Light Programme, Drama, 1967
Drama on the BBC Light Programme in 1967
(The Light Programme ran from 1945 to 1967. )
On 29th September 1967, the Light Programme closed down (actually at 0202 on 30th). It was replaced by two new stations, BBC Radio 1 (pop music, medium wave) and BBC Radio 2 (light music, long wave and VHF). This listing covers the full year to 31st December - after the closure of the Light programme, this list will cover BBC Radio 2.
BBC Radio 2 was broadcast on long wave band (200 kHz) until 1978 when it moved to medium wave. VHF (fm) initially was mainly Radio 2 but shared between Radio 1, 2, and London at various times as the years progressed.
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1st January 1967
19.00-19.30
A Passage of Arms part 5 of 8.
Part 1 was broadcast 27th November 1966- please refer to the 1966 list.
Part 8 broadcast: 22nd January 1967
2nd January 1967
20.15-20.45
The Dying Detective (1913) 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
Inspector Morton: Alan Dudley
Staples: Arthur Lawrence
Culverton Smith: David March
Repeated on R4X (2020-2023)
[Also produced by Harry Towers in 1954 with John Gielgud as Holmes]
4th January 1967
20.15-21.00:
Midweek Theatre: The Man from a Year Ago by Derek Hoddinott
Producer: Betty Davies
David Neilson: Noel Johnson
Ann, his wife: Betty Huntley-Wright
Vera, his daughter: Carol Marsh
Martin: Noel Howlett
Philip Norman: Brian Jackson
Mary: Carole Boyd
Wilton: Garard Green
[Also produced in Germany -SDR, 1972. Also produced by Tom van Beek in the Netherlands- TROS 2nd February 1977]
9th January 1967:
20.15-20.45
The Second Stain (1904) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
Lord Bellinger: Geoffrey Wincott
The Rt Hon Trelawney Hope: Simon Lack
Mrs Hudson: Barbara Mitchell
Lady Hope: Hilda Schroder
Inspector Lestrade: Humphrey Morton
Constable MacPherson: Arthur Lawrence
Repeated R4X (2020-2023)
[Other radio productions:
1954/Harry Towers/John Gielgud
1993/Enyd Williams/ Clive Merrison - (rptd R7 2008-2001)]
11th January 1967
20.15-21.30:
Midweek Theatre: On Approval (1927) by Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954) adapted by Peggy Wells
Marriage on approval.
Produced by Norman Wright
Maria Wislack: Valerie Taylor
Richard Halton: Hubert Gregg
Helen Hayle: Polly Murch
The Duke of Bristol: Michael Spice
[First BBC production by Peter Cresswell in 1940]
[Also produced in 1955 by Val Gielgud with Isabel Jeans as Maria.]
[Also produced on R4 in 1986 by David Johnston with Dulcie Gray as Maria]
[Also produced for R4 in 1993 by Glyn Dearman with Maria Aitken as Maria]
16th January 1967
20.15-20.45
The Final Problem (1893) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), dramatised by Michael Hardwick
Producer: Martyn C Webster
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Watson: Norman Shelley
Professor Moriarty: Rolf Lefebvre
Peter Steiler: Alan Dudley
Swiss boy: Gordon Gardner
Repeated R7 and R4X 2007-2023.
[Other radio productions:
1954/Martyn C Webster/John Gielgud (rpt R3 1980, R4X 2014)
1955/David Davis/Carleton Hobbs (Moriarty=Ralph Truman)
1957/Martyn C Webster/Carleton Hobbs (Moriarty=Felix Felton)
1967 rptd 1983/Martyn C Webster/Norman Shelley
1992 rptd 2001/Enyd Williams/Clive Merrison ]
18th January 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Ashes to Ashes by Jack Grossman
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
Lil Cross: Olga Lindo
June: Carol Marsh
Sean Donovan: Denys Hawthorne
Det-Sgt Mason: Hector Ross
David West: Tim Seely
Audrey Brandon: Annabel Barton
Ken Desmond: Anthony Hall
Girl Secretary: Carole Boyd
Pat Tabaldi: Joan Matheson
Cynthia Carr: Barbara Mitchell
Julio: Geoffrey Matthews
23rd January 1967
20.15-20.45
Returned without Thanks (1960) by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Paul Fenton, an engineer: Hector Ross
Chrylla, his wife: Hilda Schroder
Sir George Hartnell: Walter Fitzgerald
Christine Hartnell: Patricia Gallimore
Gethin, a clubmate of Sir George: Michael McClain
Erown, Fenton's assistant: Lewis Stringer
Cateby a man from the Ministry.: Wilfred Babbage
Also with Ursula Hirst.
[Also broadcast on R4X 2024]
25th January 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Jane Clegg (1913) by St. John Ervine (1883-1971) adapted by Peggy Wells
London, 1905.
Produced By: Graham Gauld
Mrs Clegg: Marjorie Forsyth
Jane Clegg: Sybil Thorndike
Jenny Clegg: Ysanne Churchman
Johnnie Clegg: Len Jones
Henry Clegg: Wilfred Barbage
Mr Munce: Anthony Hall
Mr Morrison: Hector Ross
[Broadcast in Welsh in 1938]
[Also produced in 1953 for Home by John Gibson]
[Also produced for Home in 1956 by Ronald Mason]
[Also produced for Light in 1967 by Graham Gauld
[Also produced in 1974 for R4 by Michael Heffernan]
[Also produced for R4 in 1984 by Peter Kavanagh]
29th January 1967
19.00-19.30
The Bridge Game by Jon Rollason and Keith Williams.
Three stories, same principal characters, total 13 parts.
Story 1, Part 1 of 5
Produced By: Keith Williams
Cast in first part of first story:
Douglas Shemley: Keith Barron
Penelope Shemtey: Penelope Lee
Tony Gaunt: Bernard Brown
Bugs Bushill: Hugh Dickson
Sybil Bushill: Freda Dowie
Lithgow: Peter Fraser
Grenka: Eva Haddon
Air Hostess: Tanya Vigay
Story 2 (4 parts) produced by Betty Davies commenced 5th March 1967
Story 3 (4 parts) produced by Keith Williams commenced 2nd April 1967
Final part (13) broadcast 23rd April 1967
30th January 1967
20.15-20.45
Honesty's the Best Fiddle by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Pawson, a confidence man: Henry Stamper
Smudger, his Sancho Panza: Lewis Stringer
Harding, a convict: Geoffrey Matthews
Smiler, another convict: Anthony Hall
The Duke of Ilmingshire: Geoffrey Wincott
Julie, a convict's wife: Madi Hedd
Det Chief Inspector Webster: Wilfred Babbage
1st February 1967
20.15-21.00:
Midweek Theatre: Trap For Two by Stewart Farrar (1916-2000)
A police state.
