Light Programme, Drama, 1951

DRAMA BROADCAST ON THE BBC LIGHT PROGRAMME IN 1951

This listing has been supplied by Stephen Shaw: many thanks!
Note that some performances were performed twice with the same cast - it is not possible to identify which plays were recorded and repeated and which were acted on two separate occaisions, unless there were cast changes.


1st January 1951
16.30-18.00
A Hundred Years Old by Serafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, English version by Helen and Harley Granville-Barker
No details listed. Probably a repeat from 27th December 1950- if so, produced by Ayton Whitaker


3rd January 1951
20.00-21.30
Curtain Up! : 'Witness For The Prosecution' by Jon Manchip White based on a short story by Agatha Christie
Production by Cleland Finn
Leonard Vole: David Peel
Mr Mayherne: Richard Williams
Mrs Mogson: Mary West
Sir John Lucas: Hamilton Dyce
Judge: Martin Lewis
Belwood: Eric Anderson
Atbert: Leslie Crowther
Romaine Heilger: Mariorie Westbury
Janet Mackenzie: Nell Ballantyne
Also with Charles Maunsell, Andrew Churchman and Dorothy Grimston
Repeated 8th January 1951

4th January 1951
12.30-13.00
The Boy from the Forest by Evelyn Russell.
Based upon "The Forest and the Fort" by Hervey Allen,
Edited and Produced by Lionel Gamlin,
Part 2 of 4. (Part one was broadcast 28th December 1950.)
Salathiel Albine: Don Harron
Captain Ecuyer: Alec Mango
Johnson: Peter Creswell
Meg: Rosamund Barnes
O'Neill: Tommy Duggan
Samuel Japson: Arthur Ridley
Lieutenant Francis: Clive Baxter
Hawkins: Julian Belfrage
Sergeant Murphy: Wilfred Babbage
Sergeant McCritchie: Basil Grey
Bustle McQuisten: Betty Hardy
Storyteller: Noel Johnson
Part3:8/1/51 Part4:11/1/51


5th January 1951
18.30-19.00:
The Swiss Family Robinson by John Keir Cross
Part one was broadcast on 29th December 1950.
Part 2 of 4
Concertina player, Alf Edwards
Story presented by Wallace Geoffrey (Parts 1 and 3 only)
Story presented by Valentine Dyal(Parts 2 and 4)
Production by Ayton Whitaker
Father Robinson: Eric Portman
Mother Robinson: Dorothy Smith
Fritz: Peter Scott
Ernest: Theo Bryan
Jack: Paul Medland
Francis: William Strange
Additional cast in later episodes:
Jenny: Denise Bryer(4)
Ship's captain: Duncan McIntyre(4)
Helmsman: Eric Anderson(4)
Pt3:12/1/51 Pt4:19/1/51
(Not credited but based upon the 1812 book by Johann David Wyss]


5th January 1951
20.00-20.30
Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping dramatised by John Watt
Part one was broadcast on 17th November 1950
Part 8 of 9.
Music by Henry Reed and played by a section of the BBC Variety Orchestra, Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Thomas Roland: James McKechnie
Stephen Sorrell: Howard Marion-Crawford
Kit: Alastair Duncan
Cherry Roland: Marjorie Westbury
Molly Pentreath: Muriel Russell
Oscar Wolffe: Roger Delgado
Additional actors in part 9:
Housekeeper: Susan Richards(9)
Porter: Harry Hutchinson(9)
Simon Orange: Colin Gordon(9)
Tramp: Ronald Sidney(9)
Doctor: Bryan Powiey(9)
Pt9:12/1/51
Serial repeated commencing 3/8/1952


7th January 1951
15.30-16.00
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: 'The Case of the Murderous Mouse' by Alan Stranks (1903-1959)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece (1913-1962)
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Stingo: George Cross
Bumper: John Sharp
Mick: Cyril Chamberlain
Snorky: Stephen Jack
Mrs Murphy: Courtney Hope
Mr Conway: Brian Hayes
Repeated on BBC Home 11th January 1951
[PC 49 came before Dixon of Dock Green, and ran on radio from 1947-1953 (112 episodes), in two films, and a comic strip (1950-1957).}
[The radio plays were distributed by the BBC and PC49 was heard over several New Zealand radio stations.]
[Alan Stranks wrote the lyrics for the UK's first Eurovision Song Festival entry (1957)- it placed 7th out of 10- the worst placing (relatively) until 1978. It was the shortest entry to the contest until 2015, and was never released as a single.]


10th January 1951

20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- The Yellow Book by David Whitelaw and Harold Simpson from the novel "Mystery at Furze Acres" by David Whitelaw, adapted by Peggy Wells
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Mervin Dale KC: Roger Delgado
Colonel John Kershaw: Howieson Culff
Norma, his wife: Marjorie Westbury
Paul Epgrave: David Peel
Giles: Stanley Groome
Lucy: Denise Bryer
Inspector Rhodes: Donald Gray
Dr Pashler: Hamilton Dyce
Sykes: David Kossoff
George Clinton, deputy coroner: Bryan Powley
Fred: Ronald Sidney
Mrs Payne: Gladys Spencer
Repeated 15th January 1951


14th January 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49 (Series 8, Episode 3): The Case of the Treble Chance by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Betty Evans: Mary MacKenzie
Dai Evans: Noel Johnson
Red Bartlett: Sydney Tafler
Steve Tubbs: Roger Snowdon
Mr Pringle: Peter Bathurst
Repeated on BBC Home on 18th January 1951


17th January 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- Mother Of Men (1946) by Ada G. Abbott
Adapted by Dorothy Worsley
Production by Archie Campbell
Widow Brant's cottage at Colecombe, Devon.
No cast details given except "with Nancy Price" (1880-1970).
Repeated 22nd January 1951


19th January 1951
21.30-22.00:
Miss Dangerfield and the Irresistible Nightingale by Edward J. Mason(1912-1971)
1 of 8— The vanishing lady
Music specially composed by Basil Hempseed
Production by Cleland Finn
Miss Dangerfield: Rita Vale
Brett Norton: Deryck Guyler
Jean-Pierre: John Bentley
The Brigadier: Richard Williams
Sam Buxton: Hamilton Dyce
Sally Buxton: Gabrielle Blunt
Barnwell Spender: Raf de la Torre
Laura Gross: Vivienne Chatterton
Miss Richmond: Grizelda Hervey
Hostess: Lucille Lisle
Mary: Denise Bryer
Additional actors in later episodes:
Mrs Gimblett: Gladys Spencer(2)
John Conway: Eric Anderson(2)
Swordflsh Jones: David Kossoff(3)
Salvage officer: Geoffrey Underwood(3)
Dustman: Frank Atkinson(3)
Telephone operator: Betty Baskcomb(3)
A man: Richard Hurndall (3)
Mary: Denise Bryer(4)
The Angel: Billy Thatcher(4)
A man: Geoffrey Bond(4)
Night club manager: Roy Dean(5)
Also with Robert Bishop
For actors in parts 6 to 8 please see 23rd February 1951 below.
Pt2:26/1/51 Pt3:2/2/51 Pt4:9/2/51 Pt5:16/2/51 Pt6:23/2/51 Pt7:2/3/51 Pt8:9/3/51
[There was a later production in 8 episodes by Martyn C Webster in 1963]


21st January 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Stormy Petrel by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Paul Lazarus: Oliver Burt
Zillah: Ruth Dunning
Skip Skinner: Campbell Copelin
Jerry: Philip Ray
Duty Officer: Christopher Hodge
Repeated on BBC Home 25th January 1951


24th January 1951
20.30:
Curtain Up! : The Million Pound Note by Mark Twain (1835-1910) adapted by Rex Rienits (1909-1971)
Produced by Cleland Finn
Henry Adams: Arthur Hill
Skipper/Edde: David Kossoff
Butler: Howieson Culff
Charles: John Turnbull
Abel/Al: Alastair Duncan
Patrick Harris: Harry Hutchinson
Constable: Stanley Groome
Shop attendant/ Duke of Shoreditch: Roger Delgado
Mr Halliday: Charles Lefeaux
Waiter/ American Ambassador: Hamilton Dyce
Hotel manager: Richard Williams
Society photographer: Richard Hurndall
Salesman: Malcolm Hayes
Actress: Margaret Vines
Portia Langham: Dorothy Smith
Repeated 29th January 1951
[The Twain original was called "The Million Pound Bank Note" (1893)]
[In 2011 "The Million Pound Bank Note", adapted by Bryony Lavery, was produced for R4 repeated on R4X in 2021.]


26th January 1951
18.30-19.00:
The Master Of Ballantrae (1889) by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Adapted by R. J. B. Sellar (1919-1956)
1 of 8 — A House Divided
Produced by James Crampsey
BBC Scotland
Lord Durrisdeer: Douglas Robin
James Durie: Moultrie R Kelsall
Henry Durie: Bryden Murdoch
Alison Graeme: Denise Edwards
Colonel Francis Burke: Paul Curran
Ephraim Mackellar: George Davies
Additional actors in later episodes:
Secundra Dass: Balfour Brown(5)
General Clinton: Jack Sinclair(6)
Captain Harris: Robert Sherwood(7)
Sir William Johnston: Laurence Hardy(8)
John Mountain: Tom Fleming(8)
Hastie: Archie Henry(8)
Pt2:2/2/51 Pt3:9/2/51 Pt4:16/2/51 Pt5:23/2/51 Pt6:2/3/51 Pt7:9/3/51 Pt8:16/3/51
Repeated from BBC Home, 20th and 24th August 1950


28th January 1984
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Haunted Garden by Alan Stranks
Singer: Louise Traill
Flautist: Lionel Solomon
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Ambrose Gaunt: Ralph Truman
Toby: Sidney Vivian
Constable: Frederick Buckland
Repeated on BBC Home 1st February 1951
[Series 8, episode 5 of this long running program]


31st January 1951
20.30-21.30:
Curtain Up! :- The Calendar (1929) by Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)
Adapted by Cynthia Pughe
Dishonesty in the world of horse racing.
Production by Cleland Finn
Hillcott: Charles Leno
Henry Lascarne: Andrew Faulds
Garry Anson: Richard Hurndall
Molly Panniford: Diana Maddox
Lady Panniford (Wenda): Mary MacKenzie
Sir William Panniford: Sidney Monckton
Mr Waye: Harry Hutchinson
Andy Lynn: James E Thompson
John Dory: Raf de la Torre
Sir George Garth: Richard Williams
Lord Innspond: William Trent
Lord Fallingham: Martin Lewis
Repeated 5th February 1951
[There were many earlier productions of this play]
[There was a later production by Archie Campbell in 1961, rptd 1966 for BBC Home with Ralph Hallett as Henry.]
[A further production by Jane Graham on BBC R4 in 1975]


4th February 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Twisted Tiara by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Brenda Merton: Mary MacKenzie
Topsy Turvey: John Gabriel
Mrs Compton: Betty Hardy
Lady Cornfoot: Una Venning
Louis Charvet: Maurice Denham
Mabel: Dandy Nicholls
Repeated on BBC Home 8th February 1951.


