Light Programme, Drama, 1966
Drama on the BBC Light Programme in 1966
(The Light Programme ran from 1945 to 1967. )
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5th January 1966: The 20.40 drama slot was filled with football.
9th January 1966:
19.00-19.30
Cover Story by Lester Powell.
Part 4 of 4.
Part 1 was 19th December 1965 which please refer to.
[The story of Q Group continued with "The Hunterdown Project" from 16th January 1966, at 19.00, produced by Betty Davies, with part 4 on 6th February 1966.]
12th January 1966:
20.40-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: Rope (1929) by Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962)
An Essay in the macabre. A perfect murder...
Produced By: Raymond Raikes
Wyndham Brandon: Michael Kilgarriff
Charles Granillo: Tim Seely
Sabot: Henry Stamper
Kenneth Raglan: Peter Marinker
Leila Arden: Miriam Margolyes
Sir Johnstone Kentley: Walter Fitzgerald
Rupert Cadell: John Justin
[Also produced by Peter Watts in 1953 with Eric Portman as Rupert]
[Also produced in 1983 for R4 by John Tydeman repeated 1992 with Alan Rickman as Rupert]
[Numerous earlier productions including a 1939 BBC television broadcast which possibly inspired the 1948 Hitchcock film...]
19th January 1966
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Circumstantial Evidence by Eddie Maguire
A lorry load of goods is stolen.
Produced by Audrey Cameron
Fred Daly: Ronald Baddiley
Bert Tarrant: John Bryning
London Police Insp Cole: Eric Anderson
Sgt Stacey: Arthur Lawrence
Inspector Lunt, Manchester Police: Michael Kilgarriff
George Clark/Driver: Hector Ross
Peggy Daly: Betty Huntley-Wright
Rakes: Henry Stamper
Tiny: Harold Kasket
Squad car officer: Bruce Beeby
Hare: Peter Bartlett
Repeated on R4 on 14th November 1970.
26th January 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Quiet Wedding (1938) by Esther McCracken (1902-1971) adapted by Mollie Hardwick (nee Greenhalgh)
A wedding is to occur.
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Miranda Bute: Cherie Lunghi
Madame Mirelle: Gladys Spencer
Florence Bule: Janet Burnell
Mildred Royd: Joan Matheson
Bella: Grace Allardyce:
Mary Jarrow: Noel Hood
Janet Royd: Patricia Leventon
Arthur Royd: Patrick Barr
Dallas Chaytor: Martin Jarvis
Denys Royd: Kim Grant
John Royd: Tim Seely
Flower Lisle: Elizabeth Proud
Marcia Brent: Elizabeth London
Jim Brent: Geoffrey Matthews
Repeated on R4 1st July 1968
[The play was broadcast on BBC TV on 13th May 1948 following the first radio version on 12th May 1947.]
[Companion play Quiet Weekend (1941) bring Mildred, Denys, Marcia and Arthur back together. Broadcast versions:
David H Godfrey, 23rd Sep 1951, BBC Home
Audrey Cameron, 27th Dec 1961, Light, rpt 25th Dec 1964, BBC Home.]
2nd February 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Kill Three by Milton Shulman (1913-2004)
Blackmail.
Sir Lionel Bliss: Howieson Culff
West: Anthony Hall
Gillian: Elizabeth Morgan
Tommy: Miriam Margolyes
Eileen: Patricia Leventon
James Cromer: Austin Trevor
Hurst: Humphrey Morton
Robert Cromer: Geoffrey Matthews
Mrs Nicholson: Eva Stuart
Baker: Bruce Beeby
Shepherd: Preston Lockwood
Maitland-Moore: Michael McClain
Mrs Graham: Grace Allardyce
Leslie Raphael: Antony Viccars
Leigh: Walter Fitzgerald
Briginshaw: James Thomason
Inspector Hayes: Norman Claridge
[Originally written for television, Broadcast 3rd June 1965 on BBC2 TV]
9th February 1966
20.40-21.40
Midweek Theatre: The Girl in the Market Square by Malcolm Hulke (1924-1979) and Eric Paice (1926-1989)
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Inspector Robert Shawcross: Peter Claughton
PC Dixon Robinson: Antony Viccars
Lynton Warren: Frank Partington
Gerry Dove: Keith Williams
Harvey Longthwaite: John Bryning
Charles Warren: Ronald Baddiley
Grace Warren: June Monkhouse
Ruth Warren: Barbara Mitchell
Jedda Buckley: Leigh Crutchley
Daisy Bragg: Sibell Gill
Dr James Cameron: Noel Johnson
Repeated from BBC Home 6th January 1962 and 18th June 1962
13th February 1966
19.00-19.30
The Slide by Victor Pemberton.
1 of 7: Moment of Silence.
Earth tremors in Kent; people and animals have now been strangely affected.
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by John Tydeman
Janet Marshall: Elisabeth Proud
Dr Ken Richards: David Spenser
Hugh Deverill,MP: Maurice Denham
'Tug' Wilson: Stephen Jack
Anna Deverill: Marion Mathie
Police Sergeant: Wilfred Babbage
Inspector Baxter: Geoffrey Matthews
Mrs Wilson: Miriam Margolyes
Constable: Anthony Jackson
Professor Landers: Rolf Lefebvre
Professor Lippert: Allan McClelland
Newscaster: Nigel Graham
Josef Gomez: Roger Delgado
Additional actors in parts 2-7:
Anthony Hall, Brian Hewlett, Eva Haddon, Fraser Kerr, Glyn Dearman, Hector Ross, Henry Stamper, Joan Matheson, Michael Kilgarriff, Noel Hood, Noel Howlett, Patricia Leventon, Peter Marinker
[Also broadcast on R4X 2020-2022]
16th February 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Dead or Alive by Jack Grossman
The man may have been killed, but he's still alive.
