Rookery Nook (1970 TV drama)

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

Rookery Nook
Based on	Rookery Nook by Ben Travers
Screenplay by	Ben Travers
Starring	Richard Briers Arthur Lowe
Country of origin	England
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Eric Fawcett
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	19 September 1970 (1970-09-19)

Sources

The BBC's production was based on the play Rookery Nook, one of the Aldwych farces, by Ben Travers.^[1]

First showing

First transmitted by the BBC on 19 September 1970, it was made in colour on videotape, but survives only as a monochrome telerecording.^[2]

Revival

The BBC's film was revived in 1994 by the National Film Theatre, the UK's leading revival house.^[3]

Cast

• Richard Briers ... Gerald Popkiss
• Arthur Lowe ... Harold Twine
• Joan Cooper ... Gertrude Twine
• Irene Handl ... Mrs. Leverett
• Elizabeth Knight ... Rhoda Marley
• Moray Watson ... Clive Popkiss
• Francis de Wolff ... Putz
• Geoffrey Lumsden ... Admiral Juddy
• Mary Millar ... Poppy Dickie
• Jenny McCracken ... Clara Popkiss
• Kathleen Saintsbury ... Mrs. Possett^[4]