7th February 1951
20.30-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- The Squeaker (1927) by Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) adapted by Martyn C. Webster
London jewel thieves.
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Joshua Collie: Duncan McIntyre
Millie Trent: Anne Cullen
Captain John Leslie: Philip Cunningham
Frank Sutton: Eric Anderson
Beryl Stedeman: Gabrielle Blunt
Lewis Friedman: John Slater
Tillman: Frank Partington
Bill Anerley: Frank Atkinson
Jim Anerley: Desmond Cairington
Zena: Anne Padwick
John Field: Neil Tuson
also with Ronald Sidney, Ian Sadler and Harry Hutchinson
Repeated 12th February 1951
[Several other earlier radio productions]
[Rex Rienits produced a version in 1952 with Robert Shaw as Frank, Arthur Ridley as Arthur]


11th February 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Last Bus by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Rex Holt: Martin Case
Conquest: Cyril Chamberlain
Lancelot: Billy Thatcher
Mr Brown: Peter Bathurst
Repeated on BBC Home 15th February 1951


14th February 1951
20.30:
Curtain Up!:- The Ringer(1926) by Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), adapted by Hugh Stewart and Archie Campbell
A lawyer fears a dangerous vigilante.
Pianist: Arthur Dulay
Produced by Archie Campbell
Detective-Inspector Bliss: Stanley Groome
Divisional Detective Inspector Wembury: Wensley Pithey
Colonel Walford, C B Assistant Commissioner of Police: Donald Gray
Sam Hackitt, an ex-convict: Victor Maddern
Maurice Meister a solicitor: Keneth Kent
Dr Lomond, Divisional Surgeon: Moultrie Kelsall
Cora Ann Militon: Mavis Villiers
Mary Lenley: Joan Hart
John Lenley: Leslie Hentage
Station-Sergeant Carter: Harry Hutchinson
P C Field: Sam Kydd
Detective: Duncan McIntyre
Repeated 19th February 1951
[There was a 1973 production by Raymond Raikes for Radio 4 with Bill Fraser as Sam]
[The Ringer was a revision of "The Gaunt Stranger or Police Work", 1925]


18th February 1951
15.30:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Ticking Terror by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Sgt Sharpe: Fred Yule
Constable Snell: John Bentiley
Constable Peabody: John Stevene
Pinkie: Julian Somers
Cocker: John Sharp
Repeated 22nd February 1951 on BBC Home.


19th February 1951
20.45-21.15:
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), adapted by Philip Wade
1 of 8: 'David Looks upon the World'
Produced by Archie Campbell
David Copperfleld,as boy: Jeremy Spenser
Mrs Copperfleld, his mother: Margaret Vines
Peggotty, his nurse: Mabel Constanduros
Miss Betsy Trotwood: Gladys Young
Mr Chillip: Arthur Ridley
Mr Murdstone: Malcolm Hayes
Miss Murdstone: Gladys Spencer
Mr Peggotty: Norman Shelley
Little Em'ly: Denise Bryer
Barkis: Stanley Groome
Additional actors in later episodes:
David Copperfield,a man: David Endera (2)
Mr Creakle, Headmaster: John Bushelle(2)
Traddles a boy: William Strange(2)
Steerforth an older boy: Richard Bebb(2)
Ham, his nephew: Dafydd Havard(2)
Barkis: Stanley Groome(2)
Mr Micawber: Edgar K Bruce(2)
Mrs Micawber: Betty Hardy(2)
A boy: Peter Scott(2)
David Copperfield,as an older boy: David Spenser(3)
Old clothes man: Bryan Powley(3)
A stranger: Eric Anderson(3)
Mr Dick: Richard Hurndall(3)
Janet, Betsy's maid: Sarah Leigh(3)
Mr Wickfield: Martin Lewis(3)
Agnes Wickfield: Gabrielle Blunt(3)
For actors in later episodes please see 12/3/51 below
Pt2: Pt3:5/3/51 Pt4:12/3/51 Pt5:19/3/51 Pt6:26/3/51 Pt7:2/4/51 Pt8:9/4/51
Series repeated commencing 1st August 1951
[An adaption in 5 parts by Philip Wade and John Benson was broadcast in 1937]
[An adaption in 5 parts by Philip Wade, produced by Derek McCulloch, with a different cast to 1937, was broadcast in 1944]


21st February 1951
20.30-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- Call It A Day (1936) by Dodie Smith (1896-1990), Adapted by Peggy Wells
Pianist: Arthur Dulay
Production by David H. Godfrey
Dorothy Hilton: Susan Richards
Roger Hilton: Richard Williams
Ann Hilton: Patricia Field
Martin Hilton: Derek Hart
Catherine Hilton: Peggy Cameron
Paul Francis: Roger Delgado
Ethel Francis: Margaret Vines
Beatrice Gwynne: Patricia Laffan
Muriel Webster: Freda Gaye
Frank Haines: Hamilton Dyce
Alistair Brown: David Peel
Joan Collett: Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Vera: Molly Lawson
Repeated 26th February 1951
[Many earlier radio and tv productions]
[Later production by David H Godfrey in 1966 with Margaret Ward as Dorothy and Richard Hurndall as Roger, repeated R4 in 1969]
[Filmed version 1937].


23rd February 1951
21.30-22.00:
Miss Dangerfield and the Irresistible Nightingale by Edward J. Mason
6 of 8— An Interrupted Chat about Black Magic.
For part one please see 19/1/51 above.
Music by Basil Hempseed
Production by Cleland Finn
Miss Dangerfleld: Rita Vale
Brett Norton: Deryck Guyler
Jean-Pierre: John Bentley
Laura Gross: Vivienne Chatterton
Banwell Spender: Raf de la Torre
The Brigadier: Richard Williams
Miss Richmond: Grizelda Hervey
Mary: Denise Bryer
Sam Buxton: Hamilton Dyce
Also with Betty Baskcomb and Roy Dean
Additional actors in later parts:
Swordfish Jones: David Kossoff(7)
Norrie: Wensley Pithey(7)
Orchestra manager: Leslie Heritage(7)
Sally Buxton: Gabrielle Blunt(8)
Nurse: Joan Hart(8)
Pt7:2/3/51 Pt8:9/3/51


25th February 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C.49:-The Case of the Rank Outsider by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Deteotive-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Sid Ransom: Sidney Vivian
Chunky Betts: William Mervyn
Mich Shand: Sydney Tafler
Charlie Munro: Philip Ray
Hotel receptionist: Daphne Maddox
Mr Broderick: Raymond Francis
Repeated on BBC Home 1/3/51


28th February 1951
20.30-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- Wishing Well by E. Eynon Evans (1904-1989)
At the Wishing Well Inn.
Produced by Dafydd Gruffydd
Jane, housekeeper: Rachel Thomas
Henry, landlord: Arthur Phillips
John, his grandson: John Darran
Delith, his niece: Nona Richards
Amos, the village postman: Roddy Hughes
Amelia Smith, a visitor: Kitty Short
Morgan, her chauffeur: David Close-Thomas
Abner, an old villager: Norman Wynne
Peter Jennings: Noel Johnson
Irene Jennings: Sarah Leigh
Ann Murray: Vera Meazey
Repeated 5/3/51


4th March 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Laughing Cavalier by Alan Stranks
Production By: Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Sheliton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
De'tective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Mrs Wilson: Vivienne Chatterton
Piggy Trotter: John Blythe
Larry Stokes: Peter Tuddenham
Madeline Wade:: Joan Wyndham
Duty Officer: Frank Foster
Master of Ceremonies: Leslie Kyle
Repeated on BBC Home 8th March 1951.


7th March 1951
20.30-22.00:
Curtain Up! :- Wagstaff's England (1947) by Robert Greenwood, adapted by Patrick Campbell
Produced by Patrick Campbell
BBC North
Horace Wagstaff: Wilfred Pickles
Secretary: Joan Sharp
Major Frith: Malcolm Graeme
Johnny Frith: Geoffrey Wheeler
Davray-Boville Esq: Edgar K Bruce
Admiral Kerr: Richard Williams
Sir Humphrey Verney: Ronald Simpson
George: Lewis Gedge
Sally Wagstaff: Rosemary Davis
Weeks: Claude Bonser
Rev Cyril Vasey: Guybon Andrew
Jack Verney: Randal Herley
Aunt Jane: Ella Milne
Rev William Pipe: Norman Somers
Repeated 12th March 1951


11th March 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49:- The Case of the Modest Violet by Alan Stranks
Production bv Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Liz: Mary MacKenzie
Marty: Eric Berry
Croaker: Alfie Bass
Bernstone: Tommy Duggan
Sampson: Alec Finter
Bus conductor: Peter Bathurst
Repeated on BBC Home 15th March 1951
[Buses used to have a driver in a separate compartment, and fares used to be collected by a conductor in the passenger section of the bus].