Produced By: John Powell
Lorry driver: Arthur Lawrence
Lieutenant Pickering: Frederick Treves
Private Robert Andrews: Fraser Kerr
Corporal Alan Haig: John Graham
Private Jack Kline: John Hollis
Sergeant Ted Mailer: Michael Kilgarriff
Private Johnson: Gordon Faith
Rosie: Betty Huntley-Wright
Major Witheres: Walter Fitzgerald
Sergeant Hogg: Harvey Hall
Inspector Mitchell, C I D: Harold Kasket
Sergeant Bull, C I D: Wilfrid Carter
Nurse: Cecile Chevreau
Andreas: Arthur Lawrence
23rd February 1966
The drama slot was given to football.
2nd March 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Essay Prize by John Bowen (1924-2019)
One of the competition judges also happens to be his father.
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Peter Raymond: Nicholas Edmett
Keith Raymond: William Eedle
Sophie: Hilda Kriseman
Sheelagh Barton: Anna Castaldini
Stephen Poddy: Anthony Hall
Michael Andrews: Keith Buckley
Mr Glaister: Arthur Gomez
Eileen Poddy: Olga Dickie
Mary Bates: Patricia Bendall
George Poddy: Haydn Jones
Mrs Furnival: Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mrs Henchman: Grizelda Hervey
Mrs Bassett: Barbara Bolton
College porter: Wilfred Babbage
Precious undergraduate: Jonathan Scott
Another undergraduate: Denys Hawthorne
Senior tutor: Rolf Lefebvre
Young don: John Bryning
Repeated from BBC Home 25th November 1961
[The play was first broadcast on ITV Television Playhouse 17th November 1960]
9th March 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Shaft by Arnold Yarrow
A prisoner-of-war camp.
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Colonel Rank: Wilfred Babbage
Captain Matey Matson: Haydn Jones
Major Clive: Peter Claughton
Captain Halewood: John Dearth
MacLain: Henry Stamper
Purcell: Geoffrey Matthews
Lt 'Bronny' Kadow: Peter Marinker
Lt Weasand: Timothy Harley
Carberry: Basil Jones
16th March 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Townsend-on-Thames Affair by Leslie Darbon
A robbery has taken place.
Produced By: Keith William
Johnson: Nigel Anthony
Alan March: Basil Jones
Ronald Bembridge: John Ruddock
Geoffrey Holden: Lockwood West
Mrs Holden: Shirley Cooklin
Sam Young: Kevin McHugh
Joe Bayliss: John Dearth
Ruth Wharton: Eva Haddon
Tom Evans: Keith Alexander
Inspector Aymes: Peter Claughton
Sergeant Bamber: Tim Seely
[There was a Dutch production on TROS in 1971 with Bert Dijkstra as Alan March.]
21st March 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Saving of Mr. Munday by Michael Corston and Ronald Holroyd
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Jean Evans: Gudrun Ure
Owen Evans: Haydn Jones
Mr Munday: George Merritt
Mr Bennett: Humphrey Morton
Fred Brown: John Bryning
Phyllis Brown: Dorit Welles
Doctor: Allan McClelland
Smith: Michael Kilgarriff
Emma: Katharine Page
23rd March 1966
20.40-21.55:
Midweek Theatre: Autumn Crocus by Dodie Smith
A small hotel in a quiet village.
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Miss Mayne: Barbara Mitchell
Andreas Steiner: Michael McClain
Edith: Cecile Chevreau
Fanny Gray: Marjorie Westbury
Alaric: Nigel Graham
Audrey: Eva Haddon
Mr Mayne: James Thomason
Herr Feldman: Geoffrey Wincott
Frau Feldman: Yvonne Andre
Frau Steiner: Hilda Schroder
[Martyn C Webster also produced the play in 1952 for BBC Home, with Albert Lieven as Andreas, Betty Hardy as Miss Mayne and Marjorie Westbury as Fanny]
[Martyn C Webster also produced the play in 1955 for Light, with Denis Goacher as Andreas, Betty Hardy as Miss Mayne and Angela Baddeley as Fanny]
24th March 1966
20.00-20.30
Charter Pilot by Rex Rienits (1909-1971)
Nine short stories about a charter aircraft operation.
1 of 9: Our Man in Albania.
Produced by Vernon Harris.
Principal cast: Bill Kerr, Ian Wallace, Elizabeth Morgan, Russell Napier
Final story broadcast 12th May 1966.
28th March 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Thank You, Sir John by Edward T. Matthews
Things are happening in London.
Produced By: Graham Gauld
Tom: Geoffrey Matthews
Macey: Douglas Hankin
Johnny: Nigel Anthony
Rita: Elizabeth Proud
Sir John: Wilfrid Lawson
Klick: Victor Lucas
Miss Adams: Anna Burden
Inspector Bradley: Keith Alexander
PC Jennins: John Levitt
First policeman: Peter Merinker
Second Policeman: Kevin McHugh
30th March 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Officer's Wife by Jon Rollason (1931-2016) and Keith Williams
Produced By: John Tydeman
Bernard Hopkins: Julian Clover
Gunner: David Charlesworth
Major John: Gare Pitt
Tony Clare: Gary Watson
Waiter: David Charlesworth
Eve Grantley: Eva Haddon
Mr Maunder: John Hollis
Inspector Stallabrass: Edwin Richfield
Mrs Shilling/Barmaid: Joan Matheson
Mr Shilling: Noel Howlett
Desk Sergeant: Frank Partington
Sergeant James: Tim Seely
4th April 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Genuine Reason for Sale by Robert Coole
Produced By: David Thomson
Mr Jackson: Eric Francis
Mrs Jackson: Ilona Ference
Mr Small: Trader Faulkner
Mrs Small: Cecile Chevreau
6th April 1966
20.40-21.55:
Midweek Theatre: The White Sheep of the Family (1951) by L. du Garde Peach (1890-1974) and Ian Hay (John Hay Beith 1876-1952)
A crook decides to be honest.