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Captain Brodak: Andrew Sachs
David Connor: Anthony Jackson
Anna Parnash: Margaret Robertson
Cartwright: Humphrey Morton
Joe Watson: Clive Merrison
Also with Frank Henderson, Hilda Schroder, Arthur Lawrence, Basil Jones
Repeated R2 and R4 November 1969
6th February 1967
20.15-20.45
The Stake-out by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Simpson: Humphrey Morton
Binacre: Alan Dudley
Renton: Harold Kasket
Thrumbold: Walter Fitzgerald
Nigel: Allan McClelland
Scander: Bruce Beeby
George: Ronald Herdman
Press-ups: Frank Henderson
Filby: Geoffrey Wincote
Also with Mary Grimes, James Thomason and LeRoy Lingwood
8th February 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Figured Brass by Philip Barker
Produced By: John Powell
Constable: Les Roberts
Albert Pringle: Jimmy Hanley
Albert, the secretary: Jimmy Hanley
Dooey, percussion: Anthony Hall
Owen, trombone: Victor Lucas
Stan, Flugel horn: Haydn Jones
Wally, bass: David Marcs
Lenny, euphonium: Dennis Adams
Les Roberts, cornet: Keith Barron
Chief Constable Marriott: Walter Fitzgerald
The Inspector: Denys Hawthorne
The Sergeant: Michael McClain
Ernest: Clive Merrison
Warren: Ronald Herdman
Betty Roberts: Barbara Mitchell
Mrs Mellows: Joan Matheson
[The brass band returned in "Tarnished Brass" broadcast on R4 on 3rd May 1972}
13th February 1967
Just a Detail by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Sutcliffe: Hector Ross
Falder: Wilfred Barrage
Creech: Anthony Hall
Briggs: Haydn Jones
Meldrum: Alan Dudley
Mr Capper: John Baddeley
Barmaid: Gudrun Ure
Lt Partington: Douglas Hankin
Mr Bradshaw: Hamlyn Benson
Loder: Leroy Lingwood
15th February 1967
20.15-21.00:
Midweek Theatre: The Knockers by Ivor Gould
Fake charity door-to-door...
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Eileen, the barmaid: Beth Boyd
Alf Naylor: Harry Fowler
Mr Harris: Ronald Baddiley
Helen Webb: Nora Nicholson
Mr Farrell: Alan Dudley
Mr Cox: Humphrey Morton
Photographer: Dennis Adams
20th February 1967
20.15-20.45
The Paragon by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Benthall: Haydn Jones
Vicar: Noel Howlett
Carter: James Thomason
Charles Tovey: Douglas Hankin
Miss Bailey: Barbara Mitchell
Pascoe: Alan Dudley
Stevens: William Eedle
22nd February 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Don'Trust Anyone in the Trade by H. G. Warwick
Produced By: Betty Davies
Male: Nigel Anthony
Morry: John Baddeley
Anthony: Rex Graham
The Girl: Barbara Mitchell
Bunny: Ian Thompson
Lance: Charles Hodgson
Alastair: Douglas Hankin
Sir William Glasspole: Hector Ross
27th February 1967
20.15-20.45
Never Let Your Left Hand Know . . . by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Newsreader: Douglas Hankin
Katherine Cawley: Sheila Grant
George Cawley: Jonathan Scott
Sandley: Patrick Barr
Tupperton: Lewis Stringer
PC Hunt: Brian Hewlett
Police Sergeant: Alan Dudley
Man in car: Frank Henderson
1st March 1967
20.15-21.30
Midweek Theatre: The Rossiters (1947) by Kenneth Hyde (1907-1964) adapted by Jean Hyde
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Sir James Ferguson: Walter Fitzgerad.
Dr Bendix: Robert Sansom
Liz Rossiter: Barbara Mitchell
Nurse West: Lynn Carson
Martha Rossiter: Coral Fairweather
Maid: Jennie Lee
Peter Rossiter Liz's husband: Peter Bowles
Honor Rossiter: Nicolette Bernard
[Also produced for BBC TV in 1948 by Kenneth Hyde]
6th March 1967
20.15-2.45
All That Glitters isn't Brass by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Sam Morton: Wilfred Pickles
Sarah: Carole Boyd
Mr Colton: Humphrey Morton
French P R O: Geoffrey Wincott
Wisbey: Antony Viccars
Elsie: Barbara Mitchell
Claudette: Yvonne Andre
Marcel: Allan McClelland
Gwen: Joan Matheson
Gendarme: Clive Merrison
8th March 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Try Your Strength by Michael Davies
Produced By: Robert Cushman
Arthur Springer: John Slater
Gladys Springer: Barbara Mitchell
Mrs Biggs: Grizelda Hervey
Peter Springer: Jo Manning Wilson
also with Robin Hopwood, Len Jones, Martin Kendle
13th March 1967
20.15-20.45
Quick Returns by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Cronshaw: Alan Dudley
Blevins: Ronald Herdman
Jackie-Jackie: Garard Green
Anne Archer: Jane Wenham
Brady: Bruce Beeby
Bill Wybrow: Nigel Graham
15th March 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Missing Charges by Joan Timothy
Bonfire Night is dynamite.
Produced By: Lorraine Davies
Morris: Clive Merrison
Jeffrey: John Morris
David: Clive Roberts
John: Ian Wooldridge
Peter: Robert Kingdom
Mr Taylor: Peter Palmer
Mrs Taylor: Lorna Henry
Junior schoolboys: Eugene Murphy. Jeremy Morgan, Christopher Barker and Stephen Payne
Also with Dillwyn Owen and Ray Handy
20th March 1967
19.30-19.59
Finding's Keepings by Philip Levene (1926-1973)
Produced By: Betty Davies
David Penrose: Gerald Flood
Smith: Cyril Shaps
Marian: Margaret Robertson
Clerk: Carole Boyd
[Also broadcast on R4X 2022]
22nd March 1967
20.15-21.05:
Midweek Theatre: Stranger in the Land by Margaret Potter
Produced By: John Gibson
Jocelyn Pennyfeather: Preston Lockwood
Sylvia Fisher: Carol Marsh
The Stranger: Michael McClain
Inspector Wilson: Hector Ross
Lonny Chambers: Anthony Hall
Robbins: Ronald Herdman
Carter: Haydn Jones
A policeman: Frank Henderson
A clerk: Margaret Robertson
23rd March 1967
20.15-20.45
Six Steps in the Dark by Anthony Scott Veitch (1914-1983)
Part 1 of 6.
Produced By: Trafford Whitelock
Nicholas Quinn: Lyndon Brook
Celia Gay: Elizabeth Morgan
Fred Parsonage: Jerrold Wells
Major Wannacott: Garard Green
Danko: Peter Hawkins
Guy Shelmerdine: Kevin Brennan
Professor Kettering: Noel Howlett
Melanie Fry: Helen Lindsay
Additional actors in parts 2-6:
Gregory: Geoffrey Frederick
Homer Troop: Manning Wilson
Mr Hazlitt: John Cazabon
Professor Rasmussen: Edwin Finn
Stephen Fry: Fraser Kerb
Part 6 broadcast 27th April 1967
27th March 1967
19.30-19.59
Evening Out by Jill Hyem
Produced By: Keith Williams
Lorna Pike: Brenda Bruce
Trevor Mostram: Bernard Horsfall
Mr Jenkins: Wilfrid Carter
Mrs Jenkins: Sheelah Wilcocks
Mr Bowles: Michael Tudor-Barnes
Mrs Bowles: Betty Huntley-Wright
[Also broadcast on R4X 2022]
29th March 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Three O'Clock on the Sixteenth by Vian Smith (1919-1969)
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Amanda Gregory: Rosalind Shanks
Charles Bellamy: James McManus
John Baxter: Anthony Jackson
Jill Shepherd: Carol Marsh
Paddy: Stephen Rea
Boy: Jo Manning Wilson
Marriott: Victor Lucas
Pegler: Barry Keegan
Jack Worsthorne: Michael Kilgarriff
Fred's Wife: Beth Boyd
Fred: Denis McCarthy
Racecourse Commentator: Preston Lockwood
3rd April 1967
19.30-19.59
It's Dogged as Does It by Sheila Hodgson (1921-2025)
Produced By: Betty Davies
Peter Maitland: Peter Tuddenham
Sue Maitland: Christine Finn
George: Frank Henderson
Paradine: Charles Leno
Sue's mother: Beth Boyd
Clegg: Ronald Herdman
Clerk: Leroy Lingwood
Jim: Humphrey Morton
Mrs Lacey: Betty Huntley-Wright
5th April 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Murder for Fun by Tauno Yliruusi (1927-1994) translated by Kitty Black
Are you prepared to kill a man?
