Toop

Additional details

Origination
Recorded in theatre
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
farce; Second World War, as theme or setting; wartime, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 2 August 1962 (Magazine)
Linking notes
illustrated article, p. 19; listing, p. 21

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