Produced By: Alfred Bradley
Alice Winter: Katherine Parr
Janet: Kate Powell
James Winter: Wilfred Pickles
Pat Winter: Pamela Donald
Commissioner Preston: George Waring
Vicar: Graham Rigby
Sam Jackson: John Franklyn Robbins
Peter Winter: Derrick Gilbert
Angela: Kate Allite
[The play was first performed on the stage, then BBC Home Service broadcast the play (Saturday Night Theatre) in 1952- no production details. The play was later broadcast on BBC TV in 1953]
11th April 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Waiting Room by Gordon Ruttan
A railway waiting room, night-time.
Produced By: Keith Williams
Ben: Leslie Dwyer
Arthur: Philip Anthony
Waitress: Elaine Mitchell
Ticket Clerk: Anthony Jackson
13th April 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Break-Out by Malcolm Hulke (1924-1979)
When escaping from prison is no escape.
Produced By: David A. Turner
David Wild: Michael McClain
Harry Lambert: Tim Seely
Fred Wild: John Slater
Pat Wild: Brian Hewlett
Vera Wild: Shirley Cooklin
Dorothy: Patricia Leventon
Fenn: Haydn Jones
Mason: Michael Kilgarriff
Spencer: Preston Lockwood
18th April 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Storyteller by Seamus McGonagle
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Barbara: Eva Stuart
Martha: Elizabeth London
Sebastian: Harry Webster
Cashier: Daphne Jonason
George: Hugh Dickson
John: John Bryning
Violet: Daphne Goddard
Also with Susan Dowdall
[Also broadcast in Belgium on BRT in 1968 and 1973. Also in Dutch on TROS in 1976, producer Bert Dijkstra with Barbara played by Marijke Merckens]
20th April 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Pipeline by Arthur Swinson (1915-1970)
Produced By: Betty Davies
Julian Carver: Hector Ross
Christine Carver: Cecile Chevreau
Inspector Packham: Patrick Barr
Helga: Daphne Jonason
Sister: Beth Boyd
Ward Sister: Joan Matheson
Dr Macleod: Henry Stamper
Inspector Needham: Michael Kilgarriff
Muna Hassaf: June Tobin
Apsley: Frederick Treves
Harmer: Bruce Beeby
Mark Carver: John Justin
Keeka: David Lawton
Commissioner: Noel Howlett
Inspector Shackley: Michael McClain
Kendrick: Basil Jones
Morgan: Humphrey Morton
25th April 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Think of a Number by Roger Woddis (1917-1993)
Produced By: Betty Davies
Denise Malyon: Penelope Lee
Peter Malyon: Bernard Horsfall
Tim Stone: Geoffrey Matthews
27th April 1966
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Man Who Didn't Die by Pauline Macaulay (1927-2022)
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Wally Harris: Nigel Stock
Miss Price, his secretary: Kate Coleridge
Robin Harris, his son: Michael Crockett
Milly Harris: Daphne Goddard
Relief secretary: Betty Huntley-Wright
Beresford: Brian Hewlett
Man in street: John Dearth
R A F type: Eric Anderson
French guest: Geoffrey Matthews
Chairman: Wilfred Babbage
Monsieur Boulez: Austin Trevor
S S Officer: Tim Seely
Nurse: Lynn Carson
Doctor: Geoffrey Matthews
2nd May 1966
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Summer Rain by Serafin (1871-1938) and Joaquin (1873-1944) Quintero translated and adapted by Cedric Richards
The scene: A park in Madrid
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Dona Laura: Valerie Taylor
Don Gonzalo: Walter Fitzgerald
Petra: Elizabeth Martin
Priest: Eric Anderson
Juanito: David Charlesworth
4th May 1966:
Drama slot used for football.
9th May 1966:
20.00-20.30
International Couriers by John Pennington.
(with Tony Williamson for two stories)
A series about international couriers.
1 of 7: Consignment of Fear.
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Taxi driver: Humphrey Morton
Matthew Rigg: Dinsdale Landen
Sir Jeremy Blair: Hamilton Dyce
Hugh Fender: Harold Kasket
Jill Brindley: Shirley Cooklin
Baker: Rolf Lefebvre
Finch: John Dearth
Nolan: Denys Hawthorne
Story 7 broadcast on 27th June 1966
11th May 1966:
20.40-21.55:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson dramatised by Lance Sieveking
London 1883 and 1884
Produced By: Raymond Raikes
Richard Enfield: Michael McClain
Mrs Williams: Anna Burden
Bessie / old woman: Cecile Chevreau
Mr Edward Hyde/Dr Henry Jekyll: John Justin
A doctor / Keable: Wilfred Babbage
Mr Utterson, lawyer: Humphrey Morton
Dr Hastle Lanyon Dr Jekylls friend: Patrick Barr
Poole, Dr Jekyll's butler: Harold Kasket
Sister Bathurst, matron/Housekeeper: Joan Matheson
Police Inspector Newcomen: Walter Fitzgerald
PC Pramford/ Parker: Peter Marinker
A housemaid: Eva Haddon
Mr Guest, Mr Uttersons head clerk: Kevin McHugh
[Previously produced by Raymond Raikes for BBC Home in 1960 with Cyril Shaps as Jekyll/Hyde]
[Also produced by Glyn Dearman for R4 in 1985 with Michael Aldridge as Jekyll and James Bryce as Hyde, rptd R4X 2012-2022]
[Also produced by Patrick Rayner in 1993, rptd 1994, for R4 with Alexander Morton as Jekyll/Hyde.]
18th May 1966
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Awakening by Billy Thatcher
Produced By: Betty Davies
Linda: Margaret Ward
Tom: Derek Blomfield
Millicent: Gillian Maude
James: Garard Green
Janice: Nicolette Bernard
Mrs Macgregor: Mairhi Russell
Repeated from BBC Home of 18th March 1964 and from Light of 12th August 1964.
25th May 1966
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Brothers from the Sun by Leslie Fennell
A road accident in Sicily.
