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'Kipper' Peter Butterworth and Porterhouse welcome you aboard.
Others at sea are:
Rufus Cruickshank, the ship's captain
Mr. Merlin, ship's engineer
Humpty Dumpty, ship's look-out
Sooty, ship's mascot with Harry Corbett
Martin Lukins, ship's cook
'The Skipper's Yarn'
(to 18.30)

Contributors

'Kipper'/scripts:
Peter Butterworth
Ship's captain:
Rufus Cruickshank
Puppeteer (Sooty):
Harry Corbett
Ship's cook:
Martin Lukins
Voices:
Peter Hawkins
Puppetry:
Sam Williams
Drawings:
Tony Hart
Humpty model:
Alfred Wurmser
Scripts:
Roland Peake
Scripts:
Peter Ling
Scripts:
Robert Tronson
Producer:
Douglas Hurn
Merridew:
Maurice Colbourne
Trefusis:
Wilfred Lawson
Jane:
Jill Raymond
Peter:
Anthony Rea

by Charles Dickens
Adapted for television by Robert Christie
Settings by Richard R. Greenough based on the 'Phiz' illustrations.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
Robert Christie
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Settings:
Richard R. Greenough
Mr. Wardle:
David Horne
Mr. Samuel Pickwick:
George Howe
Mr. Tracy Tupman:
Campbell Gray
Mr. Nathaniel Winkle:
Geoffrey Sumner
Mr. Augustus Snodgrass:
Robert Beaumont
Joe (the fat boy):
Rodney Bewes
Miss Emily Wardle:
Margaret Lane
Miss Isabella Wardle:
Claire Pollock
Miss Rachel Wardle:
Betty Marsden
Old Mrs. Wardle:
Nancy Roberts
Stout cricketer:
Jack Howarth
Slim cricketer:
John Nugee
Mr. Alfred Jingle:
Peter Copley
Waiter at 'The Blue Lion':
Denis Bedford
Serving man:
James E. Thompson
Maid at 'The White Hart':
Alexis Milne
Mr. Perker:
Wyndham Goldie
Mr. Sam Weller:
Sam Kydd

from the Kodak Theatre, Harrow
with Jon Pertwee, Zoe Gail, Georgie Wood, Freddie Harrison, Enrico Nobel, The Original Peter, Fred Russell, Joan Turner
Augustus Peabody comperes the show slightly assisted by Bobbie Kimber.

Contributors

Comedian:
Jon Pertwee
Performer:
Zoe Gail
Comedian:
Georgie Wood
Pianist/Acrobatics:
Freddie Harrison
Tenor:
Enrico Nobel
Ventriloquist:
Fred Russell
Comedienne:
Joan Turner
Ventriloquist:
Bobbie Kimber
Choreographer:
Leslie Roberts
Orchestra Director:
Eric Robinson
Devised by/Producer:
Richard Afton

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More