The Wind and the Rain

Summary
BBC production of Merton Hodge’s The Wind and the Rain.
Theatre play
The Wind and the Rain by Merton Hodge (1903-1958) [more information]
Date of transmission
Monday 21 November 1938
Time
3.00pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Producer
Michael Barry
Playwright
Merton Hodge (1903-1958)
Cast
Michael AshwinCharles Tritton
Kenneth Milne BuckleyRoger Cole
Antoinette CellierAnne Hargreaves
George de WarfazDr Paul Duhamel
Ruth GrundyJill Mannering
Helen HorseyMrs McFie
Desmond KeithGilbert Raymond
Robert SansomJohn Williams
Lewis StringerPeter Morgan

Additional details

Origination
Live from studio
Vision original
Monochrome
Later transmissions
Presented again at 9.20pm on Tuesday 29 November 1938.
Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
medical drama; Scotland, as theme or setting

Print sources

Title
From the Palace to the Grove (Book)
Author/creator
Michael Barry (Author)
Reference
London: Royal Television Society, 1992
Linking notes
p. 34 mention
Title
Radio Times, 18 November 1938 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article by ‘The Scanner’ entitled ‘Television Goes High Hat’, p. 26; listing on p. 27
Title
Television (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
E. H. R. (Reviewer)
Reference
The Observer, 4 December 1938, p. 9
Linking notes
Brief mention only: ‘well adapted for television’ and ‘first-class entertainment’.

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