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form y separately published work icon The Celebrated Mr Barrington single work   radio play   crime   historical fiction   - 90min.
Issue Details: First known date: 1958... 1958 The Celebrated Mr Barrington
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A radio play based around George Barrington, pickpocket and convict.

Production Details

  • Aired on BBC Radio (Home Service Basic) on 17 November 1958, at 5pm.

    Producer: Wilfrid Grantham.

    Cast members included Allan McClelland (George Barrington), Will Leighton (Captain Malley), John Graham (Governor Hunter), Peter Claughton (Charles), Ronald Baddiley (Robert), Sheila Manahan (Lucy), Barbara Greenhalgh (Peg), John Bryning (John Price), Hugh Manning (Captain Hudson), Denis Goacher (Lord Kildare), James Thomason (Harry James), Dorothy Holmes-Gore (Lady Draper), Denis McCarthy (Sir William Draper), Frederick Treves (Lord Mexborough), June Tobin (Elizabeth West), and Bernard Rebel (Prince Orloff).

    (Details via the Radio Times, 14 November 1958, p.32)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1958 .
      Extent: 90min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Saturday Night Theatre United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1943-1998 6430225 1943 series - publisher radio play

      A BBC radio anthology series broadcasting (usually) ninety-minute radio plays on Saturday nights: the plays were usually genre focused (crime, mysteries, or comedies) and included original works and adaptations of stage plays and novels.
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  • 1788-1800
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