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A series of plays by Anthony Buckeridge.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on May 20, 1956)

Contributors

Writer:
Anthony Buckeridge
Producer:
Pharic MacLaren
Film Cameraman:
David Prosser
Film Editor:
John Pullen
Rex Milligan:
Paul Streather
Jigger Johnson:
Anthony Bryant
J.O. Stagg:
Anthony Valentine
Alfie Cutforth:
William Simons
Spikey Andrews:
Wilfrid Downing
Bubblegum Tucker:
Melvyn Hayes
Mr. Hunter, Headmaster at Sheldrake Grammar:
Anthony Sharp
Mr. Birkinshaw, master at Sheldrake Grammar:
Jefferson Clifford
Dr Stallybone:
Philip Ray
Others taking part:
Jack Bond
Others taking part:
Derek Hodgson
Others taking part:
Larry Dann
Others taking part:
Barry Knight
Others taking part:
David Higson
Others taking part:
Maurice Lane
Others taking part:
Colin Wall
Others taking part:
John Rhodes

by Bill Naughton.
[Starring] Bernard Miles as Nathaniel Titlark with Clive Morton in the last of the series of comedies.
The plays are based on characters created by James Lansdale Hodson and written in collaboration with Bernard Miles.

Contributors

Writer:
Bill Naughton
Characters created by:
James Lansdale Hodson
Co-writer:
Bernard Miles
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Nathaniel Titlark:
Bernard Miles
Jake:
Frederick Piper
Jessie Titlark:
Maureen Pryor
Sir Thomas:
Clive Morton
Fred, barman:
Christopher Hodge
Sally, barmaid:
Fanny Carby
Croom, garage owner:
Jack Howarth
The Rev John Stubbs:
Christopher Steele
Meg Middleditch:
Margaret Barton
Mrs. Mayhew:
Josephine Wilson
Admiral:
Jefferson Clifford
Mr Perch, the surveyor:
Ewan Roberts
Harry, his assistant:
Bernard Wallis
Mrs. Pottle:
Iris Vandeleur
Mr. Silver:
Humphrey Morton
Policeman:
James Page
Villager:
Edward Wade
Villager:
Alice Esmie Bell
Villager:
Jim Watts
Villager:
Ann Tirard
Villager:
Leslie Kyle
Villager:
Doris Hall
Villager:
Malcolm Watson
Villager:
Patricia Berry
Villager:
Jose Moreno
Villager:
Caroline Moreno
Villager:
John Moreno
Villager:
Maria Moreno

Jimmy Clitheroe as the Call Boy in your Northern Television Music-Hall assists Eddie Leslie as the Stage Manager and Herbert Smith as the Stage-Door Keeper to present Cardew Robinson, John Hauxvell, Rey Overbury and Suzette, Leslie Adams, The Maple Leaf Four, The Three Quarters, Rosemary Squires, The Hindley Taylor Singers, The Shelagh Elliott-Clarke Dancers, Augmented BBC Northern Dance Orchestra.
From the Playhouse Theatre, Manchester

(See page 5)

Contributors

Call Boy:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Stage Manager:
Eddie Leslie
Stage-Door Keeper:
Herbert Smith
Comedian:
Cardew Robinson
Singer:
John Hauxvell
Entertainers:
Rey Overbury and Suzette
Performer:
Leslie Adams
Musicians:
The Maple Leaf Four
Singers:
The Three Quarters
Singer:
Rosemary Squires
Singers:
The Hindley Taylor Singers
Dancers:
The Shelagh Elliott-Clarke Dancers
Musicians:
Augmented BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Musical Director:
Alyn Ainsworth
Orchestrations:
Alan Roper
Designer:
Kenneth Lawson
Producer:
Ronnie Taylor

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