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Laburnum Grove

Summary
BBC production of J. B. Priestley’s Laburnum Grove.
Theatre play
Laburnum Grove by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 13 March 1947
Time
8.30-10.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Ian Atkins
Playwright
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)
Sets / Settings
James Bould
Cast
Eileen Beldon
Arthur Goullet
Ernest Haines
Wilfred Hyde-White
Peter Murray
Aletha Orr
Victor Platt
Terry Randall
Campbell Singer

Additional details

Later transmissions
Repeat performance on 14 March 1947 at 3pm.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 12 April 1957 (Magazine)
Linking notes
passing reference on p. 7
Title
Radio Times, 7 March 1947 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing, p. 36
Title
Sound and Vision. Vol. IV of The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom (Book)
Author/creator
Asa Briggs (Author)
Reference
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979
Linking notes
p. 212 quotes from minutes of a meeting discussing asking Priestley to drop the word ‘immoral’ from the subtitle of Laburnum Grove, for the imminent television production

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