Learning on ScreenPoet and Pheasant
- Summary
- 1959 BBC Television production of the comedy Poet and Pheasant by Willis Hall, from the BBC’s Midland television studio.
- Theatre play
- Poet and Pheasant by Willis Hall (1929-2005) [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Tuesday 22 December 1959
- Time
- 9.10-10.10pm
- Channel
- BBC Television
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Dews
- Playwright
- Willis Hall (1929-2005)
- Designer
- Margaret Peacock
- Cast
Betty Alberge Mrs Throttle Frank Atkinson Joe Thropjoy Michael Bates Mr Migglewood Geoffrey Bayldon Tom Walters Marion Dawson Maud Higgins Philip Garston-Jones Mr Cartwright Frank Pettingell Frank Higgins Michael Robbins Eddie Fossgill Ann Saker Sally Higgins John Sharp Herbert Jackson
Additional details
- Play tags
- comedy; north of England, as theme or setting
Print sources
- Title
- BBC Watches the Flock: Lambs in the Studio (Newspaper review)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 24 December 1959, p. 14
- Linking notes
- passing mention
- Title
- Radio Times, 18 December 1959 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- listing, p. 15; article, p. 5
- Title
- Television (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Mary Crozier (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 23 December 1959, p. 5
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