Turkey Time (1970 film) explained

Turkey Time
Producer:	Eric Fawcett
Screenplay:	Ben Travers
Based On:	Turkey Time (play)
Distributor:	BBC
Country:	England
Language:	English

Turkey Time is a 1970 British television production by the BBC.

Cast

• Richard Briers as David Winterton
• Arthur Lowe as Edwin Stoatt
• Eunice Gayson as Louise Stoatt
• Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Pike
• Elizabeth Knight as Rose Adair
• Gladys Henson as Mrs. Gather
• Terence Alexander as Max Wheeler
• Toke Townley as Luke Meate
• Margot Field as Ernestine Stoatt
• Betty Hare as Mrs. Ratchett
• Derek Sydney as Warwick Westbourne
• Keith Ashley as Man in the shelter
• Alec Ross as PC Tidball^[1]

Adaptation

The BBC's production was based on the play Turkey Time, one of the Aldwych farces, by Ben Travers.^[2]

Release

First transmitted by the BBC on 3 October 1970, Turkey Time was made in colour on 2" videotape, but survives only as a monochrome 16mm film print.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BenTravers Farces: Turkey Time . BBC Genome Project.
2. Web site: Rookery Nook (1970) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090126193911/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/333856 . dead . 2009-01-26 . BFI.
3. Web site: Turkey Time . Kaleidoscope.