12th March 1951
20.45-21.15:
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), adapted by Philip Wade
For part one please see 19th February 1951 above.
4 of 8: Uriah Heep
Pianist: Cicely Hoye
Produced by Archie Campbell
Steerforth: Richard Bebb
Agnes Wickfield: Gabrielle Blunt
Mr Micawber: Edgar K Bruce
Little Em'ly: Denise Bryer
David Copperfleid as man: David Enders
Uriah Heep: Charles Leno
Mrs Heep: Ella Milne
Ham: Dafydd Havard
Mr Peggotty: Norman Shelley
David Copperfield as a boy: David Spenser
Miss Betsy Trotwood: Gladys Young
Addititional actors in later episodes:
Mr Spenlow: Peter Creswell(5)
Dora Spenlow: Patricia Field(5)
Traddles: Leslie Heritage(5)
Mrs Crupp: Marjorie Westbury(5)
Peggotty: Mabel Constanduros(6)
Mr Spenlow: Peter Creswell(6)
Mr Dick: Richard Hurndall(6)
Mrs Micawber: Betty Hardy(6)
Mr Wickfleld: Martin Lewis(6)
Julia Mille: Dorothy Smith(6)
Tiffey: J John Turnbult(6)
Mrs Crupp: Marjorie Weatbury(6)
Miss Lavinia: Susan Richards(7)
Coachman: Eric Anderson(8)
Landlord: Bryan Powley(8)
Fisherman: Roger Delgado(8)
For actors in later episodes please see 12/3/51 below
Pt5:19/3/51 Pt6:26/3/51 Pt7:2/4/51 Pt8:9/4/51
Series repeated commencing 1st August 1951


14th March 1951
20.30-22.00:
Curtain Up! :-Juno And The Paycock (1924) by Sean O'Casey (1880-1964), adapted by Patrick Riddell
Dublin, 1922.
Produced by Fred O'Donovan
Captain Jack Boyle: Harry Hutchinson
Juno Boyle: Maire O'Neill
Johnny Boyle: Gerard McLarnon
Mary Boyle: Joyce Chancellor
Joxer Daly: Tony Quinn
Mrs Maisie Madigan: Betty Hardy
Needle Nugent: Joe Linnane
Mrs Tancred: Ethel O'Shea
Jerry Devine: Edward Byrne
Charlie Bentham: Brian Carey
Furniture men: Larry Burns and Kevin Fitzgerald
Mobilizer: Robert Mooney
Repeated 19th March 1951
[Also produced by John Gibson for BBC 3rd in 1957]
[Also produced for R4 Schools by David Lyttle in 1970]
[Also produced for R4 by Michael Heffernan in 1976]
[Also produced by Pam Brighton for BBC R3 in 1997]
[Also produced by Peter Kavanagh for BBC R3 in 2014 rptd 2018]
[Also on tv in 1951 with Ethel O'Shea, Brian Carey, Robert Mooney]


16th March 1951
21.30-22.00:
Victorian House (1939) by Dorothy Hewlett. Adapted by Jon Manchip White
The Great Exhibition of 1851 .
1 of 8— Amber House
Pianist. Arthur Dulay
Production by David H. Godfrey
Adelaide: Beryl Calder
Albert: Ysanne Churchman
Charlotte: Anne Cullen
Mary: Joan Duan
Alice: Dorothy Gordon
Victoria: Ursula Hirst
Nurse Emmett: Ella Milne
William as a boy: David Peel
William: Ivan Samson
Mrs Pratt: Gladys Spencer
Mr Pratt: Ralph Truman
Hoskin: John Turnbull
Actors in later episodes:
George: Derek Hart(2)
Phoebe: Denise Bryer(2)
Sir Charles Berridge: John Bentley(2)
Henry Thorpe: Geoffrey Lewis(2)
Lord Cardell: Howieson Culff(2)
Henry Thorpe: Geoffrey Lewis(2)
George Pratt: Derek Hart(3)
Dr Flick: Francis de Wolff(3)
A patient: Raf de la Torre(3)
Glegg: John Richmond(3)
Buckman: Duncan McIntyre(3)
Doctor Blythe: Charles Lefeaux(3)
Mrs Watkins: Elsa Palmer(3)
An urchin: Michael Dear(3)
Mrs Mills: Betty Baskcomb(3)
also with Donald Gray, Eric Anderson, Ernest Sefton, and Pamela Moore(3)
For actors in episodes 4-8 please see 6/4/51 below.
Pt2:23/3/51 Pt3:30/3/51 Pt4:6/4/51 Pt5:13/4/51 Pt6:20/4/51 Pt7:27/4/51 Pt8:4/5/51


18th March 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49 : The Case of the Good Neighbour by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sgt Wright: Eric Phillips
Neville Featherstone: John Stevens
Alice Braden: Gwenda Wilson
Mr Price: Lockwood West
Repeated on BBC Home 22/3/1951


21st March 1951
20.30-22.00:
Curtain Up ! :-Ladies In Retirement (1940) by Edward Percy (1891-1968) and Reginald Denham (1894-1983), adapted by Cynthia Pughe
1865: A lady and her companion are joined by the two sisters of the companion, who come for a holiday.
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
Lucy: Freda Falconer
Leonora Fiske: Mary Merrall
Ellen Creed: Mary Clare
Albert Feather: Lewis Stringer
Louisa Creed: Barbara Leake
Emily Creed: Marjorie Westbury
Sister Theresa: Betty Hardy
[Also produced by Martyn C Webster in 1965 for BBC Home]
[Also produced by Christopher Venning in 1977 for BBC R4.]


24th March 1951
13.00-13.30
Operation Hush by John Pudney (1909-1977)
Produced by Lionel Gamlin (1903-1967)
Storyteller: John Howard Davies
Fred his chum: William Strange
Uncle George: Carleton Hobbs
Ted the postman: Bryan Powley
The Corporal: Alec Ross
Dr Gustav Bloch: Olaf Olsen
[Also see The April Fools, 31st March 1951, below]


25th March 1951
15.30-16.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49:- The Case of the Last Round-Up by Alan Stranks
Production by Vernon Harris
P.C. 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Beau Barry: Cyril Chamberlain
Butcher Norton: John Slater
Friday Simons: Russell Napier
Van Doom: Dodd Mehan
Saunders: Philip Ray
Constable Snell: John Bentley
Sister: Sheila Raynor
Repeated on BBC Home 29th March 1951


28th March 1951
20.30-22.00
Curtain Up! :- The Earth Remains by Bill Gates
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Mrs Clare: Ella Milne
Prue: Betty Baskcomb
Browny: Betty Hardy
Christine: Denise Bryer
Jane Gilmore: Anne Cullen
Geoffrey: Bill Gates
Millen: Gabrielie Blunt
Richard: Malcolm Hayes
Tilly: Bettina Dickson
Repeated 2nd April 1951.
[Adapted from a 1949 stage play. Not the 1945 book of that title by Crichton Porteous. NOT the American Bill Gates, who was born in 1955]


31st March 1951
13.15-13.45
The April Fools by John Pudney (1909-1977)
Produced by Lionel Gamlin
Storyteller: John Howard Davies
Fred, his chum: William Strange
Uncle George: Carleton Hobbs
Mr Jones, an engine driver: Stephen Jack
Edwin, his fireman: John Glyn-Jones
Farmer's wife: Peggy Cameron
Scientist: Noel Johnson
Patrol Leader: Bernard Lilly
Scout: Kenneth Gooding
[Also see Operation Hush, 24th March 1951, above and also see 7th April 1951 below.]


31st March 1951
20.15-21.00:
A Walk In The Sun (1944) by Harry Brown (1917-1986)
Adapted from the film soundtrack by Thurstan Holland .
The American troops land in Italy.
Produced by Thurstan Holland
Narrated by Robert Beatty
Sergeant Tyne: Dana Andrews
Rivera, the machine-gunner: Richard Conte
Jake Friedman: George Tyne
Windy: John Ireland
Sergeant Ward: Lloyd Bridges
MacWilliams, first aid man: Sterling Holloway
Archimbeau, platoon scout: Norman Lloyd
Sergeant Porter: Herbert Rudley
also with Michael Balfour, Bill Nagy, Alan Tilvern and Mark Baker


4th April 1951
20.30-22.00:
Curtain Up! :- Murder On The Second Floor (1929) by Frank Vosper (1899-1937), Adapted by Cynthia Pughe.
A boarding house.
Produced by Cleland Finn
Hugh Bromilow: David Enders
Lucie: Virginia Hewett
Sylvia Armitage: Hilda Schroder
Joseph Reynolds: John Turnbull
Mrs Armitage: Elsa Palmer
Miss Snell: Ivy Collins
Mr Armitage: Patrick Vyvyan
Jam Singh: Roger Delgado
P C Rogers: Roy Dean
Inspector: Hugh Moxey
Repeated 9th April 1951


6th April 1951
21.30-22.00
Victorian House by Dorothy Hewlett adapted by Jon Manchip White
Part 4 of 8 — Paradise Court
For part one please see 16th March 1951 above.
Production by David H. Godfrey
William: Ivan Samson
William as a Boy: David Peel
Phoebe: Denise Bryer
Miss Fletcher: Susan Buret
Mrs Dillon: Mary O'Farrell
Mr Silvero: Roger Delgado
Cabby: James Page
A gypsy: Eric Anderson
Also with Thea Wells, Joan Clement Scott, Freda Falconer, Rosemary Mathews, Loris Somerville, Michael Dear, Ella Milne, and Lewis Stringer
Additional actors in later episodes:
Adelaide: Beryl Calder(5)
George: Derek Hart(5)
Sir Charles Berridge: John Bentley(5)
Henry Thorpe: Geoffrey Lewis(5)
Grimes: Ernest Butcher(5)
Hannah: Betty Baskcomb(5)
Mrs Manley: Elsa Palmer(5)
Prince Albert: Gerik Schjelderup(6)
Queen Victoria: Betty Hardy(6)
Mr Baird: Gordon MacLeod(6)
Duke of Wellington: Harry Hutchinson(6)
Mr Fox: Hamilton Dyce(6)
Mr Watkins: Charles Lamb(6)
First old gentleman: Ralph de Rohan(6)
Second old gentleman: J. Hubert Leslie(6)
also with Ronald Sidney (6)
For actors in episodes 7 and 8 please see 27/4/51 below.
Pt5:13/4/51 Pt6:20/4/51 Pt7:27/4/51 Pt8:4/5/51


7th April 1951
13.15-13.45:
Countersign Kidnap by John Pudney
Storyteller: John Howard Davies
Fred, his chum: William Strange
Uncle George: Carleton Hobbs
Dr Martin: Paul Martin
A truck driver: Malcolm Graeme
A chauffeur: James Sharkey
Ship's captain: Eric Lugg
Chief steward: John Glyn-Jones
Radio officer: Julian Belfrage
[This story was included in the book "Stories for Boys chosen by Anthony Buckeridge" published in 1957. Also see 24th and 31st March 1951, above, for other stories about Fred and George and 14th April 1951 below]


11th April 1951
20.30-22.00:
Curtain Up! :-Mine Own Executioner (1945) by Nigel Balchin (1908-1970) adapted by Rex Rienits
Production by Ayton Whitaker
Who is the most disturbed -the psychoanalyst or the patient?
Receptionist: Muriel Russell
Charlie Oakes: William Strange
Dr Norris Pile: Peter Bathurst
Sir George Freethorne: Edgar Norfolk
Felix Milne: Anthony Jacobs
Patricia Milne: Grizelda Hervey
Miss English: Janet Bruce
Lady Maresfield: Susan Richards
Molly Lucian: Violet Loxley
Peter Edge: Michael Shepley
Barbara Edge: Joan Hart
Adam Lucian: Malcolm Hayes
Dr James Garsten: Duncan McLntyre
Mrs Oakes: Joan Clement-Scott
The Police Inspector: Geoffrey Lewis
Sergeant of Police: Donald Gray
Fireman: Richard George
Solicitor: Marne Maitland
Coroner: Arthur Ridley
Also with Eric Anderson, Betty Baskcomb, Denise Bryer, Roger Delgado and Neil Tuson
Repeated 16th April 1951
[Balchin was a psychologist and said that this story was based largely on his experience of psychiatry during the war.]


