Not in Front of the Children

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Family sitcom starring Wendy Craig, which was adapted from TV

Family sitcom starring Wendy Craig, which was adapted from television

Not in Front of the Children: Series 1: House in a Tree

House in a Tree

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Not in Front of the Children, Series 1, House in a Tree

Jennifer nags stubborn Henry, who is due in court over a treehouse.

Jennifer nags stubborn Henry due in court over a treehouse. Family sitcom adapted from TV with Wendy Craig. From September 1969.

Jennifer Corner berates her headstrong husband Henry who's due in court over his somewhat shaky treehouse. 
 
Starring Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews. 
 
The comedy mishaps of the Corner family - Jennifer and Henry and their three kids Trudi, Amanda and Robin. 

Four series were first shown on BBC TV from 1967 to 1970.  

Richard Waring adapted his own TV scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original reel-to-reel tapes. 
 
Jennifer Corner    ......    Wendy Craig 
Henry Corner    ......    Francis Matthews 
Mother    ......    Fanny Rowe 
Trudi    ......    Roberta Tovey 
Amanda    ......    Jill Riddick 
Robin    ......    Hugo Keith-Johnston 
Biddy    ......    Madeleine Howell 
Telephone Operator    ......    Olwen Griffiths 
Police Sergeant    ......    David Tate 
Prison Warder    ......    Geoffrey Frederick

Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was the first of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to play on TV. Later series included And Mother Makes Three and Butterflies. 
 
Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst 
 
Producer: Trafford Whitelock. 
 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1969.

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