Produced By: Alan Ayckbourn
Father O'Reagan: Chris Canavan
Alan Hamilton: Brian Peck
Sergeant: Graham Rigby
Jane Hamilton: Anne Stallybrass
Vittorio: James Beck
Guido: Roger Rowland
Alvaro: David Spenser
1st June 1966
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Take Care on Wednesday by David Lawton and Caroline Ross
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Diana Barclay: Nicolette Bernard
Mary Elwood: Isabel Dean
Denis Elwood: Peter Howell
Madame Marinka: Dorit Welles
Roberts: Hector Ross
Jane: Eva Haddon
Freddie Tate: Preston Lockwood
Mrs Hopcroft: Noel Hood
Tom: Kevin McHugh
Constable: Nigel Anthony
Repeated on R4 4th August 1972.
[Also produced in South Africa (Springbok Radio) - recording exists.]
8th June 1966
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Ask Me No Questions by Derek Benfield (1926-2009)
Situation vacant. Big financial reward for the right man.
Produced By: Betty Javies
Henry Scrubb: Antony Viccars
Dora Scrubb: Eva Stuart
James Cornelius: John Bryning
Margot Cornelius: Nicolette Bernard
Publican: George Merritt
Florrie: Elizabeth Morgan
Inspector Thatcher: Kevin Flood
Mrs Ferrance: Priscilla Benson
Fred Pender: Michael Goldie
Repeated from BBC Home 11th January 1964.
14th June 1966
19.31-20.00
The Nose on my Face (1961) by Laurence Payne.(1919-2009)
Part 1 of 6
Pianist: Jack Freedman
Produced By: Betty Davies
Chief Inspector Sam Birkett: Bernard Lee
Mildred, his wife: Mary Wimbush
Sergeant Saunders: Ronald Baddiley
Mrs Twist: Anna Burden
P C Figgis: Preston Lockwood
P C Humphreys: Stephen Jack
Additional actors in later parts:
Anthony Jackson, Aubrey Woods, Basil Jones, Diana Olsson, Douglas Hankin, Garard Green, Hector Ross, Henry Stamper, Heron Carvic, Joan Matheson, Michael Kilgarriff, Michael McClain, Nigel Anthony, Philip Leaver, Valerie Taylor, Wilfrid Carter, William Eedle
Part 6 broadcast 19th July 1966
[The play was filmed as "Girl in the Headlines", 1963]
15th June 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Hunt the Man Down by Graeme Kent
Produced By: Bennett Maxwell
Coroner: Douglas Hankin
Juryman: Ronald Herdman
Elizabeth Harper: Margaret Wolfit
Colonel Jordan: Raymond Huntley
Sparshott: Humphrey Morton
Flynn: Kevin McHugh
Bellinger: Harold Kasket
22nd June 1966
20.40-21.40
Midweek Theatre: The Big Bite by Roy Clarke
Produced by Alan Ayckbourn
Ernie Todd: David Mahlowe
Charlie: James Beck
Mrs Todd: Barbara Greenhalgh
P C Sears: Geoffrey Hinsliff
P C Broom: Roy Barraclough
Helen: Juliet Cooke
Ashton: Neville Smith
Miggie: Kenneth Colley
Finch: Colin Edwynn
Spice: Derrick Gilbert
Ernie's mother: Nan Marriott-Watson
Girl: Beryl Lomas
P C Donlan: Peter Schofield
Van Driver: Chris Canavan
29th June 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: A Question Of Disposal by Gerry Jones (1931-2005)
Produced by John Tydeman
Sylvia Evett: Shelagh Fraser
Peter Evett: Simon Lack
Brook: Jon Rollason
Stuart Darrow: Garard Green
Waiter: Nigel Graham
[Previously produced for ITV television in 1965 with Shelagh Fraser as Sylvia]
6th July 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Poison Pipe by John Tarrant
Hong Kong and opium smuggling.
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Lee Ho Min: Geoffrey Matthews
Tom Walker: John Carson
Inspector Clarke: Patrick Barr
Kathleen Walker: Sheila Grant
Senhor Ribeiro: David March
Tai: Nerys Hughes
A Police Sergeant: Michael McClain
Sergeant Lowe: Humphrey Morton
13th July 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Something in the City by Michael Davies
Produced By: Guy Vaesen
Stephen Watlow: Noel Johnson
Lydia Watlow: Noel Hood
Philip: Clive Francis
Jacky: Karin Fernald
Margaret: Gudrun Ure
David: Nigel Graham
Williams: Graham Armitage
A clerk: Melody Lang
[The tale of the Watlow family was continued in "Keeping up with Father" broadcast on R2 on 17th July 1968 and on R4 on 18th July 1968 with same cast but Derek Fowlds taking the part of Philip.]
20th July 1966:
Drama slot used for football again.
26th July 1966
19.31-20.00
The Dark Rising by Roger Dixon
A village in Switzerland.
1 of 8
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Helmuth Remer: Francis de Wolff
Streicher: Andrew Sachs
Mary Durban: Cherie Lunghi
John Durban: Simon Lack
Mrs Carville: Barbara Mitchell
Cable car driver: Michael Segal
Mr Carville: Jon Farrell
Monique Fabre: Patricia Leventon
Professor Krane: Preston Lockwood
George: John Justin
Part 8 broadcast 13th September 1966
27th July 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Job For The Boy by Dennis Driscoll
A job in a coal mine?
Production by Vivian A. Daniels
Walter Lomax: Glenn Melvyn
Maggie, his wife: Marjorie Rhodes
Patience, their daughter: June Barry
David, their son: Geoffrey Whitehead
Amos Entwistle: Harry Markham
Dwight (Shiner) Schuleman: Warren Stanhope
Lady Ariadne Crofield: Christine Finn
Repeated 27th August 1971.
