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The Fools on the Hill

1986 · David Giles · 72 min

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This is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the opening night of British television on November 2, 1936 at Alexandra Place in London. It was produced to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

Shaughan SeymourCecil Madden

Nicholas FarrellDavid CCaroline EmblingFlorence NNicola KingWendy

Jill BalconMiss Stanley MMike LewinMr Thomas RRoger BoothCommissionaire LLeila HoffmanEllen Townsend GGraham CullMr Kingsley

Anthony CalfLeslie Mitchell

Dave HillMr Bliss RRon MeadowsStage Manager MMaev AlexanderJasmine Bligh

Nadio FortuneToni JJohn FlintGerald Cock

Cast

Shaughan SeymourCecil Madden

Nicholas FarrellDavid CCaroline EmblingFlorence NNicola KingWendy

Jill BalconMiss Stanley MMike LewinMr Thomas RRoger BoothCommissionaire LLeila HoffmanEllen Townsend GGraham CullMr Kingsley

Anthony CalfLeslie Mitchell

Dave HillMr Bliss RRon MeadowsStage Manager MMaev AlexanderJasmine Bligh

Nadio FortuneToni JJohn FlintGerald Cock

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