The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse

Summary

BBC Television 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 3 August 1947

Time

8.30pm-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

John Glyn-Jones

Playwright

Barré Lyndon

Adapted for Television by

John Glyn-Jones

Cast

John Bryning	'Oakie’
Richard Caldicot	Benny Kellerman
Charles Farrell	'Pal’ Green
Alec Mango	Detective-Inspector Charles
John Mann	'Badger’
Marjorie Mars	Nurse Ann
John Martin	Sergeant Bates
Henry Oscar (1891-1969)	Sir William Grant, KC
Eleanor Summerfield	Daisy
Harold Warrender	Dr Clitterhouse

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Tuesday 5 August 1947.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; crime; medical drama; thriller

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Times, 5 August 1947, p. 3

Title

Radio Times, 1 August 1947 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, p. 29; illustrated listing, p. 31