Under Suspicion

Summary

1939 BBC Television production of the comedy thriller Under Suspicion.

Theatre play

Under Suspicion by Basil Dearden and Leslie Harcourt [more information]

Play synopsis

A comedy thriller.

Production history

Performed on the stage at least as early as 1938 at The Playhouse, London (see ‘Our London Correspondence’, The Manchester Guardian, 21 December 1938, p. 8).

Date of transmission

Sunday 12 February 1939

Time

9.05-10.35pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

Lanham Titchener

Playwright

Basil Dearden

Playwright

Leslie Harcourt

Cast

George Cross	Spike O’Neill
Walter Fitzgerald	Barney Stevens
William Fox	Detective-Inspector Armitage
Leslie Harcourt	Nobby Clark
Patricia Hilliard	Lucille
C. Jervis-Walter	Professor Lethbridge
Angela Kirk	Moira Lethbridge
Sydney Pointer	Detective-Sergeant White
John Ruddock	A Porter
Walter Schofield	Detective-Sergeant Thomas
Norris Stayton	2nd Officer
Hugh Thurston	1st Officer
Ann Trevor	Miss Stubbs

Additional details

Notes

The cast list is taken from the camera script at the BBC WAC.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

comedy; thriller

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting: Television (Newspaper article)

Author/creator

E. H. R. (Author)

Reference

The Observer, 12 February 1939, p. 3

Notes

Brief mention of the upcoming production.

Title

Radio Times, 10 February 1939 (Magazine)

Title

Under Suspicion, 1939 (Camera script (microfilm))

Archive

BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]

Address

Peppard Road
Caversham Park
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 8TZ
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)118 948 6281

Email

heritage@bbc.co.uk

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/research/wac

Access

The WAC is open from 9.30am to 5.00pm on Wednesdays to Fridays throughout the year to academics, postgraduate students and writers by appointment.

Notes

The script is prefaced by studio plans, lists of properties, etc.