Produced By: Betty Davies
Loimu: Frank Duncan
Ventola: Bruce Beeby
Madame Bergman: Betty Hardy
Alastalo: Denys Hawthorne
Haapala: Basil Jones
The Commissioner: Patrick Barb
10th April 1967
19.30-19.59
No Square Deal by Eddie Macguire
Produced By: Martin Jenkins
John: Jon Rollason
Helen, his wife: Pauline Yates
First Constable: Christopher Bidmead
Second Constable: Eric Allan
A Man: Michael Tudor-Barnes
The Inspector: Clifford Rose
The Sergeant: Duncan McIntyre
[Was supplied overseas on BBC Transcription disk CN777]
[Also broadcast on R4X 2022]
12th April 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: The Sewing Machine by P. J. Donaldson
Produced By: Guy Vaesen
Gladys Palmer: Margaret Robertson
Edie Palmer: Denys Hawthorne
Jennifer: Lucinda Jackson
Det-Inspector Craddock: Harold Kasket
Sergeant Jones: Nigel Anthony
Mrs Ellis: Betty Hardy
Mr Marson/Dinger Bell: Antony Viccars
A Crony/A Constable/A Porter: Christopher Bidmead
Repeated 27th September 1967
17th April 1967
19.30-19.59
Kidnapped by Andrew Sachs (1930-2016)
Produced By: Keith Williams
Mrs Howell: Muriel Pavlow
Mr Ford: Reed de Rouen
David Howell: Simon Mead
Zack Ford: Michael Howe
Also with Rosalind Shanks and Ronald Herdman
19th April 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: The Men of Scars by John Tarrant
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Tom Walker: John Carson
Kathleen Walker: Patricia Leventon
Senhor Ribeiro: Harold Kasket
Colonel Colvin: Alan Dudley
Chan Lee: Frank Henderson
Siu: Geoffrey Matthews
Taxi driver: Ronald Herdman
24th April 1967
19.30-19.59
Roses are Blooming in Camden Town by Leslie Darbon
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Fred Rowntree: John Hollis
Alice Rowntree: Lynn Carson
Ron Rowntree: Timothy Harley
June Rowntree: Norma Griffin
Newspaper Manager: Frank Henderson
Rose Show Judge: Arthur Lawrence
Roland Etherington: Ralph Truman
26th April 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Safari to Paris by Anton Delmar
Produced By: Keith Williams
Miriam Prendergast: Barbara Cavan
Agatha Henshaw: Joyce Carpenter
Hetty Harrls: Carol Marsh
Mr Harris: Harry Landis
Mr Hennessey: Jon Farrell
First Air Stewardess: Rosalind Shanks
Second Air Stewardess: Beth Boys
Third Air Stewardess: Chip Coveney
Adolphe: Antony Viccars
Mudge: Haydn Jones
Guide: Frank Henderson
[The character Miriamm Prendercast returned in "Safari to Scotland"(1967-R4) and "Safari to Park Lane" (1969 R2) ]
30th April 1967
19.00-19.30
The Gentlemen Back In League by John Boland (1913-1976)
A serial of 3 stories in 13 parts.
Story 1 (in 5 parts)
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Mr Allingham: Frank Henderson
Captain Mycroft 'Q': Alan Dudley
Colonel Hyde: Patrick Barr
Minns: Nigel Clayton
Majpr Race: Denys Hawthorne
Reynolds: Alan Reid
Rosie Fowler: Myrtle Reed
Jill: Wendy Lovelock
Mr Morris: Dick Graham
[Story 2 was in 4 parts, Story 3 was in 4 parts. The 13th part was broadcast 23rd July 1967]
1st May 1967
19.30-19.59
A Honey Pot with Bees On by Alan Downer (1930-1995)
Produced By: Keith Williams
Derek Hanson: Glyn Houston
Adrienne Gray Bennett: Wendy Gifford
Tim Walters: John Nettleton
Mrs Neal: Anna Burden
[Also broadcast on R4X in 2022]
3rd May 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Against Dark Velvet by Ella Adkins
Produced By: Betty Davies
Dorothy Mansfield: Mary Wimbush
Nigel Brent: Richard Hurndall
Peter Fenshaw: Norman Claridge
Christine Mansfield: Nicolette Bernard
Mrs Evans; Betty Lloyd Davies
Charles Wilmot: Timothy West
Angela Wilmot: Dorit Welles
Paul Sheringham: Denys Hawthorne
[Repeated from BBC Home 24th April 1963]
4th May 1967
20.15-20.45
Stand by for West (from the novel Battle for Inspector West (1948) ) by John Creasey (1908-1973) adapted by Maurice Travers.
1 of 7.
Produced By: John Fawcett Wilson
Michael Grant: Philip Bond
Chief Inspector Roger West: Patrick Allen
Janet West: Sarah Lawson
Christine Grant: Denise Buckley
Asst Commissioner Sir Guy Chatworth: Hamilton Dyce
Prendergast: John Cazabon
Additional actors in parts 2-7:
Arthur Moreley/Denny: Preston Lockwood
Det-Sgt Hubert Gill: Trevor Bannister
Julieta: Eva Stuart
Pearly Willis: Henry Stamper
Sir Mortimer Grant: Humphrey Morton
Superintendent Mulloon: Harry Webster
Vic: Charles Haggith
Carosian: Francis de Wolff
Part 7 broadcast 15th June 1967.
[The same radio programme title was used for serials based upon other books in the series:
25/3/68- seven part serial based upon "Inspector West at Home"(R2)
27/5/69- eight part serial based upom "Inspector West at Bay"(R2)
14/7/70- seven part serial based upon "A Beauty for Inspector West"(R4)
31/8/70- six part serial based upon "Inspector West Cries Wolf" (R4)
28/8/71- six part serial based upon "Inspector West Makes Haste" (R4) ]
[There were a lot of novels featuring Inspector West, sometimes published several times, with differing titles. One count suggests 43 different stories...]
[John Creasey used a very large number of pseudonyms]
8th May 1967
19.30-20.00
A Call from the Past by Neil Kingsley (Neil Kingsley Wilson (1916-1975)
Producer: Anon.
