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]

Play synopsis

A comedy-thriller in which a Harley Street doctor takes up a life of crime in order to conduct research on the emotional reactions of criminals to their mode of employment. He finds it difficult to get out once his research is completed.

Production history

Premiered on 6 August 1936 at the Haymarket Theatre, London where it ran for nearly 500 performances; published London: Hamish Hamilton 1936 and London: French 1938.

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 Cruickshank	Sir William Grant, KC
Vera Day	Daisy
Reginald Jessup	A Constable
David Lander	Benny Kellerman
Ronald Leigh-Hunt	Detective-Inspector Charles
Bill Owen	'Oakie’
Joy Parker	Nurse Ann
Frank Sieman	Sergeant Bates
Hugh Sinclair	Dr 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