12th April 1951
20.00-20.30
Frenchman's Creek (1942) -
Part 1 of 4: no program details for this episode. Part one details below are taken from BBC Home for 3/9/51:
by Daphne du Maurier adapted by Kenneth Owen.
Produced by Owen Reed
BBC West of England
Dana St Columb: Beatrice Bevan
Harry St Columb her husband: Malcolm Farquhar
Rockingham: Rolf Lefebvre
William: Charles E Stidwill
Lord Godolphin: Arthur Young
Jean-Benoit Aubery: Raf de la Torre
also with Charles Marford, Hilda Schroder, Arnold Toottle, and Michael Allan Man
Additional actors in later parts:
Lady Godolphin: Caroline Hooper(2)
Mr Eustick: Malcolm Graeme(2)
Mr Penrose/Zachariah: Lewis Gedge(2)
Pierre Blanc: Harry Carter(2)
Rashleigh: Hamilton Price(3)
Prue: Hilda Schroder(4)
Also with Frederick Tresise and Norman Kendall(4)
Pt2: 19/4/51 pt3:26/4/51 pt4:3/5/51
Repeated on BBC Home commencing 3rd September 1951.
[Also produced in 6 parts by Cherry Cookson for R4 in 1989 and 1990, repeated on BBC Radio 7 in 2008, 2009, 2010]
[There was also a 1905 story with this title written by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch]


14th April 1951
13.15-13.45
Holiday Task by John Pudney
Produced by Lionel Gamlin
Storyteller John: Howard Davies
Fred, his chum: William Strange
Uncle George: Carleton Hobbs
Monsieur Dupois: Keith Ryott
Annette Dupois: Dorothy Gordon
Dr Schultz: Francis de Wolff
[Also see 24th March 1951 above]

14th April 1951
Samoan Adventure by Tom Thompson
1889- a hurricane hits the harbour which has warships of three nations.
Produced by Desmond Hawkins
Introduced by Rear-Admiral Cecil Fox (1873-1963)
Captain Henry Coe Kane: Lewis Gedge
Lt Robert K McAlpine: Hedley Goodall
Lt (N) Henry Pearson: Hugh Falkus
Lt Montague G Cartwight: Preston Lockwood
Staff Engineer Henry G Bourke: Malcolm Graeme
Midshipman Cecil H Fox: Basil Jones
Midshipman John Glossop: Harold Reese
Able Seaman James Baldry: Francis Lunt
Able Seaman William Miller: Harry Carter
Also with Charles E. Stidwill, C. A. F. Drummond, Hamilton Price, and Arnold Tottle
[based on material provided by Rear-Admiral Cecil Fox]
Repeated from BBC Home West 12th December 1950
Repeated on BBC Home West 5/8/1953


15th April 1951
14.30-15.00:
The Other Side Of The Sun by Paul Capon (1912-1969), dramatised by John Keir Cross
Another planet in the same orbit as Earth but always hidden by the Sun.
1 of 6:— Antigeos
Production by Frederick Bradnum
Professor Jonah Pollenport: Cecil Trouncer
Rose Pollenport: Jeanette Tregarthen
Timothy Penn: Desmond Carrington
Lord Sanderlake: Richard Williams
Also with Denise Bryer, Donald Gray, Stanley Groome, Malcolm Hayes, David Kossoff, Ella Milne, Ronald Sidney and Margaret Vines
Additional actors in later parts:
Sam Spenorosa: Victor Platt (2)
Paul Greenwood: Jack London(2)
Major Stewart McQuoid: Derek Birch(2)
Also with Frank Atkinson, Patience Collier, Diane Langford, Patrick Troughton(2)
Radio commentator/Historian: Robert Raikes (3)
Regan: Jill Nyasa (3)
Quince: Martin Starkie(5)
Pt2:22/4/51 Pt3:29/4/51 Pt4:6/5/51 Pt5:13/5/51 Pt6:20/5/51
[Sequel novel was "The Other Half of the Planet"(1952) followed by "Down to Earth"(1954)].


18th April 1951
20.30-22.00:
Curtain Up:- There's Always Tomorrow by Lionel Brown, adapted by Martyn C. Webster
The mother thinks her son wants to marry the girl- not quite correct.
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
James Wilton: Lee Fox
Lena Carling: Betty Hardy
Lady Carling (Grace): Cathleen Nesbitt
Sir George Carling: Allan Jeayes
Ian Stanley: David Peel
Lucille Drayton: Mavis Villiers
Luke Carling: James Thomason
Repeated 23rd April 1951.
[The play was at the Shaftesbury in London in April 1934 and received very negative reviews.]
[A signed 1934 theatre script was on sale in 2022 for 25 pounds].
[No relation to the very many other works with this popular title]


25th April 1951
21.00:
Curtain Up! :- Grumpy (1913) by Horace Hodges (1863-1951) and T. Wigney Percyval, adapted by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Owen Reed
BBC West of England
Prefaced by a tribute to Cyril Maude by S. R. Littlewood.
Andrew Bullivant: Cyril Maude (1862-1951)
Virginia Bullivant: Betty Linton
Ernest Heron: Howard Marion-Crawford
Ruddock: Victor Fairley
Susan: Cherry Cottrell
Jarvis: Hedley Goodall
Valentine Wolfe: Charles Marford
Keble: Sidney Tafler
Merridew: Percy Radford
Repeated from BBC Home of 6th July 1947 -(when Cyril Maude was 85)
Repeated 30th April 1951
[Cyril Maude was in the 1914 production of the play at the London New Theatre and was in the play on Broadway in 1913-1914, and in Australia in 1917]
[Cyril Maude played Bullivant in the 1930 film version of the play. He is reported to have played the role over 1000 times.]


27th April 1951
21.30-22.00:
Victorian House by Dorothy Hewlett adapted by Jon Manchip White
7 of 8—'Charlotte'
For part one please see 16/3/51 above.
Production by David H. Godfrey
William: Ivan Samson
William as boy: David Peel
Mr Pratt: Ralph Truman
Victoria: Ursula Hirst
Charlotte: Anne Cullen
Phoebe: Denise Bryer
Lord Cardell: Howieson Culff
Mr Bolt: Roger Delgado
Peter Miller: Edgar Norfolk
An Irishwoman: Ella Milne
Additional actors in part eight:
George Pratt: Derek Hart
Adelaide: Beryl Calder
Mrs Pratt: Gladys Spencer
Sir Charles Berridge: John Bentley
Henry Thorpe: Geoffrey Lewis
Johnny: Lewis Stringer
Grimes: Ernest Butcher
Pt8:4/5/51


2nd May 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up! : Berkeley Square (1926) by John L. Balderston (1889-1954) in collaboration with J. C. Squire (1884-1958) Adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh
An American meets his ancesters.
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
Narrator: Richard Williams
Mrs Barwick: Ann Codrington
The Ambassador: MacDonald Parke
Peter Standish: Douglass Montgomery
Marjorie Frant: Eileen Date
Tom Pettigrew: Allan McClelland
Kate Pettigrew: Sheila Burrell
The Lady Anne Pettigrew: Gladys Young
Mr Throstle: Ivor Barnard
Helen Pettigrew: Peggy Bryan
The Duchess of Devonshire: Meum Stewart
Major Clinton: Norman Claridge
Sir Joshua Reynolds: Arthur Ridley
Maid: Beryl Calder
Repeated 7th May 1951
[J C Squire had an interest in alternative history- dealt with in his story collection "If it had happened otherwise" (1931).]


5th May 1951
20.00-21.00:
Chance Of A Lifetime (1950) by Walter Greenwood (1903-1974) and Bernard Miles (1907-1991), adapted by Leslie Halward (1905-1976)
Post war industrial relations- both sides are fairly reasonable, one or two individuals are difficult.
Produced by Desmond Hawkins (1908-1999)
BBC West of England
Mr Dickinson: Norman Shelley
George Stevens: Bernard Miles
Ted Morris: George Holloway
Miss Cooper: Beatrice Bevan
Adam McDonald: Basil Jones
Harry Bolger: Harry Carter
Baxter: Francis Lunt
Mr Bland: Victor Fawkes
Bank Manager: Lewis Gedge
Mr Garrett: Malcolm Graeme
Mr Pennington: Hedley Goodall
Also with Patricia Frowd, Norman Kendall, Arnold Tottle, Johnnie Morris, James Downs, Ian Packer, and Paul Dening
[The film based upon the play received a cinema release after the Government -backed by the Board of Trade chairman, Harold Wilson- insisted, using the 1948 Film Act. ].