Peter: Frank Henderson
Pauline: Patricia Gallimore
Clerk: Rowena Torrance
Mr Wells: Arthur Lawrence
Matron: Barbara Bolton
Dorothy: Mary O'Farrell
10th May 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Smith and Jones (1963) by Nicholas Monsarrat (1910-1979) adapted by Nicholas Bethell
Cold war diplomats.
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Clerk: Derek Seaton
Drill Pig: Patrick Allen
Miller: Henry Stamper
Vera: Anna Burden
Ambassador: Walter Fitzgerald
Tollman: Victor Lucas
Robert: John Westbrook
Mark: David Spenser
[To be compared to events relating to Burgess and MacLean (1951) ]
15th May 1967
19.30-19.59
A Dusting of Antiquity by Philip Barker
Produced By: John Gibson
Jamie Gribble: Charles Leno
Sam Bartram: Ronald Herdman
Sofia: Viola Keats
Biddy: Mary Wimbush
Harry: Antony Viccars
Andrew Collard: John Glen
Charlotte Whipple: Beth Boyd
William Pluvver: Frank Henderson
17th May 1967
20.15-21.30
Midweek Theatre: The Minister's Mallard by Alan Melville (1910-1983)
Produced By: Guy Vaesen
What an "out" tray is for.
Miss Dempster: Beth Boyd
Mr Harrison: Donald Pelmear
ITV Interviewer/David: Clive Francis
The Minister: Michael Denison
BBC Interviewer: Antony Viccars
Janet: Coral Browns
Roger: David Glover
Mr Coombes: Preston Lockwood
Mrs Nicholson: Irene Sutcliffe
Mr Akwiyuyu: Dennis Alaba Peters
Jennifer: Rosalind Shanks
Mrs Frome: Betty Huntley Wright
Repeated on R4 16th August 1969
22nd May 1967
19.30-19.59
Money for Old Rope by David Ellis (1918-1978)
A perfect crime?
Produced By: Alan Ayckbourn
Carol: Heather Stoney
Gordon Marsh: Anthony Kenyon
Stanley Price: Colin Edwynn
Sam Ogden: Roy Barraclough
Det-Con Evans: Paul Webster
Mabel Yardley: Ruth Holden
Det-Sgt Crosby: Peter Schofield
Harry: Graham Rigby
[David Ellis wrote a lot of crime radio and tv including Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars episodes]
24th May 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: A Cry in the Woods by Arthur Swinson (1915-1970)
A model has a breakdown.
Produced By: Eileen Cullen
Gerry Grant: Margaret Latimer
Peter Hepple: Anthony Hall
Anna Veysey: Patricia Leventon
Rene Duguid: Garard Green
Carol: Jill Cary
Mrs Burtenshaw: Joan Matheson
Dr Wallbridge: Malcolm Hayes
Mrs Carver: Grizelda Hervey
Major Veysey: William Fox
Repeated from BBC Home 14th April 1965.
29th May 1967
19.30-19.59
Third Girl Wanted by Jill Hyem (1937-2015)
Sharing a flat.
Produced By: Jane Graham
Lynn: Anne Stallybrass
Jemma: Patricia Gallimore
Rachel: Marian Diamond
[Also broadcast on R4X 2022]
31st May 1967
20.15-21.00
Midweek Theatre: The Greeting (1924) by Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) adapted by Denis Cannan
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Colonel Teague: Roland Culver
Mrs Teague: Nan Munro
Nurse Gooch: Jennifer Wright
Dr Maynard: Derek Prentice
Manservant: Fraser Kerr
Maid: Elizabeth Morgan
Parrot: Gladys Spencer
Repeated from BBC Home of 16th November 1964
5th June 1967
19.30-19.59
The Faint-Hearted Philatelist by Leslie Darbon
Life on your own.
Produced By: David Davis
John Turner: Wilfred Pickles
Agnes Lacey: Betty Hardy
First Postman: Christopher Bidmead
Second Postman: Alan Dudley
Willy Waterton: Ronald Baddiley
Mary Waterton: Sheelah Wilcocks
7th June 1967
20.15-21.00:
Midweek Theatre: In Lieu of Cash by Frederick Treves (1925-2012)
Produced By: Betty Davies
Roger Slipper: Richard Briers
Jane Slipper: June Whitfield
Henry Slipper: John Moulder-Brown
James Slipper: Paul Fraser
Ian: Ian Thompson
12th June 1967
19.30-19.59
Miss Smith by Jack Kent
A "guest house for old ladies"
Produced By: Martin Jenkins
Miss Smith: Marie Lohr
Mr Martin: Bernard Brown
Mrs Martin: Cecile Chevreau
Mrs Leasing: Noel Hoop
Mrs Wilton: Betty Hardy
An old lady: Anna Burden
Detective-Sergeant: Raymond Hardy
14th June 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Murder can lead to Divorce by Leonard Webb
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Gus Brent: Leslie Dwyer
Peter, his son: Trader Faulkner
Ruth, his daughter-in-law: Shirley Cooklin
Mrs Flockhart, hotel manageress: Betty Baskcomb
Mr Beany, a crony: Preston Lockwood
Telephone engineer: Leroy Lingwood
Jean, hotel receptionist: Carol Marsh
Jim, a chauffeur: Brian Hewlett
Man: Alan Dudley
19th June 1967
19.30-19.59
Off to a Good Start by Dawn Pavitt and Terry Wale
Produced By: Betty Davies
Dennis: Nigel Anthony
Carol Barnes: Sian Davies
Mrs Barnes: Eva Stuart
Mrs Dickens: Mary O'Farrell
Mr Barnes: Alan Dudley
Taxi driver: Humphrey Morton
Miss Faulkner: Grizelda Hervey
[Also broadcast on R4X 2023]
21st June 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Eynon Evans (1904-1989)
Produced By: Lorraine Davies
Good conduct in prison.
Betty: Margaret John
Jim: Ray Smith
Gloria: Jan Edwards
Nicky: Douglas Blackwell
Mary: Emily Davies
Henry: Brinley Jenkins
Also with Ray Handy, Clive Roberts, and Michael Cunningham
Repeated on R4 2nd July 1971
26th June 1967
19.30-19.59
Teach Yourself Blackmail by David A. Turner
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Fence Flanigan: Victor Lucas
Micky Fitch: Anthony Jackson
Pixie: Diana Payan
Cruikshank: Arthur Cox
Porter: Alexander John
Mario: Wilfrid Carter
Inspector: Preston Lockwood
28th June 1967
20.15-21.00:
Midweek Theatre: Definitely Not July by Leslie Fennell
A holiday on the Yorkshire moors.
Produced By: Alan Ayckbourn
David Forbes: Peter King
Janet Forbes: Elizabeth Bell
Frank Rowan: Derrick Gilbert
Carol Rowan: Veronica Doran
Sykes: Ralph Lawton
Mrs Sykes: Ruth Holden
Margaret: Susan Stirrup
Publican: Harry Markham
Tony: Gordon Kaye
3rd July 1967
19.30-19.59
Blind Holiday by Neil Kingsley
Sharing a holiday.
