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Primal Scene, as it were...
The Primal Scene, as it were...
Recorded
7th March 1958.
First broadcast
BBC Third
Programme on 11th March 1958, 9.20 - 10.50 p.m.
Repeats
14th March 1958, 8.00 - 9.30
p.m.
The first broadcast was preceded by a repeat of A Hedge, backwards on 4th
March 1958. Radio Times included the following trailer:
The Primal Scene, as it were... a new programme by Henry
Reed, said to be the last in the series about Herbert Reeve's encounters with the
relatives and friends of the late Richard Shewin, March 11 & 14.
Radio Times has the following footnote to the first broadcast:
Dorothy Primrose is in Salad Days at the Vaudeville Theatre;
Dennis Quilley in Grab me a gondola at the Lyric Theatre, London.
8th October 1969
14th November 1974, produced by Ian Cotterell
BBC Radio 3 on 1st January 1988, in memory of Douglas Cleverdon.
Published text dedicated to Deryck Guyler
Cast
| Hilda Tablet |
Mary O'Farrell |
| Herbert Reeve |
Hugh Burden |
| Stephen Shewin |
Carleton Hobbs |
| Connie Shewin |
Gwen Cherrell |
| Elsa Strauss |
Marjorie Westbury |
| Nancy Shewin |
Dorothy Primrose |
| Owen Shewin |
Denis Quilley |
| Brian Shewin |
Wilfred Downing |
| George Shewin |
Marjorie Westbury |
| Janet Shewin |
Gwen Cherrell |
| Evelyn Baxter |
Colin Campbell |
| Miffy, Muffy, etc. |
Vivienne Chatterton |
| General Gland |
Deryck Guyler |
| Venetian Waiter |
Frank Duncan |
| Aeschylus Aphanisis |
Harold Lang |
| Plankton |
Frank Duncan |
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Music provided by Sid Rich |
|
Guitar played by Freddie Phillips |
| Music composed by Donald Swann |
| Produced by Douglas Cleverdon |
Supported by
backstage.bbc.co.uk
© Chris Goddard,
30 October, 2006
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