9th May 1951
20.00-21.30
Festival Curtain Up!: Pygmalion (1913) by Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Can a Cockney flower-girl be passed off as a duchess?
Production: Cleland Finn
Mrs. Eynsford Hill: Courtney Hope
Clara: Joan Hart
Freddy: Andrew Faulds
Eliza: Angela Baddeley (1904-1976)
A Bystander: Malcolm Hayes
Colonel Pickering: Richard Williams
Higgins: Terence de Marney
Mrs. Pearce: Elsa Palmer
Doolittle: Stanley Groome
Mrs. Higgins: Betty Hardy
Parlourmaid: Dorothy Smith
Also with: Harry Hutchinson, Martin Lewis, Donald Gray
Repeated 15th May 1951


10th May 1951
20.00-20.30:
Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery by Francis Durbridge (1912-1998)
1 of 8
No program details given for this episode.
Details from Ep2:
Production by Martyn C. Webster
Paul Temple: Kim Peacock
Steve: Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes: Lester Mudditt
Robert Ferguson: George Margo
Helen Ferguson: Grizelda Hervey
Charlie: Frank Partington
Reggie Mackintosh: Duncan McIntyre
Mrs Parsons: Courtney Hope
Wyman: Michael Holt
Hall porter: Leslie Parker
Additional actors in later episodes:
Rudolf Charles: Olaf Olsen(3)
Mavis Russell: Rita Vale(3)
Dinah Nelson: Belle Chrystall(3)
Marke Elliot: Martin Lewis(3)
Richard Ferguson: David Peel(3)
Inspector Gerrard: Stanley Groom(4)
Eddie Paget: Charles Lefeaux(4)
Also with: Ronald Sidney(3), Spencer Hale(3), Dorothy Smith(4), Hamilton Dyce(4), Gabrielle Blunt(5), Arthur Bush(5), Frank Coburn(5), Malcolm Hayes(7), Alan Reid(7), Roger Delgado(8), Harry Hutchinson(8) and Bryan Powley(8)
Pt2:17/5/51 Pt3:24/5/51 Pt4:31/5/51 Pt5:7/6/51 Pt6:14/6/51 Pt7:21/6/51 Pt8:28/6/51
The 1951 episodes were repeated the following day.
[This serial (Jonathan Mystery) was remade in 1963 with Peter Coke as Paul Temple, rptd BBC Home 1964-65, 1967 and also broadcast on R7 and R4X].
[The Paul Temple series was originally broadcast between 1938 and 1968. In all there were (to date) a total of 236 episodes including 76 remakes -excluding repeated episodes.]


14th May 1951
11.30-12.30:
Cinderella by Charles Perrault (1628-1703), Adapted by Desmond Carrington from the RKO-Walt Disney film (1950), with songs and music from the sound-track
Produced by Thurstan Holland
Cinderella: Carol Marsh
Jaq Mouse: Desmond Carrington
Gus Mouse: James E Thompson
Luke Mouse: Michael Mellinger
Anastasia: Ella Milne
Drizella: Rosemary Davis
Stepmother: Gladys Young
Prince Charming: David Jacobs
The Grand Duke: David Peel
The King: MacDonald Parke (1891-1960)
The Fairy Godmother: Susan Richards
Lucifer, the cat: Gladys Spencer
Blue bird: Denise Bryer
Narrator: Andrew Faulds
Repeated from 26th December 1950
[Disney credited the film version of the story to eight people with another two not credited.]


16th May 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up!:- Private Lives (1930) by Noel Coward (1899-1973), adapted by Cynthia Pughe
A divorced couple honeymoon with their new partners in adjacent rooms.
A section of the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Paul Fenoulhet. Pianist: Arthur Dulay
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Sibyl Chase: Denise Bryer
Elyot Chase, her husband: Hugh Sinclair
Victor Prynne: Neil Tuson
Amanda Prynne,his wife: Googie Withers
Louise a maid: Barbara Shaw
Repeated 21st May 1951


23rd May 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up!:- This Was A Woman (1944) by Joan Morgan (1905-2004) adapted by Archie Campbell
Mrs Holmes: Susan Richards
Effie, her daughter: Denise Bryer
Olivia Russell: Mary Ellis
Arthur Russell, her husband: Dodd Mehan
Fenella, their daughter: Jill Raymond
Valentine Christie: Gordon Davies
Terry, Olivia's son: David Peel
Austen Penrose: Hamilton Dyce
Repeated 28th May 1951


30th May 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up! :-The Petrified Forest (1935) by Robert E Sherwood (1896-1955).
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
With Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, and Emlyn Williams
No other program details are listed.
Repeated 4th June 1951- with no program details given. The BBC have photographs of Bette with Emyln and Gary recording this program.
[A version of this play was broadcast on BBC Home in 1960- no details given.]
[The BBC broadcast a TV version on 20th and 24th May 1951, produced by Royston Morley, - without Davis, Merrill or Williams.]


6th June 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up!:- 1066-And All That by Reginald Arkell (1881-1959) (Arkell version 1934), based on the 1930 book by W. C. Sellar (1898-1951) and R. J. Yeatman (1897-1968), adapted by Desmond Davis and Archie Campbell
Music By: Alfred Reynolds (1884-1969)
BBC Chorus - (Chorus-master, Leslie Woodgate)
BBC Revue Orchestra - Conducted by Mark H. Lubbock
Producer: Archie Campbell
The Guide: Sidney James
The Common Man: Jerry Verno
His Wife: Sarah Leigh
His Son: Denise Bryer
Also with Laidman Browne, Betty Huntley-Wright, Dudley Rolph, Joan Hart, Eric Anderson, Margaret Vines, Hamilton Dyce, Thea Wells, Donald Gray, Desmond Carrington, Patrick Troughton.
Repeated 11th June 1951.


13th June 1951
20.00-21.30
While The Sun Shines (1942) by Terence Rattigan(1911-1977) adapted by Cynthia Pughe
[No credit for Producer]
Horton: Douglas Jefferies
The Earl of Hanpenden: Hubert Gregg
Lieutenant Mulvaney: Hugh McDermott
Lady Elizabeth Randall: Jeanette Tregarthen
The Duke of Ayr and Stirling: Ivan Samson
Lieutenant Colbert: Eugene Deckers
Mabel Crum: Rosemary Lomax
Repeated 18th June 1951
[In 1957 David H Godfrey produced a version for BBC Home which also used the actors Gregg and Samson]
[In 1969 Archie Campbell produced a version for R4]


20th June 1951
20.00-21.30
Comedienne (1938) by Ivor Novello (1914-1951), adapted by Hugh Stewart
Produced by Hugh Stewart
Winkie: Muriel George
Lord Bayfield: Sebastian Shaw
Donna Lovellace: Sybil Thorndike
Owen Sands: Richard Bebb
Vivian Morris: Sarah Leigh
Julian Harley: Ivan Samson
Alan Crane: Robert Andrews
Ruth Wilder: Sheila Burrell
Lucy Foyle~Aberthaw: Susan Richards
The maid: Gabrielle Blunt
Davis: David Kossoff
Roderick Elms: Martin Lewis
Ted Jones: Laidman Browne
Repeated 25th June 1951


27th June 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up! Murder Happens (1948) by Arnold Ridley (1896-1984), adapted by Cynthia Pughe
A seaside hotel in the colder months.
Production: Archie Campbell
Doris, the maid: Fanny Carby
Fred Hubble, a visitor: Desmond Carrington
Gilbert Bernal: Barry Jones
Mary Pillington: Mary Wimbush
Cora Bernal, Gilbert's wife: Beatrice Kane
Hayes, the porter: Charles Lamb
Ellen, the cook: Susan Richards
General Kilkenny, guest: John Turnbull
Mrs. Leuchers: Courtney Hope
Beatrix Neale, Cora's sister: Ella Milne
Dr. Courtenay: Patrick Troughton
George Hawkins: Campbell Singer
Repeated 2nd July 1951


4th July 1951
20.30-22.00
Festival Curtain Up! :- Cavalcade (1931) by Noel Coward (1899-1973), adapted by Martyn C. Webster
The Marryot Family from 1899-1930.
Blues sung by Betty Driver
Chorus and the augmented BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Young Edward: John Charlesworth
Young Joe: Barry McGregor
Young Edith: Ursula Hirst
Young Fanny: Jill Nyasa
Jane Marryot: Eileen Herlie
Robert Marryot: Richard Hurndall
Ellen: Gretchen Franklin
Bridges: Charles Leno
Margaret Harris: Barbara Couper
Cook: Courtney Hope
Annie: Pat Jamblin
Mrs Snapper: Mabel Constanduros
Edward Marryot: Roy Dean
Joe Marryot: David Peel
Edith Harris: Brenda Ralston
Fanny Bridges: Ann Totten
Flo: Marjorie Westbury
George: Stanley Groome
Storyteller: Ivan Samson
Also with Ernest Sefton, Malcolm Hayes, Sarah Leigh, Margaret Vines, Joan Hart, John Rorke, Ronald Sidney, Dorothy Smith, Hamilton Dyce, Duncan McIntyre and Bryan Powley


5th July 1951
20.00-20.30:
Meet Christopher Blaze by Edward J. Mason(1912-1971)
Episodes in the life of an ex-Detective Inspector.
1 of 8— Thanks for the Memory
Production by Martyn C. Webster
(Part 8 was produced by Ayton Whitaker)
Smithy: Hamilton Dyce
Miss Jones: Fanny Carby
A man: Frank Coburn
Carlo: Roger Delgado
Christopher Blaze: Jack Hulbert
Mrs Gimble: Elizabeth Maude
Remembro/Gerlitz: Barry Morse
Mr Goole: Bryan Powley
Amy Goole: Brenda Ralston
Nobby: Ernest Sefton
Mrs Goole: Dorothy Summers
Mr Meek: James Thomason
Additional cast in later parts:
Magda: Agnes Bernelle(2)
Queenie: Belle Chrystall(3)
Zola: Jeanette Tregarthen(3)
Professor X: Rolf Lefebvre(3)
'Alibi' Jackson: Richard Hurndall(3)
Police Inspector: Duncan McIntyre(3)
A hawker: Malcolm Hayes(3)
Miss Webb: Denise Bryer(4)
Claude Vernon: Anthony Jacobs(4)
Film Director: David Peel(4)
Margo: Sarah Leigh(4)
A man: Eric Anderson(4)
Also with David Kossoff, Jill Nyasa
For actors in Parts 5-7 please see 2/8/51 below.
2:12/7/51 3:19/7/51 4:26/7/51 5:2/8/51 6:9/8/51 7:16/8/51 8:23/8/51
[Martyn C Webster made a new production of the series in 1961, with Jack Hulbert as Blaze, but other cast members differed eg William Eedle as Nobby]
[Edward J Mason had a more famous detective on the radio: Dick Barton]


9th July 1951
16.30-17.45:
Monday Matinee:- Family Tree by Philip Wade
Production by Cedric Messina (1920-1993) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
Lord Ebbworth of Newby Hall: Laidman Browne
Lady Ebbworth his wife: Courtney Hope
Anne his daughter: Barbara Couper
Judy his younger daughter: Denise Bryer
Agatha, his sister: Gladys Young
Edward Jennings the estate agent: David Peel
Raymond Harris: Carl Bernard
Tom the head gardener: Bryan Powley
Bob his son: Malcolm Hayes
Jessie, a maid: Gabrielle Blunt
Dan: Desmond Carrington
Dick: Simon Lack
Repeated from BBC Home of 7th July 1951