Produced By: Trevor Hill
Victor Hamilton: Ronald Baddiley
Sheila: Fanny Carter
Harry Barratt: Wilfred Harrison
Brenda: Ella Atkinson
The Spanish Waiter: Neil Freeman
5th July 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: A Criminal Practice by Terrance Dicks (1935-2019)
Produced By: John Gibson
Matthew Larrable: Anthony Jackson
George Larrabie: Preston Lockwood
Penelope Hibbart: Elizabeth Proud
The Judge: Walter Fitzgerald
Clerk of the Court: Douglas Hankin
Ginger Smith: Charles Leno
Fred Selby: Bartlett Muilins
Mr Phelps: Alexander John
Jenkins: Geoffrey Wincott
Miss Reed: Beth Boyd
Mr Lewis: Alan Dudley
Det Con Stanton: Nigel Clayton
Det Sgt Barker: Victor Lucas
Det Insp Braithwaite: Humphrey Morton
Guido Palermo: Antony Viccars
Repeated on R4 14th July 1972
10th July 1967
19.30-19.59
Homecoming by Leslie Darbon
Produced By: David Thomson
Mr Adamson: Edward Burnham
Mrs Adamson: Betty Hardy
Mr Franks: Eric Francis
Doctor: Ian Lubbock
Jim Blake: Geoffrey Matthews
Solicitor: John Baker
Capt Rogers: Duncan McIntyre
12th July 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Miss Whittaker by Janet McNeill (1907-1994)
Are you responsible for the lodger who disappears?
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Andrew Bennett: Anthony Jacobs
Dorothy Bennett: Patricia Leventon
Detective-Inspector Turner: Garard Green
Mrs Grattan: Olga Lindo
Sam Whittaker: Frederick Treves
Miss Bird: Betty Hardy
Jim Shields: Nigel Graham
Repeated from BBC Home of 21st November 1964
[Also produced by Ronald Mason for BBC Home in 1956 with Michael Brown as Andrew and Heather Gibson as Dorothy]
17th July 1967
19.30-19.59
What Am I Bid? by Eddie Maguire
Produced By: Martin Jenkins
Tony: George Cole
Ralph: Henry Knowles
Jane: Sonia Fraser
Trengrove: John Justin
[Also broadcast on R4X 2023]
19th July 1967
20.15-21.00
Midweek Theatre: A Time for Despair by John Wainwright (1921-1995)
"I want him in the cells"
Produced By: Alan Ayckbourn
Typist: Pamela Craig
Paul Rownay: Geoffrey Hinsliff
Det-Superintendent Kelly: David Mahlowe
Det-Sgt Gudge: Geoffrey Banks
Desk Sergeant: Roy Barraclough
Station Cadet: Douglas Fielding
Muriel: Stephanie Turner
Elsie: Katherine Parr
Frank: Paul Webster
[John Wainwright was in the police force 1947-1966]
24th July 1967
19.30-19.59
A Bargain in Rare Prints by Arnold Yarrow (1920-2024)
Produced By: Keith Williams
Peggy Haxley: Isabel Rennie
Mrs Haxley: Betty Hardy
Jean Sordel: Jean Driant
Patron: Wilfred Babbage
Martin: Harry Landis
Lu Kuo Hun: Malcolm Hayes
Neem: Douglas Hankin
26th July 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: A Sort of Souffle by Peter Bryant (1923-2006)
Produced By: Betty Davies
Tim: Peter Tuddenham
Susan: Christine Finn
Salesman: Preston Lockwood
Jack Evans/ Uncle: Michael McClain
Mr Trust: Geoffrey Wincott
Mrs Spotter: Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Crystal: Rosalind Shanks
Roger Hamilton: John Pollen
Jane Mallet: Hilda Schroder
30th July 1967
19.00-19.30
Host Planet Earth by Colin Cooper and Anne Howell
1 of 6
Electronic sound and music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Clive Webster)
Produced By: Nesta Pain
Harold Benson/Bill Cape/Charles: Ian Thompson
Claire Stuart: Brenda Bruce
Prof Tate/Minister/ Announcer Rolf Lefebvre
Professor Ormskirk: Clive Morton
David Holland: Alexander John
Rathbone: Timothy Bateson
Dr Edwards: Heron Carvic
Sister/Woman: Beth Boyd
Nat Blakey/Don Wells: Nigel Anthony
Editor/Police Sgt: Antony Viccars
Policeman/Technician: Preston Lockwood
Additional actors in parts 2-6:
Schoolboy: David Auker
Police Superintendent: Duncan Carse
Chris Johnson: Tommy Eytle
Dr Kellaway: Douglas Hankin
Mrs Heming: Betty Hardy
Doctor: Ronald Herdman
Dr Harries: Carleton Hobbs
Peter Johnson: Bari Jonson
Guard/Ian/Police Insp: Preston Lockwood
Rosemary Manning: Barbara Mitchell
Guard: Humphrey Morton
Commentator: Audrey Russell
Receptionist: Rosalind Shanks
Schoolboy: Spencer Shires
Joseph Banks: Peter Tuddenham
Mrs Tate: Marjorie Westbury
Part 6 broadcast 3rd September 1967
[Also broadcast on R4X 2020-2022]
31st July 1967
19.30-19.59
Home and Away by Dawn Pavitt and Terry Wale (1938-2021)
Produced By: Gerry Jones
Albert Rudge: Harold Kasket
Fred Bissett: Henry Stamper
Mrs Parker: Anna Burden
Ruby: Anne Jameson
Troy: Len Jones
Sandra: Olwen Griffith
Police Sergeant: Duncan McIntyre
[Also broadcast on R4X 2023]
2nd August 1967
20.15-21.15
Old Bannerman by Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960)
Produced By: Bennett Maxwell
"A West Indian yarn" set on board a small steamer going to Jamaica.
Ned White, Mate: Trader Faulkner
Jacko, the cabin boy: Ian Thompson
A Harbourmaster: Alan Haines
Dick Greenleaf, Master: Henry Stamper
Timothy Baxter, carpenter: Kevin Flood
Isaac Bannerman, an old mulatto: Edric Connor
Billy Homes, ship's cook: Esmond Rideout
James McBride, engineer: John Ras
Ben Caunter, seaman: Hubert Tucker
Officer: Roy Brimble
Repeated R4 4th February 1972.
[The play was broadcast on BBC Radio in October 1934]
[Mulatto = an often derogatory word from the past, meaning of mixed race, African/European, originating in the US during the slave trade years]
7th August 1967
19.30-19.59
Status Symbol by David Ellis (1918-1978)
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Elsie Lillywhite: Mary MacLeod
Mother: Lynn Carson
Richard Lillywhite: Inigo Jackson
Peter Henderson: Antony Viccars
George: Haydn Jones
Fraser: Alan Lawrance
Salesman: Humphrey Morton
Betty: Norah Nimmo
Mitchell: Haydn Jones
Philip Morgan: Ronald Herdman
9th August 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Within The Pale by Kenneth Bird
Produced By: Anthony Cornish
BBC Midlands
Bert Flackett: Sydney Tafler
Lucy Flackett: Joyce Latham
Percival: Alan Devereux
Valencia: Jane Rossington
Henshaw: John Borr
Peter Teasdale: John Rowe
Joe Landy: Leslie Dunn
Mr Shapley: George Woolley
Pardy: Colin Skipp
14th August 1967
19.30-19.59
The Small Dreamer by David Rush
Job hunting.
