Kind Hearts And Coronets (1950)
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Home Service
- 1950
- 1 episode (1 series)
A 1950 adaptation of the Ealing comedy starring the BBC Drama Repertory. Stars Griffith Jones, Lydia Sherwood, Gabrielle Blunt, Margaret Vines, Harry Hutchinson and more.
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Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1950
- Channel
- BBC Home Service
- Episodes
- 1
- Creator
- Roy Horniman
- Stars
- Griffith Jones, Lydia Sherwood, Gabrielle Blunt, Margaret Vines, Harry Hutchinson, Charles Leno, Tristan Rawson, Christopher Gill and more
- Writers
- Robert Hamer, John Dighton and Gilbert Travers Thomas
- Producers
- Archie Campbell and Norman Wright
- Company
Adaptation of the 1949 Ealing comedy film Kind Hearts and Coronets, performed on the BBC Home Service, starring the BBC Drama Repertory.
Griffith Jones plays Louis, murdering his way to dukedom, while various members of the BBC Drama Repertory take on the roles of the D'Ascoyne family.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Soundtrack
- Uses music taken from the soundtrack of the original film.
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 25th September 1950 at 9:15pm on BBC Home Service
- Episode length
- 45 minutes