11th July 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up!: Evensong (1932) by Edward Knoblock (1874-1945) and Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), adapted by Neil Tuson
[No program details or cast are listed]
Also with Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Repeated 16th July 1951


18th July 1951
20.00-21.30:
The Hasty Heart (1945) by John Patrick (1905-1995) adapted by Duncan McIntyre
The rear of the Assam-Burma front
Production by Martyn C. Webster
Orderly: Desmond Carrington
Yank: Warren Stanhope
Digger: John Bushelle
Kiwi: Russell Napier
Blossom: Roger Delgado
Tommy: Charles Leno
Margaret: Isabel Dean
The Colonel: Hamilton Dyce
Lachlan: Duncan McIntyre
Repeated 23rd July 1951, and 21st and 26th March 1953
[Also produced by Martyn C Webster for BBC Home in 1967 with Ronald Herdman as Orderly, repeated 1971]
[John Patrick served in India and Burma providing medical services for British troops]


25th July 1951
20.00-21.30:
Festival Curtain Up! : Spinster Of This Parish (1922) by Diana Hamilton, from the novel by W. B. Maxwell (1866-1938), adapted by Cynthia Pughe
A woman's romance with a married man.
No director or actor details are given for this play.
Also with Barbara Couper and Deryck Guyler
Repeated 30th July 1951


28th July 1951
13.15-13.45
The Flying Fortunes by John Keir Cross (1914-1967)
1 of 8: The Man with Two Shadows
Produced By: Lionel Gamlin (1903-1967)
Jules Sartine: Barry K. Barnes (1906-1965)
Harry Fortune: Wilfred Babbage
Marion Fortune: Molly Rankin
Nicky: David Rivers
Jenny: Hilda Schroder
Geraldine: Dorothy Gordon
Bret van Eden: Raymond Byrnes
Giuseppe Minucoi (Joe): Billy Thatcher
Elegant: Jill Balcon
Theo Le Kobra: Keith Pyott
Sir Alexander Pitcairn: Bruce Seton
Additional actors in later parts were:
Basil Jones, Ian Sadler, Judith Furse, Robert Rietty, Stephen Black, Stephen Jack (1902-1987)
Pt2:4/8/51 Pt3:11/8/51 Pt4:18/8/51 Pt5:25/8/51 Pt6:1/9/51 Pt7:8/9/51 Pt8:15/9/51


1st August 1951
20.15-20.45:
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, adapted by Philip Wade
This production was first broadcast commencing 19th February 1951- please see above.
This set of episodes: Pt2:8/8/51 Pt3:15/8/51 Pt4:22/8/51 Pt5:29/5/51 Pt6:5/9/51 Pt7:12/9/51 Pt8:19/9/51


2nd August 1951
20.00-20.30:
Meet Christopher Blaze by Edward J. Mason(1912-1971)
Episodes in the life of an ex-Detective Inspector.
Part one was broadcast 5th July 1951 - please see above.
5 of 8— A Cure for Indigestion
Production by Martyn C. Webster
(Part 8 was produced by Ayton Whitaker)
Christopher Blaze: Jack Hulbert
Smithy: Hamilton Dyce
Mr Meek: James Thomason
Mrs Gimble: Elizabeth Maude
The Inspector: Stanley Groome
Bovis Yadek: Raf de la Torre
Malaski: Malcolm Hayes
Miss Webb: Denise Bryer
A man: Duncan McIntyre
Additional actors in later episodes:
Assistant Commissioner: Roger Delgado(6)
Ann Clayton: Elizabeth London(6)
Charlie: David Peel(6)
Henry Bullet: Bryan Powley(6)
Ma Skillett: Gladys Spencer(6)
The foreigner: Felix Deebank(6)
Sally: Gabrielle Blunt(7)
Superintendent Craydon/Meek: Howieson Culff(7)
Nicky: Ronald Sidney(7)
Sunbeam: Desmond Carrington(7)
Coggin: Jack Shaw(7)
Foley: Richard Hurndall(7)
Carter: Archie Angus(7)
Spiv: David Kossoff(8)
Carol: Betsey Lewis(8)
Voice: Ernest Seifton(8)
Wife: Ella Milne(8)
Also with Susan Richards, Dorothy Smith, and Harry Hutchinson
6:9/8/51 7:16/8/51 8:23/8/51


3rd August 1951
20.15-20.45:
The Lives Of Harry Lime
No further details given - No producer name, no actors named.
This episode was not named but in 2015 R4X named it "See Naples and Live"..
[This was a Harry Towers production, program popularly known as The Third Man]
Music by Anton Karas
Harry Lime: Orson Welles
[These adventures are prequels to the film]
Later episodes in 1951 (All were repeated on R4X in 2015):
10.8.51 A Ticket to Tangier by Orson Welles
17.8.51 Operation Music-Box by Orson Welles
24.8.51 Two is Company by Orson Welles
31.8.51 The Dead Candidate by Orson Welles
7.9.51 Five Thousand Pengoes and a Kiss by Carl Jampel
14.9.51 Love Affair by Sigmund Miller
21.9.51 Hyacinth Patrol by Virginia Cooke
[This was not a BBC production, but was produced and distributed independently by Towers of London. It was the first drama program broadcast by the BBC obtained from an external source. Initially the BBC broadcast 16 episodes (broadcast 1951 and 1952) but later R4X also broadcast further episodes. In total Towers produced 52 episodes.]


13th August 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee:- And No Birds Sing (1946) by Jenny Laird (1912-2001) and John Fernald (1905-1985), Adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh
Pauline Banks: Joan Dowling
Albert Briggs: Charles Leno
Dr Elizabeth Payling: Fabia Drake
Maud Twigge: Rita Vale
Howard Twigge: Richard Hurndall
Mrs Emily Heron: Elsa Palmer
George Shilling: Patrick Troughton
Kenneth Tweedle: Duncan McIntyre
Susan Catch: Denise Bryer
The Rev Arthur Platt: Gordon Davies
[Previously broadcast on BBC Home on 11th August 1951.]
[Not related to the Ted Willis play of this name]


13th August 1951:
20.30-21.00
Under The Red Robe (1894) Stanley J. Weyman (1855-1928), adapted by David Stringer
Part 1 of 6. France 1630.
Production by Ayton Whitaker
Gils de Berault: Peter Bathurst
Monsieur l'Anglais: Desmond Carrington
Monsieur de Pombal/Soldier: Eric Anderson
Frisson: Alban Blakelock
Guard: Richard George
Lieutenant: Campbell Singer
Cardinal Richelieu: Robert Farquharson
Henri: Harold Young
Also with Patrick Troughton
Additional cast in parts 2-6:
Mademoiselle de Cocheforet: Jeanette Tregarthen(2)
Louis: Harry Hutchinson(2)
Madame de Cocheforet: Catherine Salkeld(2)
Antonio: Roger Delgado (3)
A boy: D Bryer(3)
M le Capitaine Larolle: Basil Dignam(3)
A lieutenant: Kenneth Connor(3)
M de Cocheforet: John Turnbull(5)
A landlond: Hamilton Dyce(6)
A major-domo: Geoffrey Barrie(6)
Pt2:20/8/51 Pt3:27/8/51 Pt4:3/9/51 Pt5:10/9/51 Pt6:17/9/51
[There was a later production in 1963 by Trevor Hill for BBC Home]


20th August 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee: If This Be Error (1951) by Rachel Grieve, adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh.
The honeymoon is over- now to meet the step-children for the first time.
Produced by Norman Wright
Dr David Moore: Clive Morton
Caroline Moore: Mary Ellis
Mrs Mack: Ella Milne
Nina Moore: Mary Morris
Barbara Moore: Beryl Ca!der
Charles Moore: David Peel
Nick Grant: Richard Hurndall
Repeated from BBC Home of 18/8/1951


26th August 1951
Not drama perhaps, but surely worth a mention:
16.00-16.30
One Minute, Please. Roy Plomley introduces the new radio game. The first show.
Devised and produced by Ian Messiter
The first radio quiz show the BBC sold to America (Dumont 1954); also made locally by New Zealand. Polished up in South Africa by Ian Messiter, to become Just a Minute- which continues on Radio 4 and has appeared in three tv series.


27th August 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee:- Yellow Sands (1926) by Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) and Adelaide Phillpotts (1896-1993), adapted by Owen Reed
Produced By: Owen Reed
BBC West of England
Richard Varwell: Charles Wreford
Arthur Varwell: Charles E Stidwill
Joe Varwell: Francis Lunt
Thomas Major: Norman Kendall
Emma Major: Ruby Luscombe
Mary Varwell: Lilian Annear
Jenifer Varwell: Phyllis Smale
Lydia Blake: Phyllis Quick
also with Jean Howell and Millie Baynton
Repeated from BBC Home 25th August 1951.
[A production with the same details was broadcast on BBC Home on 29/3/1947 but may have been a different performance]
[There was a different production by Brandon Acton-Bond on BBC Home on 3rd and 5th November 1962 also with Phyllis Smale as Jenifer]


3rd September 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee:- The Raphael Resurrection by Terry Newman
Produced by Hugh Stewart
Kerr: Griffith Jones
Talbot: Ralph Truman
Rinaldi: Abraham Sofaer
Moroni: Dino Galvant
Mrs Brady: Gladys Spencer
Paul: Michael Allen
Louis: Richard Hurndall
Cafe proprietor: Andrea Malandrinos
Waiter: Howieson Culff
Repeated from BBC Home 1st September 1951


10th September 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee: Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (Gow version 1946) by Ronald Gow (1897-1993) based on Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), adapted by Owen Reed
Produced by Owen Reed
BBC West of England
A woman: Nell Oxley
Jonathan Kail: Jan Stewer
Angel Clare: Donald Eccles
Tess: Aileen Mills
Mrs Durbeyfield: Vivienne Chatterton
Liza-lu: Margaret Owen
Alec D'Urberville: Bryan Coleman
Mrs Brooks: Winifred Oughton
A porter: Douglas Horner
A man: Victor Fawkes
Repeated from 8/9/51 on BBC Home.
[Reed also produced the play with Jane Comfort as Mrs Brooks for BBC Home in 1948.]