[Previously produced for radio by Vivian A Daniels in March 1957 with Violet Carson as Maggie, Valerie Miller as Patience]
[Written for BBC TV, broadcast 1954 with Valerie Miller as Patience and Marjorie Rhodes as Maggie]
[A new tv production in June 1957 also with Valerie Miller as Patience, and Violet Carson as Maggie]
[A very popular play for amateur dramatic societies]
1st August 1966
20.00-20.30
The Escape Artist by K Dennis Williams
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Simon Beech: Brian Wilde
Simon Beech as a boy: Brian Hewlett
Sarah Beech: Jean Dallas
Landlord: John Dearth
Abigail: Betty Huntley-Wright
Basil: Nigel Graham
Camilla: Edna Morris
Willie: Nicel Anthony
Calvin: Peter Marinker
3rd August 1966
20.40-21.40
Brief Encounter (1936) by Noel Coward, adapted by Maurice Horspool.
Produced By: Norman Wright
Myrtle: Barbara Mitchell
Albert Godby: Eric Anderson
Laura: Isabel Dean
Alec: Hugh Burden
Fred: Godfrey Kenton
Dolly Messiter: Janet Burnell
Mary Norton: Hilda Kriseman
Bill: Lewis Stringer
Johnnie: David Valla
Stephen: Michael Spice
Also with Dorit Welles, Jonathan Scott
Repeated from R4 19th June 1963, rptd 6th June 1964.
[The Horspool adaption was used several times:
1947 (R4) rptd 1948 with Bryan Coleman as Alec.
1955 (Light) with James McKechnie as Alec
1958 (R4) with Simon Lack as Alec.
2009 on R2.]
[In 1994 R4 used an adaption by Walter Hall, produced by Dickon Reed with Ian Holm as Alec]
8th August 1966
20.00-20.30
The Ham by Leslie Darbon
Produced By: David A. Turner
Controller: Brian Jackson
Commentator: Henry Stamper
Group Captain Adams: Keith Alexander
Pressmen: David Jarrett and Anthony Pedley
Peter Dobson: Garard Green
Richard Bingham: Hugh Dickson
General Matthews: Raf De La Torrs
Mrs Bingham: Eva Haddon
Stead: Leo McCabe
10th August 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Set a Thief by Terrance Dicks (1935-2019).
A Bank Raid.
Produced By: David A. Turner
Oxford: Nicholas Parsons
Lobb: Arthur Mullard
Skinner: John Hollis
Governor: Harold Kasket
The Fixer: Nigel Graham
Merridew: Charles E Stidwill
Frazer: Allan McClelland
Annie: Pamela Binns
Lady Brampton: Olga Lindo
Celia: Carol Marsh
Oakroyd: Alan Dudley
Secretary: Edith Savile
15th August 1966
Doc by Michael Denver
Produced By: David A. Turner
Derek Foster: Martin Jarvis
Doc Campbell: Duncan McIntyre
Bob Hunt: Gordon Gardner
Joe: Alexander John
Squadron-Leader Carter: Wilfrid Carter
Jill: Jo Manning Wilson
Met Officer: Anthony Pedley
Beryl: Jennifer Oulton
Sergeant: Ronald Herdman
17th August 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: A Slight Territorial Advantage by Ken Jago
A new manager at a rural bank branch.
Produced By: Lorraine Davies
Lady Violet Aysgarth: Nan Marriott-Watson
Robert Adamson: Stephen Thorne
Pat his wife: Gwenyth Petty
Tom Parish: Michael David
Enid Parish, his wife: Beryl Hearne
Major Clifton Dean: David Garfield
Sidney Tracy: Ray Handy
Harry Pindle: Eynon Evans
Fred Black: Hubert Rees
Mr Nettlefold: Peter Bowen Jones
[Historic note: There were once many many more bank branches than there are now, offering a lot more services than now. The rural bank manager could have been the second or third most important person- squire, then vicar / bank manager]
18th August 1966
20.00-20.30
Nicholas Quinn - Anonymous by Anthony Scott Veitch.
1 of 6: Operation Esmeralda.
Produced By: Trafford Whitelock
Nicholas Quinn: Daniel Massey
Dinah Patterson: Betty McDowell
Kewpie Ross: John Cazabon
Queenie Dunn: Lynn Rainbow
Doctor Jaeger: Kevin Brennan
Sam Penfold: Russell Napier
Major Wannacott: Garard Green
Georgie: Elizabeth Morgan
Additional actors in parts 2-6:
Bettina Dickson, John Tate, Ken Wayne, Laurel Mather, Leon Thau, Peter Claughton, Philip Ross
Part 6 broadcast 22nd September 1966.
Nicholas Quinn appeared again in another 6 part serial "Six Steps in the Dark" commencing 23rd March 1967.
[Note: "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn" radio play from 1996 (based upon a 1977 novel) was unconnected, an Inspector Morse mystery by Colin Dexter.]
22nd August 1966
20.00-20.30
Armour Dillow's Escapade by K. Dennis Williams
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
George Dillow: John Baddeley
Mr Bentworth: Alan Dudley
Blackwood Cove: Jerry Stovin
Taxi driver: Ronald Herdman
Sam Tisted: Frank Partington
Sid Farley: Walter Hall
P C Farringdon: Brian Hewlett
Inspector Eversley: David March
Professor Horsley Dippenhall: Allan McClelland
Police radio voice: Douglas Hankin
Fairground attendant: John Dearth
Boy: Mark Heron
Dustman: Basil Jones
Bellringer: Arthur Lawrence
24th August 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Appointment in Portugal by Peter Brooks
A Cornish harbour and the yacht South Wind.
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Landlord: Walter Fitzgerald
George Marshall: Hector Rosi
Cherry, his wife: Barbara Mitchell
Thompson: Terence Alexander
Ted: Michael Kilgarriff
BBC announcer: Nigel Anthony
31st August 1966:
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: One Day as I Sat.... by Jon Rollason and Keith Williams
Theatre organ music played by Douglas Reeve
Produced by Betty Davies
Mr Milt: Richard Goolden
Mr Mack: Leigh Crutchley
Danny Daniels: John Hollis
Luther Montgomery: Ken Parry
Kitty Benton: Joan Matheson
Councillor Jenkins: Hector Ross
Councillor Mrs Povis: Olga Lindo
Councillor Roberts: Michael Kilgarriff
Major Johnson: Geoffrey Wincott
Mr Gibbons: Alan Dudley
5th September 1966
20.00-20.30
The Long Hop by Malcolm Hulke
A plane approaches an ocean island...
