Rookery Nook (1970 TV drama)
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| Rookery Nook | |
|---|---|
| Screenplay by | Ben Travers |
| Based on | Rookery Nook (play) |
| Produced by | Eric Fawcett |
| Starring | |
| Distributed by | BBC |
Release date | 19 September 1970 |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
Rookery Nook is a 1970 British television production by the BBC.
Sources[edit]
The BBC's production was based on the play Rookery Nook, one of the Aldwych farces, by Ben Travers.[1]
First showing[edit]
First transmitted by the BBC on 19 September 1970, it was made in colour on videotape, but survives only as a monochrome telerecording.[2]
Revival[edit]
The BBC's film was revived in 1994 by the National Film Theatre, the UK's leading revival house.[3]
Cast[edit]
- Richard Briers ... Gerald Popkiss
- Arthur Lowe ... Harold Twine
- Joan Cooper ... Gertrude Twine
- Irene Handl ... Mrs. Leverett
- Elizabeth Knight ... Rhoda Marley
- Moray Watson ... Clive Popkiss
- Francis de Wolff ... Putz
- Geoffrey Lumsden ... Admiral Juddy
- Mary Millar ... Poppy Dickie
- Jenny McCracken ... Clara Popkiss
- Kathleen Saintsbury ... Mrs. Possett[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Rookery Nook (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009.
- ^ "Rookery Nook". Kaleidoscope.
- ^ "Article by John Lyttle". The Independent. London.
- ^ "BenTravers Farces: Rookery Nook". BBC Genome Project.