17th September 1951
16.30-17.45:
Monday Matinee: Matters Arising by Joan Brampton adapted by Charles Spencer
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Miss Loder: Joan Clement Scott
Mr Forrest: Deering Wells
Mr Barton: Gordon McLeod
Mrs Sangster: Josephine Dent
Miss Jones: Joan Matheson
Matron: Winifred Oughton
Freda Martin: Barbara St Ledger
Beth Grange: Barbara Lott
Keith Grange: Leslie Perrins
Milly: Judy Dyson
Repeated from BBC Home 15/9/51


24th September 1951
16.30:
Monday Matinee: Once A Crook (1939) by Evadne Price (1888-1985) and Ken Attiwill (1906-1992)
Production by Archie Campbell
Inspector Marsh, of Scotland Yard: Richard Williams
Andrews, his assistant: Robert Bishop
Charlie Hopkins, Dog and Duck: Charles Leno
Aunty. housekeeper: Dorothy Summers
Bessie, barmaid: Gabrielle Blunt
Hallelujah Harry, potman: Harry Hutchinson
Estelle Graham, a young woman: Myrtle Reed
Bill Hopkins Charlie's son: Conrad Phillips
The Duke: Jon Farrell
Cutie: Marjorie Westbury
Joseph: Ronald Sidney
Police Sergeant at the Old Bailey: Stanley Groome
Repeated from BBC Home 22/9/51
[There was an earlier production for BBC Home in 1948 by Martyn C Webster with Andrew Faulds as Andrews]


25th September 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the First Cuckoo by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 1)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Jocelyn Curnow: Roger Snowdon
Folly Faraday: Noel Hood
Corky Gordon: Sidney Vivian
Whistler Stifle: Stephen Jack
Diddler Dean: Michael Ripper
Repeated on Home 27/9/51: the ninth series episodes were first broadcast on Light on Tuesday and then repeated on Home on the following Thursday.


26th September 1951
20.15-21.30:
Curtain Up ! :-Joseph Proctor's Money, by W. H. Lane Crauford (=William Harold Craxford)(1884-1955) adapted by Rex Rienits.
Sam's wife has gone abroad with his twin brother, that's what Sam says...
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
Sergeant Thornley: Patrick Troughton
Inspector Kneller: Stephen Jack
Ruth: Dorothy Smith
George/Samuel Marsh: Sydney Tafler
Poppy Marsh: Moira Lister
Nurse: Pamela Henry-May
Wilton: Martin Lewis
Matron: Sarah Leigh
Repeated 1st October 1951
[This adaption was made into a BBC TV drama broadcast 25/1/1951 also with Moira Lister as Poppy]


1st October 1951
20.00-21.05
The Gay Galliard by Margaret Irwin, dramatised by Spike Hughes
Incidental music composed by Frank Cordell
1 of 4: First Meeting: Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Bothwell.
The Orchestra (Leader, Percy Coates ), Conducted by Frank Cordell
Music composed by Frank Cordell
Lute player: Freddie Phillips
Production by Douglas Moodie
Mary Stuart, Queen of France and Scotland: Valerie Hobson
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell: James McKechnie
John Knox: John Laurie
Duchesse d'Orleans (the Queen's grandmother): Joan Young
Lord James Stuart: Derek Birch
Lord John Stuart: Ross Wilson
Jan (Lord Bothwell's sister): Jacqueline MacKenzie
Hubert of Paris: Michael Allen
Lord Arran: Richard Waring
Maitland of Lethington: Peter Creswell
Additional actors in later parts:
Henry, Lord Darnley: David Peel(2)
David Rizzio: Robert Rietty(2)
Earl of Huntly: Robert Urquhart(2)
Lord Ruthven: Donald Bissett(2)
Monsieur d'Oysel: Campbell Cotts(3)
Mary Fleming: Cecile Chevreau(3)
Mary Seton: Jane Grahame(3)
Mr Buchanan (tutor to the Prince: Ian Sadler(4)
Pt2:8/10/51 Pt3:15/10/51 Pt4:22/10/51


2nd October 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Second Murderer by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 2)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Skilly Spooner: Sydney Tafler
John Grant Stone: Geoffrey Lewis
Sergeant Frost: Frank Foster
Prison Warder: Max Brimmell
Repeated on Home 4/10/51.


3rd October 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- The Black King (1931) by Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Producer: Ayton Whitaker
Superintendent Gullidge: Richard Williams
Jimmie Rezaire: Howard Marion-Crawford
Domani: Marne Maitland
Naylor: Macdonald Parke
Harry Hyslop: Basil Dawson
Joan Naylor: Violet Loxley
Alf Hawkins: Victor Maddern
Plumer: Peter Claughton
Masters: Heron Carvic
Dora: Sarah Leigh
Mac: Ian Sadler
Ballarat: Ernest Jay
Dakars: Russell Napier
Lopez: John G. Heller
Also with: Joan Clement Scott, Alban Blakelock, Dorothy Smith, Charles Hunt, Geoffrey Barrie
Repeated 8th October 1951
[This was the fourth "Jimmie Rezaire" story, the full title was "The Trail of the Black King"]


9th October 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Third Single by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 3)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Stregoni: Ferdy Mayne
Number Six: Cecile Chevreau
Number Seven: Oliver Burt
Colonel Ashby: James Raglan
Number One: Michael Logan
Booking clerk: Basil Dawson
Police Constable: Donald Bisset
Repeated on BBC Home 11/10/51.


10th October 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up! : The Professor's Love Story (1894) by J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) adapted by Andrew Gordon
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
BBC Glasgow
Professor Goodwillie: Duncan McIntyre
Agnes Goodwillie: Jean Taylor Smith
Lucy White: Pearl Colquhoun
Dr Cosens: Philip Cunningham
Sir George Gilding: James Butler
Lady Gilding: Ethel Glendinning
Dowager Lady Gilding: Fiona Clyne
Effie: Dorothy Smith
Henders: Eric Wightman
Pete: Archie Henry
Dr Yellowlees: Peter Bryant
Repeated 15th October 1951
[Martyn C Webster produced two earlier versions, broadcast on both Home and Light: in 1948 with Marjorie Westbury as Lucy and in 1949 with Beryl Calder as Lucy.]


16th October 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Fourth Alibi by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 4)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Reuben Fox: John Bushelle
Echo Ranzo: Russell Napier
Joe Barrett: Peter Tuddenham
Mr Hoskins: Adrian Waller
Magistrate: Alec Finter
Police constable: Frederick Buckland
Repeated on BBC Home 18/10/51.


17th October 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up! : Too Young To Marry by Martin Flavin (1883-1967) and Emile Littler (1903-1985), adapted by Neil Tuson
Bitterness due to apparent missed opportunities.
Harmonium player: Cicely Hoye
Produced by Archie Campbell
Bessie Bishop: Hester Paton-Brown (1901-1969)
Maggie Bishop: Valentine Dunn (1905-1980)
Jane Bishop: Valerie Hyslop
Elaine Bishop: Sophie Stewart
Bill Clarke: Hugh Munro
Sandy Bishop: John Laurie
Sam Green: Eoin MacLeod
The Rev Dr Greig: John Turnbull
A stranger: Ivan Samson
Mr King: Stanley Groome
Repeated 22nd October 1951
[The 1929 Flavin play "Broken Dishes" was made into a film in 1931 "Too Young to Marry"- and then into this play and several other films with differing titles.].


23rd October 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Premature Fifth by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 5)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Monica: Mela White
Freddie: Wilfred Downing
Nick Parable: John Harvey
Jankers Opie: George Cross
Nathaniel Dane: Sebastian Cabot
P C Snell: John Bentley
Repeated on BBC Home 25/10/51.


29th October 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee:- Laura (1942) by Vera Caspary (1899-1987), adapted by Peter Eton (1917-1979)
A detective story.
Music arranged by Lambert Williamson and played by the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black
Producer: anon
Waldo Lydecker: Walter Crisham
Laura Hunt: Joy Shelton
Lieutenant McPherson: Robert Beatty
Shelby Carpenter: Harold Ayer
Susan Treadwell: Mavis Villiers
Bessie: Barbara Croom-Johnson
Sergeant Callahan: Chanles Irwin
Roberto: Malcolm Hayes


29th October 1951
20.30-21.00:
The Affairs Of Harlequin (1951) by Morris West(1916-1999). 1 of 8.
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
George Harlequin: Marius Goring
Ashley: Eric Messiter
Von Globig: Geoffrey Wincott
Halinka: Susan Buret
Chrud'in: Frederick Peisley
McCreary: Tony Quinn
Additional actors in later parts:
Anna: Keltie MacLeod(2)
Charlie Gates: Michael Holt(2)
Papadopolos: Ian Sadler(2)
Bruno Hamlin: Trader Faulkner(2)
Freddie Muselaire: Patrick Troughton(3)
McCreary: Tony Quinn(3)
Elizabeth Quong: Sarah Leigh(3)
Mrs Heneker: Jane Cotton(4)
Sol Martin: Russeli Naipier(4)
Marion Manners: Betsey Lewis(4)
Mr Heneker: Jon Farrell(4)
Count Frascati: Dino Galvani(4)
Richard Enders: Ivan Samson(5)
Gerda: Irene Prador(5)
Huysmans: Hamilton Dyce(5)
Franz: Olaf Olsen(5)
Narrator: Eric Anderson(5)
Boatman/ Commentator: Stanley Groome(6)
Gondolier: Alan Reid(6)
Cosima: Grizelda Hervey(6)
Chief of Police: Sebastian Cabot(6)
Duke of Organa: Dennis Arundell(6)
Jerry Bannerman: Tommy Duggan(7)
Jeannine Delbos: Monica Cairns(7)
Bell-boy: Gabrielle Blunt(7)
Mrs Alcides: Gladys Spencer(7)
Gaston: Felix Felton(8)
Patron: Richard Williams(8)
Frieda Semmerlng: Marjorie Westbury(8)
Uncle Jules: Howard Marion-Crawford(8)
Voice: David Kean(8)
Ep2:5/11/51 Ep3:12/11/51 Ep4:19/11/51 Ep5:26/11/51 Ep6:3/12/51 Ep7:10/12/51 Ep8:17/12/51


30th October 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Sixth Sense by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 6)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Doctor Sixtus: Deryck Guyler
Cynthia Bosworth: Myrtle Reed
Mrs: Violetta Luscomb
Mrs Doris Keeble: Betty Handy
Mr Burston: Humphrey Morton
Bus conductor: Kenneth Cleveland
Repeated on BBC Home 2/11/1951.


