What a Joy Ride [excerpt]

Summary: 1964 BBC outside broadcast presentation of an excerpt from the production of the comedy What a Joy Ride at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool. A special performance before an invited audience at the theatre, by arrangement with the Blackpool Tower Compant Ltd.
Theatre play: What a Joy Ride by George Black and Alfred Black and John Waterhouse [more information]
Play synopsis: The comedy concerns a sleepy railway station which faces the axe. Mrs Bentwhistle, the wife of the station master, embarks on a crash programme of smartening up and redecorating the station to avoid its closure.
Production history: Performed at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool in 1964.
Date of transmission: Friday 26 June 1964
Time: 9.25-10.15pm
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC