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The Clitheroe Kid

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Legendary sitcom about Lancashire's eternal naughty schoolboy. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe.

The Clitheroe Kid: Series 3: Tale of a Cat

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15/05/2016

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Clitheroe Kid, Series 3, Tale of a Cat

Can the cheeky schoolboy dream up a way to keep an unexpected feline visitor?

4 Extra Debut. Can the cheeky schoolboy dream up a way to keep an unexpected feline visitor? Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From April 1960.

Can cheeky schoolboy Jimmy dream up a way to keep an unexpected feline visitor? 

Starring Jimmy Clitheroe as The Clitheroe Kid. With Peter Sinclair as Grandfather, Patricia Burke as Mother, Diana Day as Susan and Leonard Williams as Theodore Craythorpe. 

The Clitheroe Kid ran from 1958 - 1972 - gaining audiences above 10 million at its peak. 

Its Lancashire born star, Jimmy Clitheroe (1921-1973) was just 4'3" tall, with a rather shrill voice making him a very believable naughty schoolboy - despite being 35 when it began as a one-off show. Created by James Casey in 1956, a pilot followed and series 1 proper in 1958. Both writing and producing, James stayed with his creation until it finally came off-air. Jimmy died a year later aged just 51. 

Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra conducted by Alyn Ainsworth - with Jimmy Leach at the Electronic Organ. 

Scripted by James Casey and Frank Roscoe 

Producer: James Casey 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1960.

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