The Reluctant Peer [scenes]

Summary

1964 BBC outside broadcast from the Duchess Theatre, London of scenes from William Douglas Home’s new comedy The Reluctant Peer, which had opened two days earlier.

Theatre play

The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas Home (1912-1993) [more information]

Play synopsis

Comedy in which a peer relinquishes his title in order to take on the premiership. A sequel to the playwright’s earlier politico-comic successes The Chiltern Hundreds and The Manor of Northstead.

Production history

First produced at the Duchess Theatre, London in 1964.

Date of transmission

Friday 17 January 1964

Time

9.25-10.10pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Charles Hickman

Presented for Television by

John Vernon

Playwright

William Douglas Home (1912-1993)

Decor

Anthony Holland

Televised by Arrangement with

Peter Saunders

Cast

Peter Bourne	John MacGibbons
Imogen Hassall	Rosalind
Helen Horton	June
Viola Lyel	Lady Cleghorn
Frank Pettingell	Beecham
William Stephens	Lord Cleghorn
Sybil Thorndike	Molly
Naunton Wayne	Tony

Additional details

Play tags

comedy; politics

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 9 January 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, with image, p. 52; listing, p. 55