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Mike Flint: Simon Lack
Gerry Riggs: David Spenser
Pamela Launder: Mary Wylie
L K Jones: Noel Howlett
Mervyn C Horton: Michael McClain
Chau Seng: Geoffrey Matthews
Fred: Anthony Hall
Joe: Henry Stamper
Kung-Tee: Ronald Herdman
Tung-Fan: Brian Hewlftt
Noong-Tep: Basil Jones
7th September 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: A Question of Loving by Joan O'Connor and Cecily Finn
Produced By: Michael Bukht
Keith Harris: Nigel Anthony
Brian Wade: Glyn Dearman
Alan Mason: David Spenser
Lilian Mason: Eva Stuart
John Mason: William Eedle
Gloria Higgs: Valerie Kirkbright
Carol Royds: Petronella Barker
Mr Corder: James Thomason
Mrs Peters: Isabel Rennie
Police Constable: Peter Bartlett
Hospital Sister: Isabel Rennie
Repeated from BBC Home 19th February 1964 and Light 15th July 1964
12th September 1966
20.00-20.30
Home and Dry by Gerry Jones
Produced By: John Tydeman
Peter: Gary Bond
Pat: Carol Marsh
Mr Clark: Ronald Herdman
Mrs Clark: Cecile Chevreau
Mrs Beach: Fay Compton
Margaret: Sheila Grant
Roger: Simon Lack
Policeman: Michael Kilgarriff
Drunk: Anthony Jackson
Man at the window: Brian Hewlett
Doctor: Noel Howlett
14th September 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Call It A Day (1936) by Dodie Smith (1896-1990) adapted by Peggy Wells
A day in the life of the Hilton family: early spring 1935.
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Dorothy Hilton: Margaret Ward
Vera: Judy Franklin
Roger Hilton: Richard Hurndall
Ann Hilton: Sian Davies
Martin Hilton: Brian Hewlett
Catherine Hilton: Elizabeth Proud
Paul Francis: John Justin
Ethel Francis: Joan Matheson
Beatrice Gwynne: Patricia Leventon
Muriel Weston: Betty Huntley-Wright
Frank Haines: Allan McClelland
Alistair Brown: David Valla
Joan Collett: Jenni McKean
Repeated on R4 on 30th June 1969.
[Also produced by David H. Godfrey in 1951 with Susan Richards as Dorothy and Roger Delgado as Paul.]
19th September 1966
20.00-20.30
Cabbage Boy by Jon Rollason (1931-2016)
Produced By: Keith Williams
Terry: Jon Rollason
Pauline: Patricia Gallimore
Counterhand: Barbara Assooh
Woodentop: Harold Kasket
Constable: Ronald Herdman
The Woman: Brenda Dunrice
Station Announcer: Rosalind Shanks
21st September 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Captive Flight by Philip Barker
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Flight-Sergeant Bell: John Dearth
Adrian Needham: Rex Graham
Katherin Prigmore: Elizabeth Proud
Wing-Commander David Prigmore: Allan Cuthbertson
Driver: Humphrey Morton
Squadron-Leader Peter Clayton: Basil Jones
Pilot: Leroy Lingwood
Doctor: Wilfred Babbage
Repeated on R4 on 16th January 1969
26th September 1966
20.00-20.30
The Card by Arnold Bennett adapted by Olivia Manning.
1 of 8: Introducing Denry
Pianist: James Walker
Produced by Anthony Cornish
BBC Midlands
Denry: Graham Amitage
Mrs Machin: Alison Bayley
Nellie: Valerie Kirbright
Ruth: Ysanne Churchman
Countess of Chell: June Monkhouse
Duncalf: George Woolley
Mrs Codleyn: Marjorie Cooper
Shillitoe: John Sherratt
Mrs Emery: Vera Ashe
With Barry Chawner, Eric Ball, Brian Drakeford, Chrys Salt and Paul Marklew
Additional actors in parts 2-8:
Andrea Troubridge, Arthur R Webb, Basil Jones, Donald Pickering, Edward J. Webb, Greville Alford, Harold Horton, Jackie Clarke, John Bott, Leslie Howe, Mary Blakeman, Owen Barry, Peggy Hughes, Penelope Shaw, Richard Taylor, Roger Milner, Ursula O'Leary and Boys from the Middleport County Secondary School, Burslem,
Series repeated from 1st October 1964
Part 8 broadcast 14th November 1966
[Also produced by Anthony Cornish on R4 in 8 parts including the sequel, commencing 9th and 11th June 1974 with Kathleen Helme as Mrs Machin under the title "Denry - The Adventures of a Card".]
[Sequel "The Regent" broadcast on BBC Home in 8 parts commencing 3rd August 1966]
28th September 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Reserved Compartment by Leslie Darbon
Standing rail passengers insist on using a "reserved compartment" with spare seats.
Produced By: Graham Gauld
Ron Archer: John Pullen
Phil Dexter: Brian Hewlett
Guard: Leonard Henry
Inspector: Anthony Jackson
Sir John Wyckham: Eric Anderson
Harry Barratt: Colin Campbell
Roderick McGlennan: Fraser Kerr
Alan Houseman: Stephen Jack
Mrs Young: Cecile Chevreau
Det Inspector Mason: John Dearth
Len Bates: Anthony Hall
[Historic note: Railway carriages at this time had a number of compartments of 6 or 8 seats connected by a side corridor. It was possible to reserve a seat or sometimes a whole compartment or even carriage.]
