Saturday Night Theatre: Whisky Galore
Bernard Holley and Dolina Maclennan star in Hector MacMillan's new dramatisation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 1994
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Bernard Holley, Dolina MacLennan, Donalda Samuel, Michael Elder, Bill Riddoch, John Shedden, Paul Young, Eliza Langland and others
- Writers
- Compton Mackenzie and Hector MacMillan
- Director
- Hamish Wilson
In the middle of the last war a ship loaded with whisky ran aground on a Hebridean island. The locals band together to try to keep the salvaged cargo out of the taxman's hands.
Dramatisation of the novel by Compton Mackenzie.
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 31st December 1994 on BBC Radio 4 at 7:50pm
- Episode length
- 90 minutes
- Last repeat
- Sunday 21st July 2019 at 4:00am on Radio 4 Extra