Produced By: Betty Davies
Harry: Michael Spice
Mrs Gibbs: Anna Burden
Joss: John Hollis
Jean: Shirley Cooklin
Policeman: Alan Dudley
16th August 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Escape (1926) by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) adapted by Peggy Wells
A policeman is killed.
Concertina played by Anthony Reynolds
Produced By: Bennett Maxwell
Matt Denant: Frederick Treves
The girl/Miss Dora: Anne Jameson
The plain-clothes man: Malcolm Hayes
The fellow convict: Nigel Anthony
The first Warder/Captain: John Baddeley
The second Warder/Farmer: Geoffrey Matthews
The lady: Penelope Lee
The maid/Plus Four's wife: Thelma Barlow
The old gentleman: Norman Wynne
The shopkeeper: Hubert Tucker
The shopkeeper's wife: Angela Brooking
The shopkeeper's sister/Miss Grace: Betty Huntley-Wright
The man in plus fours: Kenneth McClellan
The village constable: Esmond Rideout
The Parson: Douglas Storm
[Filmed in 1930 and 1948]
[Plus fours are trousers that end four inches (10cm) below the knee, popular in the 1920s. A parson was an ordained church minister.]
21st August 1965
19.30-19.59
Monday to Friday by Philip Barker
The time spent commuting.
Produced by Jane Graham
Wally: Alan Dudley
Frank: Windsor Davies
Churty: Basil Henson
Simon: Simon Ward
Derek: Brian Hewlett
Angela: Patricia Gallimore
Penny: Lynn Rainbow
Alice: Noel Hood
23rd August 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: No Love For Linda by Peter Russell
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Betty Jeffries: Gudrun Ure
David Jeffries: Rolf Lefebvre
Liz Holder: Petra Davies
Michael Holder: Peter Pratt
Wally Stokes: Allan Dudley
Linda Jeffries: Margaret Robertson
Dr Bates: Wilfred Babbage
Det-Insp Hardacre: John Hollis
Det-Sgt Monk: Derek Seaton
Repeated on R4 24th August 1967 and 11th June 1971
28th August 1967
19.30-19.59
Time for a Coat by Andrew Sachs (1930-2016)
She wants a fur coat.
Produced By: Jane Graham
Virginia Perrin: Wendy Craig
Simon Perrin: Francis Matthews
Harry Blackman: Wilfrid Carter
Grace Blackman: Sheelah Wilcocks
Leo Silhy: David Lawton
Mrs Silby: Noel Hood
Delia: Rosalind Shanks
Col Gruber: John Justin
Pat (the maid): Hilda Schroder
A guest: Wilfred Babbage
[Also broadcast on R4X 2023]
30th August 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: I Start Running by Charles Castle (1939-2013)
Strange things happen.
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Elizabeth Harcourt: Marjorie Westbury
Susan: Elizabeth Proud
Vernon Harcourt: Geoffrey Lewis
Ronnie: Fraser Kerr
Gemma Stanton: Carol Marsh
Det Sgt Black: John Crocker
Bradley: Geoffrey Wincott
Telephone Supervisor: Noel Hood
James: Leroy Lingwood
Repeated on BBC Home 31st August 1967
4th September 1967
19.30-19.59
This Column Every Friday by Arnold Yarrow (1920-2024)
Produced By: John Gibson
Helen Winstall: Mary Wimbush
Percy Winstall: Charles Leno
Arthur Gartred: James Bree
A clerk: Jean Aubrey
[Also broadcast on R4X 2023]
6th September 1967
20.15-21.00
Don'Ask Me - I Didn't Know Him by Roderick Wilkinson
A death - or not.
Produced By: Audrey Cameron
Andrew Garside: Bryden Murdoch
Bob Melvil: Clive Champney
Sgt McNab: James MacKenzie
Henderson: Michael Elder
Rosemary Gordon: Trudy Bryce
Barclay: Leonard Maguire
Colonel Bradshaw: Arthur Boland
Harry Pollok: Richard Wilson
Repeated on Home 7th September 1967
10th September 1967
19.00-19.30
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Ship Ahoy by David Coleman
Please remove your ship from our beach.
Produced by Guy Vaesen
O'Malley: Harry Webster
Muldoon: Jack MacGowran
Simpson: Barry Keegan
Trueblood: Geoffrey Wincott
Girl on boat: Carol Marsh
Man: Douglas Hankin
Jaspar Welkes: Aubrey Woods
11th September 1967
19.30-19.59
For Auld Lang Syne by Leslie Megahey
People telling stories.
Produced By: David Thomson
Harry: Charles Leno
Johnny: Errol John
Man: Michael McClain
Woman: Patricia Gallimore
Young man: Haydn Jones
Old tramp: Norman Wynne
13th September 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: The Disagreeable Man adapted by C. E. Webber from an episode in the book "Ways and Means" (1952) by Henry Cecil (1902-1976)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Basil Merridew: Norman Shelley
Nicholas Drew: Davld Spenser
Mrs Temperley: Margaret Wolfit
The Rev Mr Temperley: James Thomason
Dr Sainsbury: Humphrey Morton
Major-General Purbrick: Ronald Herdman
Old man: Alan Dudley
Mrs Thwaites: Hilda Kriseman
Isobel Stroud: Noel Hood
Mary: Anna North
Judge Strachan: Duncan McIntyre
Det-Sgt Larch: Wilfred Babrage
Mr Buckram: Antony Viccars
Mr Mountain: Geoffrey Wincott
Repeated on BBC Home 14th September 1967 and on R4 1st September 1972.
[Also produced in 1953 by Martyn C Webster, repeated 1954, and 1956 with Malcolm Graeme as Basil and Derek Hart as Nicholas]
[Also produced for Home in 1960 (rptd 1961) by Archie Campbell with Valentine Dyall as Basil]
17th September 1967
19.00-19.30
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Old Technique by Cyril Roberts
Produced By: Margaret Etall
Willie Parker: Anthony Hall
Captain Baber: Hamlyn Benson
Mrs Baber: Barbara Mitchell
Nellie Baber: Sian Davies
Sid Clutterbuck: Andrew Sachs
Charlie Reynolds: Anthony Jackson
18th September 1967
19.30-19.59
Wanted by Dawn Pavitt and Terry Wale
Produced By: Betty Davies
Mrs Bundy: Mary O'Farrell
Arthur Bundy: Preston Lockwood
Stella Bundy: Freda Dowie
Vic Simmonds: Nigel Anthony
Queenie Simmonds: Carol Mason
also with Ronald Herdman.