2nd October 1966
19.00-19.30
The Same River Twice by Edward Boyd (1916-1989)
1 of 8
Produced By: Eddie Fraser
Johnny Maxen: Gordon Jackson
Helen Duncan: Lennox Milne
Bill Ferguson: Victor Carin
Rachel Scott: Mary Riggans
Torquil: James Crampsey
Police switchboard operator: John Toye
Additional actors in parts 2-8:
Alastair Dodds: Joe Dunlop
Bob Smith: Moultrie R Kelsall
Bunty Nichol: W H D Joss
DI Wardlaw: Roddy McMillan
Doctor: Alec Monteath
Dorothy Havergal: Anne Kristen
Hannah: Irene Sunters
Jo-Jo: Bill Henderson
Joey: Walter Jackson
John Havergal: Eric Wightman
Linda: Karen Ramsay
Mary: Sheila Donald
Mr Todhunter: Walter Carr
Office Girl: Lyn Ashton
Patient: Hannah Gordon
Patsy: James Kennedy
Pete Hodgson: Roy Hanlon
Tom Armstrong: Douglas Murchie
Voice on phone: Joe Dunlop
Part 8 broadcast 20th November 1966.
[Also broadcast on R4X 2020-2023]
5th October 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Man Who Paid Cash by R B Amos.
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Len Grant: Nigel Stock
Fred: Humphrey Morton
Elsie: Carol Marsh
Jack Welby: Reginald Jessup
Jeweller: John Baker
Mrs Grant: Anna Burden
Doreen Grant: Susan Maudslay
Rod Steer: John Baddeley
Det-Sgt Jim Baker: Geoffrey Wincott
Dolly: Carole Boyd
Garry Fletcher: John Samson
Reg Brown: David Jarrett
12th October 1966
20.40-21.40
Midweek Theatre: Double Ten by John Tarrant
A boat is missing off Hong Kong.
Produced By: John Tydeman
Harry Clegg: Hugh Dickson
Colonel Colvin: Geoffrey Wincott
Ming-wat: Sheila Grant
Cheung: Garard Green
Major Kewley: William Eedle
Peter Gelling: Glyn Dearman
[The National Day of the Republic of China, is also referred to as Double Ten Day -10th October.]
19th October 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Murder with Variations by Michael Brett
Produced By: Betty Davies
Frances Court: Maxine Audley
Philip Arnold: Noel Johnson
Molly Wheeler: Madi Hedd
Jimmy: Nigel Anthony
Charles: Martin Jarvis
Repeated 28th June 1974
[Also produced by Suddeutscher Rundfunk (Germany), broadcast 7th June 1966, with Milia Fogen as Frances- title "Mord mit Variationen" (60 mins) producer Gerd Beermann ].
[Separate German production by Klaus Groth also in 1966, 38 mins, on Saarlandischer Rundfunk, title "Mord in Variationen"]
26th October 1966
20.40-21.55:
Midweek Theatre: No Shakes in Carrara by Brian Hayles (1931-1978).
Produced by Brian Hulme
BBC Midlands
Gusto: Gordon Faits
Gerry: Leroy Lingwood
Postman: Frank Veasey
Alfie: Patrick Mower
Tina: Linda Gardner
Moretti: Cyril Shaps
Futroyd: George Woolley
Jack: Alan Devereux
2nd November 1966
Drama slot occupied by football.
9th November 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Oh, Big Deal! by Allan Peacock
Produced by Brian Miller
BBC West of England
Lucius Murcheson: John Bennett
Drummond Murcheson: Anthony Hall
Suanna: Bridget Armstrong
Marion: Susan Maudslay
Derek: Andrew Sachs
Valerie: Hilda Schroder
Parnell: Ronald Russell
Sandy: Rex Holdsworth
Punter: Norman Tyrrell
Commentator: Rex Holdsworth
16th November 1966
The drama slot was again used for football.
21st November 1966
20.00-20.30:
Scandal in Bohemia (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
King of Bohemia: Rolf Lefebvre
Godfrey Norton: Leroy Lingwood
Irene Adler: Gudrun Ure
Housekeeper: Noel Hood
Also with Antony Viccars, Jonathan Scott and Kim Grant
[Other radio productions:
American radio in 1930, 1933, 1936, 1945
BBC Radio broadcast in 1954, produced by Harry Towers, with John Gielgud as Holmes (repeated on American radio 1955 and 1956)
Radio 4 production in 1990, rptd 1991, by Patrick Rayner, with Clive Merrison as Holmes, repeated on R7 and R4X 2008-2016.]
23rd November 1966
20.40-21.40
Midweek Theatre: Lucy Arnold by Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972) (From his novel Figure of Eight (1936) )
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Lucy Arnold: Barbara Mitchell
Narrator: Basil Jones
Miss Chibbett: Betty Hardy
Mrs Chibbett: Joan Matheson
Mrs Arnold: Vivienne Chatterton
Samuel Arnold: Wilfred Babbage
Terence: Michael McClain
Lady Emily Manning: Olga Lindo
Mr Manning: Geoffrey Wincott
Mr Lightheart: Noel Howlett
Mrs Lightheart: Gladys Spencer
Mabel: Mary Grimes
[Previous production in 1956 by Martyn C Webster with Dora Bryan as Lucy and Betty Hardy as Miss Chibbett]
27th November 1966
19.00-19.30
Passage of Arms (1959) by Eric Ambler (1909-1998), adapted by Felix Felton and Susan Ashman
The setting is the war against communism in Malaya and the stores left behind to be cleared up.
1 of 8: The Mind of Girija Krishnan
Produced By: John Powell
Narrator: Andrew Sachs
Lieutenant Haynes: Douglas Hankin
Mr Wright: Basil Jones
Girija Krishnan: Allan McClelland
Dorothy Nilsen: Barbara Mitchell
Greg Nilsen: Anthony Jackson
Tan Siow Mong: Hector Ross
Tan Yam Heng: Michael McClain
Arlene Drecker: Brenda Dunrich
Malayan sergeant: Leroy Lingwood
Malayan villager: Clive Merrison
Additional actors in parts 2-8:
Alan Dudley, Anthony Hall, Carol Marsh, Denys Hawthorne, Frank Henderson, Geoffrey Wincott, Ian Thompson, Ronald Herdman, Tim Seely, Wilfred Babbage
Part 8 broadcast: 22nd January 1967
[Work on clearing the Malay mainland jungle of dropped supplies was continued for two or three years after 1959]
28th November 1966
20.00-20.30
The Five Orange Pips (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
Mrs Hudson: Barbara Mitchell
John Openshaw: William Eedle
Elias Openshaw: Bruce Beeby
Joseph Openshaw: James Thomason
Shipping Clerk: Jonathan Scott
Repeated 19th May 1983 on R4
[Also broadcast on R4X 2020-2023]
[Also produced by David Davis in 1952, rptd 1957, for BBC Home with Carleton Hobbs as Holmes and Felix Felton as Joseph.]