31st October 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- Quinneys (1914) by Horace Annesley Vachell (1861-1955), adapted by Owen Reed
With a recorded postscript by the author
Produced by Owen Reed
BBC West of England
Joseph Quinney: George Holloway
Sam Tomlin: Hedley Goodall
Cyrus P Hunsaker: David Kossoff
Dupont Jordan: MacDonald Parke
James: Charles E Stidwill
Susan: Phyllis Smale
Posy: Barbara Jefford
Mabel Dredge: Beatrice Bevan
Repeated 5th November 1951
[There have been several BBC radio productions of this play on Light and Home: 1940 by W F Small; 1945 by Hugh Stewart; 1947 by Desmond Hawkins; 1967 rptd 1973 by Martyn C Webster]


6th November 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Seventh Heaven by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 7)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Polly Gordon: Dandy Nichols
Peddlar Gordon: Sidney Vivian
Chunky Flood: David Kossoff
Victor Maxwell: Arthur Bush
Repeated on BBC Home 8/11/1951.


12th November 1951
16.30-18.00:
Monday Matinee:- The Guinea Pig (1946) by Warren Chetham-Strode (1896-1974), adapted by Martyn C. Webster
Christmas Term, 1944.
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Lynne Hartley: Isabel Dean
Mrs Hartley: Iris Baker
Lloyd Hartley, M A: Cecil Trouncer
Nigel Lomaine, B A: Hugh Burden
Grimmett: Michael Holt
Read: Trader Faulkner
Dennis Stringer, M A: Hamilton Dyce
Mrs Read: Susan Richards
Mr Read: Toke Townley
Knox: Brian Smith
[There were several earlier versions of this play including by John Richmond in 1947 and 1949.]
[Cecil Trouncer created the role of Lloyd in the first West End production.]


13th November 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Eighth Wonder by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 8)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Mrs Champney: Olwen Brookes
Pinkie: Sidney Vivian
Bud Tucker: Sydney Tafler
Colonel Bullard: Geoffrey Sumner
Ice-cream vendor: Christopher Hodge
Repeated on BBC Home 15/11/1951


19th November 1951
16.30-17.50:
Monday Matinee:- This Happy Breed by Noel Coward adapted by Mark Oliver
Produced by Archie Campbell
Mrs Flint, Frank's mother-in-law: Elsa Palmer
Ethel, his wife: Betty Baskcomb
Sylvia his sister: Doris Gilmore
Frank Gibbons: Reginald Purdell
Bob Mitchell: Stanley Groome
Sam Leadbitter: Roger Snowdon
Phyllis Blake: Molly Lawson
Billy Mitchell: Billy Thatcher
Frank's children:
Reg: Michael Harding
Queenie: Denise Bryer
Vi: Gabrielle Blunt
Repeated from BBC Home of 17/11/51
[Previously produced in 1949 by Clelland Finn]
[Also produced by Audrey Cameron in 1957]


20th November 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Ninth Life by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 9)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Fred Jackson: Philip Ray
Liz Jackson: Diana King
Napper: Russell Napier
Tansy: Alfie Bass
Minsky: Julian Somers
Repeated on BBC Home 22/11/1951


21st November 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- Pick-Up Girl (1944) by Elsa Shelley, adapted by Cynthia Pughe
New York and teenage problems.
Production by Cleland Finn
Judge Bentley: Jon Farrell
Miss Porter: Jeanette Finlay
Mrs Busch: Gwen Day Burroughs
Door attendant: Raymond Byrnes
Mrs. Kate Collins, Elizabeth's mother: Mavis Villiers
Mrs Marti: Vivienne Chatterton
Larry Webster: Barry Lowe
Alexander Elliott: Gordon Tanner
Mr Brill, Elliott's attorney: Philip Vickers
Elizabeth Collins: Jean McDonald
Police-Officer Owens: Dermot Palmer
Charles Collins: Charles Irwin
Ruby Lockwood: Barbara Todd
Peter Marti: Michael Plant
Repeated 26th November 1951


27th November 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Tenth Green by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 10)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Rex Lush: Roger Snowdon
Edgar Abigail: Peter Cushing
Martin Marvell: Denis Lehrer
Smoky Meadows: Charles Lamb
Publican: Donald Bissett
Repeated on BBC Home 29/11/1951


28th November 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up! :- The Golden Door by Sylvia Regan (1908-2003), adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh
Following the lives of an immigrant family as they adapt to living in New York.
No producer named
Fanny Felderman: Elizabeth Goodman
Becky Felderman: Lilly Kann
Aaron Greenspan: David Hurst
Esther Felderman: Miriam Karlin
Harry Engel: Leonard Sachs
Hymie Tashman /Hymie Felderman, as a boy: Malcolm Knight
Sadie Felderman: Stella Richman
Irving Tashman: Alan Tilvern
Benjamin Brownstein: David Kossoff
Myron Engel: Arnold Diamond
Pansy: Golda Casimir
Repeated 3rd December 1951
[Also a BBC TV program 3/4/51 with Elizabeth Goodman, Leonard Sachs, Malcolm Knight]
[Sylvia Regan was born and died in New York]
[In 1947 US radio station WNYC broadcast four programmes under the title The Golden Door, covering broadly the same situation].


4th December 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Eleventh Hour by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 11)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Sir Virgil Larraby: Ralph Truman
Gavin Larraby: Derek Blomfleld
Shad Yelland: John Slater
Duffy Morrow: Michael Ripper
Judy Blaine: Sally Rogers
Sergeant Frost: Frank Foster
Police Prosecutor: James Raglan
Bristow: Noel Morris
Waiter: Frederick Buckland
Repeated on BBC Home 6/12/1951


5th Decemmber 1951:
20.00-21.15:
Curtain Up! :- Through The Barrier by Gilbert Travers Thomas (1874-1930)
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Was the crash due to poor testing by a distracted engineer?
Bill Denver: Hector Ross
Wendy: Belle Chrystall
Arthur Loxham: Patrick Waddington
Martin Eaves: Ivan Samson
Mr Herridge: Lionel Dunn
Johnnie Stubbs: Alan Reid
A waiter: Tom Masson
Repeated 10th December 1951


11th December 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Twelfth Man by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 12)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Mafotte Sheridan: Cecile Chevreau
Mona Darling: Myrtle Reed
Dean Kilbride: Charles Irwin
Perjury White: Martin Tate
Dickory Docker: George Cross
Alfred Hackbridge: Peter Bathurst
Dora Hackbridge: Freda Bamford
Judge: Kenneth Cleveland
Clerk: Denis McCarthy
Repeated on BBC Home 13/12/1951


12th December 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up!:- That State Of Life (1948) by T. B. Morris (1900-1986), adapted by Peggy Wells
Produced by David H Godfrey
Rev. Ethelbert Cosgrave: Peter Bathurst
Diana Trent: Betty Hardy
Mrs. Daniels: Susan Richards
Mrs. Samphire: Ann Codrington
Judith Samphire: Freda Falconer
Luke Billings: Richard Bebb
Pandora Trent: Sarah Leigh
Archie Nuneham: Richard Hurndall
Miss Quince: Susan Buret
Mr. Pendleton: Hamilton Dyce
Edith Fenton: Rosamund Greenwood
Repeated 17th Decenber 1951
[T B Morris also wrote as Yves Cabrol]


18th December 1951
19.30-20.00:
The Adventures Of P.C. 49: The Case of the Lucky Thirteenth by Alan Stranks
(Series 9, episode 13)
Production by Vernon Harris
P C 49: Brian Reece
Joan Carr: Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson: Leslie Perrins
Detective-Sergeant Wright: Eric Phillips
Constable Bert Snell: John Bentley
Constable George Barker: Frederick Buckland
Soapy Skinner: Sidney Vivian
Larry Cope: Sydney Taller
Mrs Wright: Gwen Lewis
Constant Dally: John Stevens
Minnie: Ysanne Churchman
Repeated on BBC Home 20/12/1951


19th December 1951
20.00-21.30:
Curtain Up! : The Front Page
with Robert Beatty
[This is the ONLY information available regarding this programme. It is possibly the 1928 play by Ben Hecht. ]


26th December 1951
14.00-15.05
Scrooge, adapted by Thurstan Holland from the film soundtrack, based upon "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill Scrooge.
Produced by Thurstan Holland
Scrooge: Alastair Sim
Mrs Dilber: Kathleen Harrison
Mr Jorkins: Jack Warner
Jacob Marley: Michael Hordern
Bob Cratchit: Mervyn Johns
Mrs Cratchit: Hermione Baddeley
Peter Cratchit: John Charlesworth
Tiny Tim: Glyn Dearman
Alice, young Scrooge's sweetheart: Rona Anderson
Fan, Scrooge's sister: Carol Marsh
Fred, Scrooge's nephew: Brian Worth
Sam Wilkins: Clifford Mollison
Spirit of Christmas Past: Michael Dolan
Spirit of Christmas Present: Francis de Wolff
Undertaker: Ernest Thesiger
Old Joe: Miles Malleson
Laundress: Louise Hampton
Business man: Peter Bull
Narrator: Andrew Faulds


26th December 1951
20.00-21.30:
Kings Rhapsody (1949) by Ivor Novello (1893-1951), adapted by David Climie (1920-1995).
Music by Ivor Novello
Lyrics by Christopher Hassell
The George Mitchell Choir and the Orchestra conducted by Harry Acres
Produced by by Tom Ronald
Nikki: Jack Buchanan
Queen Elena: Zena Dare
Marta: Phyllis Dare
Countess Vera: Olive Gilbert
Princess Cristiane: Vanessa Lee
Egon: Dennis Martin
Vanescu: Robert Andrews
Narrator: Christopher Hassell
[The cast were reprising their roles from the original theatre production, except the late Ivor Novello played Nikki on stage.]


28th December 1951
13.15-13.45:
The King's Stocking (1934) by H. M. Raleigh (1893-1969)
Music by Billy Mayerl, played by Billy Mayerl and his Players
Produced by Lionel Gamlin
The King of Magnesia: Gordon Crier
The Queen: Judith Furse
Lord Chamberlain: Peter Creswell
Court Executioner: Ernest Jay
A charcoal-burner's son: Ross Wilson
Princess Daffodil: Denise Bryer
A Magician: Donald Scott
Spiv: David Rivers
Polish: Gawn Grainger
Ladies-in-waiting: Patricia Clark, Carol Nolan, and Babs Nolan


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