20th September 1967
20.15-21.30:
Midweek Theatre: The Darkest Hour by John Tarrant
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Laura Karran: Patricia Leventon
Mark Collister: Peter Baldwin
Det Sgt Stowell: John Hollis
Vincent Watterson: Allan McClelland
Mr Kinvig: Alexander John
Mrs Gill: Ann Murray
Police Controller: Frank Henderson
Repeated on R4 31st August 1970
24th September 1967
19.00-19.30
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Short Back and Sides by Dan Davies
Produced By: Lorraine Davies
Romeo Brown: Ray Smith
Dai Soldier: Brinley Jenkins
Llew Evans: Jack Walters
Kid Matthews: Bill Mellen
Miss Evans: Guinevere John
Mrs Tudor: Dilys Davies
Miss Wilshaw: Gwenyth Petty
Dylan Entwhistle: Ronnie Williams
Edwin Gough/ Narrator: Dilwyn Owen
Repeated R4 3/6/1971
25th September 1967
19.30-19.59
The Companion by Philip Levene (1926-1973)
Paid companions.
Produced By: Keith Williams
Mrs Harcourt: Fay Compton
Mrs Price: Mary Wimbush
Miss Danby: Anna Burden
30th September 1967: The final day on the air for the Light programme, which closed down forever at 0202 on 30th September 1967.
Radio 2 commenced transmission at 0530 on 30th September 1967. Radio 1 commenced at 0700. At first Radio 1 and 2 would carry each others programs for a few hours a day..
RADIO 2 LISTINGS:
2nd October 1967
19.45-20.15
La Boutique by Francis Durbridge (1912-1998)
Part 1 of 5.
Pianist, Norman Hackforth
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Det-Sgt Cooper: Antony Viccars
Hilda: Carol Marsh
Chief Insp Daly: Haydn Jones
Robert Bristol: Simon Lack
Vanessa Allen: Barbara Mitchell
Lewis Bristol: William Fox
Eve Bristol/ Eve Mortimer: Isabel Dean
Katherine Hauptman: Noel Hood
Freddie Hauptman: Frank Henderson
Additional cast in parts 2-5:
Carl May: Ronald Herdman
Det-Sgt Edwards: Duncan McIntyre
Dr Underdown: Humphrey Morton
Elka Nelson: Dorit Welles
Hardy (Berry) Nelson: Jon Rollason
Morgan: Alan Dudley
Mrs Webb: Beatrlce Kane
Pearl Mortimer: Margaret Robertson
Rolf Winter: Tommy Duggan
Simone Duprez: Yvonne Andre
Also with Madi Hedd
Episodes broadcast on Monday and Thursday: Pt2:5/10/67 Pt3:9/10/67 Pt4:12/10/67 Pt5:16/10/67
The serial was repeated on R4 commencing 16th May 1968
4th October 1967:
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Sixpence for a Self-made Man by Patrick Simpson
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Elspeth: Monica Grey
Lady Vanessa Jarvis: Ann Murray
George: Bernard Brown
Alec Hodgson: Bruce Beeby
Party guest: David Brierley
Sir William Jarvis: Hamilton Dyce
Bert: Anthony Jackson
Rose Blair: Barbara Mitchell
Dan Springer: Wilfrid Carter
Repeated on R4 19th April 1969
11th October 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Dead Image by Graeme Kent
Theme song 'Dead Image' by Jon Rollason
Produced By: Glyn Dearman
Mark Hunter: Simon Lack
Sheila Blake: Sheila Grant
Galbraith: Rolf Lefebvre
Tully: John Hollis
Jimmy Smith: Nicholas Edmett
Alf Morris: Harold Kasket
18th October 1967
20.15-20.50:
Midweek Theatre: Night Caller by Leslie Darbon
Produced By: David Geary
Melanie: Patricia Leventon
The piano teacher: Mary O'Farrell
Bixley: Philip Grout
Inspector: Preston Lockwood
Sergeant: Rolf Lefebvre
19th October 1967
19.45-20.145
The High Way to Action by Jon Rollason and Keith Williams
A series of plays about life in Air Support Command of the Royal Air Force.
Produced By: John Tydeman
Cast in play 1: George Baker, Donald McKilop, Geoffrey Matthews, David Brierley, Douglas Hankin, Margaret Robertson, Bernard Brown, Niab Graham, Frederick Treves, Alexander John, Anthony Jackson
Additional cast in plays 2-5:
Alan Dudley, Alexa Romanes, Antony Viccars, Aubrey Woods, Barbara Mitchell, Christopher Bidmead, Denis Hawthorne, Fraser Kerr, Garard Green, Gudrun Ure, Harold Kasket, Haydn Jones, Hugh Dickson, Ian Thompson, John Hollis, John Pullen, Jon Rollason, Jonathan Scott, Kristopher Kum (1929-2013), Lockwood West, Michael Harbour, Michael Spice, Nigel Anthony, Nigel Clayton, Nilo Christian, Peter Pratt, Ronald Herdman, Timothy West,Trevor Martin
The plays were broadcast on Thursdays and Mondays.
2:23/10/67 3:26/10/67 4:30/10/67 5:2/11/67
25th October 1967
20.15-21.15
Midweek Theatre: Chase a Rainbow by William Collins
Produced By: Ronald Mason
Elvet Williams: Ronald Herdman
Victor Price: John Graham
Danny Jenkins: Paul Grist
Billo Rees: Anthony Hall
Witherspoon: Antony Viccars
Gareth Rees/First schoolboy: Gwenyth Petty
Margaret Rees: Margaret John
Second schoolboy: Patricia Gallimore
1st November 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: The Consolation Prize by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Robin Midgley
Faldon: Donald Sinden
Taxi driver: Blaise Wyndham
Butler: Arthur Gomez
OUiphant: Philip Morant
Sergeant: Will Leighton
Johnson: Charles Simon
Pereira: Basdeo Panday
Maureen: Barbara Assoon
Insp Fisher: John Bryning
Also with Nigel Anthony, Michael Spice, and Anthouy Hall
Repeated from 25th October 1961 (and Home 13th Jan 1962)
[Berkely Mather served in the Indian Army until 1947]
6th November 1967
19.45-20.15
Wild Justice by Val Gielgud 1900-1981)
1 of 6
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Maria: Noel Hood
Simon Hunter: Carleton Hobbs
Hilda Grant: Margaret Robertson
Miss Deane: Carol Marsh
Roger Gale: Simon Lack
Bill Summers: Frederick Treves
Anne Hunter: Eva Haddon
Venetian shopkeeper: Ronald Herdman
Additional cast in episodes 2-6:
Anne Gale: Eva Haddon
Detective Inspector Perroquet: David March
Doctor: Basil Jones
Foreign voice: Garard Green
Guy Laroche: Gordon Faith
Jill Wace: June Tobin
Julie Dassin: Gladys Spencer
Lisa Perroquet: El1zabeth Morgan
Male secretary: Brian Hewllett
Manager of ' The Angry Cat': Geoffrey Wincott
Mariette Gallet/Odette: Yvonne Andre
Maurice Szeps: Rolf Lefebvre
Sandy Cameron: Duncan McIntyre
Waiter: Brian Hewlett
Bill Summers: Frederick Treves
Also with Humphrey Morton and Jennie Paul
Episodes broadcast on Mondays and Thursdays.
Episode 6 broadcast: 23rd November 1967.