[Also produced by Patrick Rayner for R4 in 1990, rptd 1992, with Clive Merrison as Holmes, rptd R7/R4X 2008-2016]
30th November 1966
20.40-21.40
Midweek Theatre: Now Look Here, Rich by Michael Corston (1932-2025) and Ronald Holroyd
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Eric Rich: Anthony Hall
Instructor: Malcolm Hayes
Watson: Simon Lack
Fred Ethelridge: Hugh Manning
Michael O'Shea: Denys Hawthorne
Also with Timothy Harley, Kathleen Helme, Kenneth Hyde, Will Leighton, Jonathan Scott, Lewis Stringer and James Thomason
Repeated from 31st July 1963, rptd 30th May 1964
5th December 1966
The Six Napoleons (1904) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
Inspector Lestrade: Humphrey Morton
Horace Harker: Alan Dudley
Harding: Leroy Lingwood
Morse Hudson: Allan McClelland
Gelder: Geoffrey Wincott
Sandeford: Arthur Lawrence
Repeated 14th April 1983.
[Also broadcast on R4X 2020-2023]
[Other BBC Radio productions:
1954/Light/Harry Towers/John Gielgud
1978/R4/Roger Pine/Barry Foster
1993 rptd 1995/R4/Patrick Rayner/Clive Merrison -rptd R7 and R4X 2008-2011]
7th Decemnber 1966
The drama slot was used for boxing.
12th Decemnber 1966
20.00-20.30
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
James McCarthy: Nigel Graham
Coroner: Geoffrey Wincott
Inspector Lestrade: Humphrey Morton
Alice Turner: Sheila Grant
John Turner: Bruce Beeby
Repeated on R4 12th May 1983 and on R7/R4X 2007-2023
[Also produced 1990 rptd 1991/R4/Enyd Williams/Clive Merrison, rptd R7/R4X 2008-2016]
14th December 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: There's Always Juliet (1931) by John van Druten (1901-1957)
A comedy love story.
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Leonora: Angela Thorne
Florence, her old nurse: Anna Burden
Dwight, a young American: Daniel Massey
Peter, a friend of Leonora: Terence Alexander
Repeated 7th July 1972
[Also produced in 1950 for BBC Home by Raymond Raikes with Brenda Bruce as Leonora.]
[Also produced in 1955 by Charles Lefeaux]
[There is a recording of the NBC (US) broadcast of 1953].
19th December 1966
20.00-20.30
The Crooked Man (1893) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
Corporal Wood: Allan McClelland
Sergeant Barclay: Douglas Hankin
Major Murphy: Alan Dudley
Miss Morrison: Eva Stuart
William Flinn: William Eedle
Jane Stewart: Beth Boyd
[Also broadcast on R7 and R4X 2007-2023]
[Also produced by Patrick Rayner in 1992 rptd 1993 for R4, with Clive Merrison as Holmes, also broadcast on R7/R4X 2008-2011]
21st December 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Flies of Isis by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
The blow-fly created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced By: Keith Williams
Dr Lessiter: Peter Jeffrey
Matthews: Frank Henderson
Visitor: Malcolm Hayes
Auguste Dupin: Rolf Lefebvre
Faith Carteret: Carole Boyd
Major Kimball: Basil Jones
Atherton: John Castle
Inspector Gregoire: John Hobday
Housekeeper: Anna Burden
Also with Anthony Jackson and Ronald Herdman
[The character of Auguste Dupin is from Edgar Allan Poe ("The Murders in the Rue Morgue" etc)]
[The author was born in the town of Dudley, Worcestershire]
26th December 1966
20.00-20.30
Wisteria Lodge (1908) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
John Scott Eccles: John Baddeley
Inspector Gregson: Geoffrey Wincott
Inspector Baynes: Allan McClelland
Miss Burnet: Gladys Spencer
[Also broadcast on R4X 2020-2023]
[Also produced by in 1994 rptd 1996 with Clive Merrison as Holmes, rptd R7/R4X 2008-2011]
28th December 1966
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: The Weather for Murder by Philip Levene
Village tea-shop and detective novels.
Produced By: Robin Midgley
Mr Wrayton: Derek Blomfield
Sarah Pierce: Barbara Cooper
Milly: Peggy Butt
Elsie Pierce: Marie Ney
Sergeant Foster: Julian Somers
Mrs Clarke: Vivienne Chatterton
Mr Everitt: Derek Birch
Mrs Everitt: Stella Tanner
Miss Brown: Zibba Mays
Coroner: John Bryning
Mr Jenkins: Willlam Eedle
Mr Potter: Lewis Stringer
Connie: Angela Piper
Costumier: Donald McKillop
Repeated from 18th April 1962 (Light), 15th September 1962 (Home), 24th June 1963 (Home).
29th December 1966
21.30-22.00
The Signals by C. S. Abraham
Production by Vivian A. Daniels
Third Mate: Colin Edwynn
Able Seaman Connor: P. G. Stephens
Chief Radio Officer: John Barrett
Junior Radio Officer: Alan Rothwell
Lookout: Robert Wallace
[Previously broadcast on the North of England Home Service on 29th May 1966]
[C S Abraham later wrote a Radio 2 series "The Seafarers" 1968-1970 in which P G Stephens played AB Corrigan and Colin Edwynn played AB Cloud. Alan Rothwell played 3rd Officer Dean.]
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Compiled by Stephen Shaw 2025
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(....thanks again, Stephen ...-ND)
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