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Fantastic Summer
''Fantastic Summer'' is a 1955 British television play based on a novel by Dorothy Macardle adapted by Barry Learoyd. It was Marilyn James' first television appearance. It was also Fay Compton's "first full scale TV appearance" since ''The Foolish Gentleman'' in 1953. Compton called the script "exceptionally good." Mairlyn James broke her ankle during filming after she tripped over a cable, but she continued the performance without the audience being aware. Cast *Fay Compton as Virgilia Wilde *Margaret Boyd as Brigid Reece *Ian Fleming as Dr. Bernard Franks *Ronald Lewis as Perry Franks *Marilyn James as Nan Wilde *Peter Murphy as Timeen *Mary Laura Wood as Sal Vaughan *Simon Lack as Garret Ingram *Jessica Dunning as Pamela Ingram *Derek Sydney as Carlo Ferrari Reception ''The Guardian'' called it "easy to watch, exciting at times." ''The Manchester Evening News'' called it "flatly written and too slight." ''The Daily Telegraph'' felt "this was a play so disjointed, so flatly wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936. The BBC's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they accounted for more than 30% of all UK viewing in 2013. The services are funded by a television licence. As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement, the BBC Television division was split, with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television (channels and genre commissioning, BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer) being renamed BBC Content. History of BBC Television The BBC operates several television networks, television stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
