UK, 7 February 1952
broadcast live, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Sunday Night Theatre (1950-1959) – series 1
A British fantasy television episode produced by Douglas Allen and based on the 1895 novel by H.G. Wells. This was the second of two live presentations of the same performance.
Plot Summary
An fallen angel is found in a small English village and finds it hard to fit in with the mortals around him.
Credits
Crew
BBC
Produced by: Douglas Allen
Adapted by: Robert Christie
Based on the novel by H.G. Wells
Music by: Max Saunders
Settings by: Stephen Bundy
Cast
Barry Jones (Mr Hillyer)
Jean Cadell (Landy Hammergallow)
Wyndham Goldie ( Crump)
Elizabeth Maude (Mrs Mendham)
Margaret Barton (Cissie Mendham)
Kenneth Williams (the angel)
Edna Morris (Mrs Joram)
Kathleen Boutall (Mrs Thompson)
Noel Howlett (Mr Mendham)
Ann Summers (Delia)
Edie Martin (Mrs Gustick)
John Killner (knife-grinder)
Stanley Rose (drunk)
Margaret McCourt (little girl)
Sam Kydd (tramp)
Donald Kemp (George Haringay)
Margery Bryce (Miss Pirbright)
Alexis Milne (Lady Hammergallow’s maid)
George Woodbridge (Police Constable Horrocks)
Campbell Singer (Sir John Gotch)
Links
See also
Sunday Night Theatre: The Wonderful Visit (1952a)
References
Books
- BBC Television Drama Research Guide (electronic edition, Kaleidoscope, 2010) p.2084 – credits
