A Sparrow in Fleet Street
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of the musical A Sparrow in Fleet Street by Charlie Chester.
- Theatre play
- A Sparrow in Fleet Street by Charlie Chester [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Monday 30 March 1959
- Time
- 8.45pm (90 mins)
- Series
- Musical Playhouse
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Dennis Main Wilson
- Film Cameraman
- Charles Parnell
- Adapted for Television by
- Maurice Harrison
- Adapted for Television by
- Sidney Nelson
- Book by
- Charlie Chester
- Composer
- Frank Davison
- Composer
- Ken Morris
- Lyrics
- Charlie Chester
- Orchestrations by
- Eric Robinson
- Choral Settings by
- Ray Terry
- Designer
- George Djurkovic
- Film Editor
- Pamela Bosworth
- Choreographer
- Deirdre Vivian
- Cast
Terence Alexander Johnny Max Bacon Bookmaker Michael Balfour Jackson Janet Ball Miss Graves Freddie Bamberger Night Club Manager John Blyth News Editor Cecil Brock Mcarty John Cabot Race Course Official Charlie Chester Pinky Wright Leon Cortez Gent’s Outfitter Eric Dodson Mr Dandy Clive Dunn A Small Spiv; A Small Waiter Tudor Evans The Editor Kim Grant A Reporter / Detective Richard Greenford A Copy Boy Henry Kay Tipster Roger Maxwell Lord Selsby George Mitchell Rosemary Squires Penny Fred Stone Head Waiter Jimmy Sutherland Jockey
Additional details
- Play tags
- journalism / the press / newspapers; musical
Print sources
- Title
- Peter Black’s Teleview (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Peter Black (Reviewer)
- Reference
- Daily Mail, 31 March 1959, p. 10
- Title
- Radio Times, 27 March 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing and photograph on p. 13
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