Rookery Nook (1953 TV drama) explained

Rookery Nook was a 1953 British live television production of the comedy play by Ben Travers broadcast on 23 May 1953. Featuring in this version were Peter Cushing, David Stoll, and Lally Bowers.^[1]

It was based on Travers' play Rookery Nook, one of the Aldwych Farces, and is believed not to have been telerecorded as it was transmitted and is therefore lost.^[2]

Cast

• Joy Adamson ... Poppy Dickie
• Beryl Bainbridge ... Rhoda Marley
• Lally Bowers ... Gertrude Twine
• Edgar K. Bruce ... Putz
• Peter Cushing ... Clive Popkiss
• Ian Fleming ... Admiral Juddy
• David Kossoff ... Harold Twine
• Tonie MacMillan ... Mrs. Leverett
• Audrey O'Flynn ... Mrs. Possett
• Anne Padwick ... Clara Popkiss
• David Stoll ... Gerald Popkiss

References

1. Web site: 2009-01-14 . BFI Film & TV Database ROOKERY NOOK (1953) . 2024-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114011252/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/825208 . 14 January 2009 .
2. http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=25732f87-c018-4dee-88f6-6eb7e03d0da8 Rookery Nook