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The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse

Summary
BBC production of Barré Lyndon’s comedy-thriller The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse.
Theatre play
The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse by Barré Lyndon [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 7 July 1957
Time
8.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Alan Bromly
Playwright
Barré Lyndon
Designer
Frederick Knapman
Cast
Michael Bird'Tug’ Wilson
Wilfrid Brambell'Badger’ Lee
Andrew CruickshankSir William Grant, KC
Vera DayDaisy
Reginald JessupA Constable
David LanderBenny Kellerman
Ronald Leigh-HuntDetective-Inspector Charles
Bill Owen'Oakie’
Joy ParkerNurse Ann
Frank SiemanSergeant Bates
Hugh SinclairDr Clitterhouse
Jerold Wells'Pal’ Green

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
comedy; crime; medical drama; thriller

Print sources

Title
BBC Television: The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse (Newspaper review)
Reference
The Times, 8 July 1957, p. 3
Title
On the Air (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
G. A. Olden (Reviewer)
Reference
The Irish Times, 11 July 1957, p. 6
Title
Radio Times, 5 July 1957 (Magazine)
Linking notes
pp. 8 and 9, article (with photograph) and listing

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