''Rookery Nook'' is a 1970 British television production by the BBC.

Sources

The BBC's production was based on the play '' Rookery Nook'', one of the

Aldwych farce The Aldwych farces were a series of twelve stage farces presented at the Aldwych Theatre, London, nearly continuously from 1923 to 1933. All but three of them were written by Ben Travers. They incorporate and develop British low comedy styles, ...

s, by

Ben Travers Ben Travers (12 November 188618 December 1980) was an English writer. His output includes more than 20 plays, 30 screenplays, 5 novels, and 3 volumes of memoirs. He is best remembered for his long-running series of farces first staged in the ...

First showing

First transmitted by the BBC on 19 September 1970, it was made in colour on

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, but survives only as a monochrome

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Revival

The BBC's film was revived in 1994 by the

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, the UK's leading revival house.

Cast

* Richard Briers ... Gerald Popkiss *

Arthur Lowe Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned 36 years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring in the British sitcom '' D ...

... Harold Twine * Joan Cooper ... Gertrude Twine * Irene Handl ... Mrs. Leverett *

Elizabeth Knight Elizabeth Knight (1 November 1944 – 22 August 2005) was a British film and television actress. Life and career Elizabeth Knight was born on 1 November 1944 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. She made her first film appearance in the 1968 musical '' Ol ...

... Rhoda Marley * Moray Watson ... Clive Popkiss *

Francis de Wolff Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television. Life and career Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ...

... Putz *

Geoffrey Lumsden Geoffrey Forbes Lumsden (26 December 1914 – 4 March 1984) was a British character actor who had a lengthy career on television. Lumsden was born in London in 1914 and attended Repton School, where he was a contemporary of Denton Welch. By ...

... Admiral Juddy * Mary Millar ... Poppy Dickie * Jenny McCracken ... Clara Popkiss *

Kathleen Saintsbury Kathleen Saintsbury (4 July 1899 – 1995) was a British actress from the 1920s to the 1970s but who is best known today for playing Cissy Godfrey in the BBC comedy '' Dad's Army''. Early life Saintsbury was born in London in 1899, the younge ...

... Mrs. Possett

References

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*{{IMDb title, id=1333109, title=Rookery Nook, description=(1970) 1970 television plays BBC television comedy British television films Aldwych farce Television articles with incorrect naming style