8th November 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: Return Journey by Michael Brett (Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) )
Produced By: H. B. Fortuin
Prison governor: Ralph Truman
Gordon North, company secretary.: Lockwood West
Det Insp Winslow: Rupert Davies
Det Sgt Payne: Humphrey Morton
Joan North: Rosalind Shanks
Charles Lever, private investigator: John Wyse
Mrs Skeets: Betty Hardy
Charlie, the barman: Haydn Jones
Peter Church, a conman: John Westbrook
McKenzie: Duncan McIntyre
[Miles Tripp worked as a solicitor]
Repeated R4 30th July 1971
15th November 1967
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: The Long Drive Home by Sheila Hodgson (1921-2001)
Produced By: Betty Davies
Birkin: Timothy West
Dawlish: Rolf Lefebvre
Meddings: Peter Howell
Rita: Annabel Maule
Sergeant Dane: Alan Dudley
Insp Joyce: William Fox
Maddox: Nigel Clayton
Police telephone operator: David Brierley
Elderly man: Geoffrey Wincott
Dogtrot Jones: Ronald Herdman
22nd November 1967
20.15-20.45:
Midweek Theatre: The Secret Sharer (1909) by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) adapted by L. W. Bailey
Produced By: John Tydeman
The Captain: Will Leighton
The Chief Mate: Derek Blomfield
Second Mate: Andrew Irvine
Captain Archbold: Donald McKillop
Leggatt: Denys Hawthorne
Steward: Anthony Hall
Helmsman: Antony Viccars
Repeated from BBC Overseas Service of 2nd September 1967.
[Also produced in 1989 for R4 by Patrick Rayner with Michael Feast as the Captain].
[Also produced in 1997 for R4 by Nigel Bryant]
[Joseph Conrad began a maritime career at the age of 16. This work reflects Conrad's short experience as a ships captain (1888), and an incident in 1881 on the Cutty Sark in Singapore]
27th November 1967
19.45-20.15
The House Of Unspeakable Secrets by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006).
A "comedy thriller"
1 of 8: Code-name Josef
Produced By: Guy Vaesen
Hotel receptionist/2nd Detective: David Brierley
Selby: Simon Lack
Erich: Ian Thompson
Hilaire: Leslie Phillips
Weber: Leroy Lingwood
Doorman/Taxi driver/Attendant: Michael Harbour
Brigit: Hilda Schroder
First detective: John Wyse
Caresse: Irene Sutcliffe
Additional cast in parts 2-8:
Agent: James Beattie
Detective Inspector: Geoffrey Wincott
Driver: Ronald Herdman
Drunk: Ralph Truman
Dulane: Henderson Tate
First detective: Nigel Graham
Hall porter: Graham Armitage
Hotel detective: Denis McCarthy
Lady Dulane: Carol Marsh
Nicolette: Ann Murray
Second detective: Malcolm Young
Zoe: Barbara Mitchell
Subsequent episodes each Monday and Thursday, episode 8 broadcast 21st December 1967
29th November 1967
20.15-21.00:
Midweek Theatre: The Drummer Boy by Eddie Matthews based on the short story "A Curious Experience (1881)" by Mark Twain ( Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1836-1910) )
Winter 1862-63, Fort Trumbell, a Union Army Fort in New London, Connecticut
Produced By: John Powell
Narrator: Alexander John
Colonel A A Muncie: David Healy
Sergeant Rayburn: David Bauer
The Corporal: David Brierley
Robert Wicklow: Eddie Matthews
Major Webb: Peter Marinker
Also with Barbara Mitchell, Michael Harbour
Repeated on R4 10th June 1970
[Twain enlisted in the Confederate army]
6th December 1967:
20.15 slot used for football.
13th December 1967:
20.15-21.15:
Midweek Theatre: What To Do When The Time Comes by Michael Davies
Produced by Guy Vaesen
Stephen Watlow: Noel Johnson
Lydia: Noel Hood
Philip: Clive Francis
Margaret: Gudrun Ure
Jacky: Karin Fernald
David: Nigel Graham
Williams: Graham Armitage
Insp Thomson: Geoffrey Wincott
[sequel to Something in the City broadcast 13th July 1966 ]
20th December 1967
20.15-21.10:
Midweek Theatre: Towards the River by Vincent James
Produced By: David A. Turner
Patrick Shields: Tom Garrett
Maura Shields: Kathleen Feenan
Brendan Shields: Derek Bailey
Rory: Michael Lynch
Matthew Larkin: Bill Hunter
Head Constable: Robert McLernon
Sergeant: John McBride
Constable Scully: George Mooney
Constable: Michael Nunan
Constable: Gerard Murphy
25th December 1967
19.00-19.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Widow's Mite by C. B. Gilford dramatised by Wilfrid Grantham
Life in a bed-sitting-room.
Produced by Archie Campbell
Police Inspector: Derek Birch
Mrs Owen: Esma Cannon
Mrs Bennett: Ella Milne
Taxi driver: Peter Bartlett
Mr Satterfield: Kenneth Dight
George: Bill Horsley
Ernest: Keith Buckley
Valerie Brown: Olive Kirby
Mr Lewis: Wilfred Barrage
Repeated from 13th September 1960 (also from BBC Home 6th January 1961, 17th August 1975)
27th December 1967
20.15-21.05:
Midweek Theatre: An Old-Fashioned Christmas by Paul Wheeler (1934-2025)
Produced By: David Geary
Ellen Simms: Ellen Dryden
Robert: Brian Hewlett
Jill: Sian Davies
Andrew Simms: David Garth
Patrick Williams: Patrick Newell
Ben Jackson: David Brierley
Mrs Williams: Beth Boyd
Mrs Jackson: Elizabeth Cassie
28th December 1967
19.45-20.15
In Case of Peril by Roger Dixon
1 of 6: The Last Box
Produced By: Betty Davies
Air hostess: Rosalind Shanks
Stanley Peril: Bernard Cribbins
Pilot: Leroy Lingwood
Secretary: Betty Hardy
Mr Stamp: Frank Henderson
Winifred Wellworthy: Fabia Drake
Maria: Irene Prador
Mr Zukov/Marcello/Mechanic : Nigel Anthony
Indian shopkeeper: David Brierley
Mr Baroocha: Ronald Herdman
The fat man: Harold Kasket
His friend: Andrew Jack
Additional cast in parts 2-6:
Geoffrey Wincott, William Fox, Victor Lucas, Roger Snowdon, Haydn Jones, Antony Viccars, Haydn Jones, Frederick Treves, John Hollis, Garard Green, Ann Murray, Denys McCarthy, Victor Lucas, David March,
Broadcast each Thursday and Monday.
Part 6 broadcast 15th January 1968
31st December 1967:
21.30-22.00
Brief Tales from the Bench by Henry Cecil (1902-1976)
1 of 6. Perjury
Produced By: H. B. Fortuin
Jeremy Faulkner, Counsel: John Westbroon
Albert Briggs: David Kossoff
George Riley: John Wyse
Henry Morris: Lockwood West
His son: Leroy Lingwood
John Meldrum, Counsel: Anthony Jackson
Thomas Carr, landlord: Harold Kasket
Mr Simpson, Court Clerk: Frank Henderson
Inspector Hughes, C I D: Victor Luck
[There were two series, this was the first play of the first series, running from 31/12/67 to 4/2/68. The second series of 13 plays included plays from the first series in a different order and ran from 16th January 1989 to 10th April 1969.]
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Compiled by Stephen Shaw 2025
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(....thanks again, Stephen ...-ND)
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