TV ShowEnded

Theatre Parade

1936

~25 min / ep

1 season

1 episodes

Theatre Parade was a British television programme, one of the world's very first regular series, broadcast by the BBC Television Service from its inception during 1936 until 1938. The programme presented excerpts from popular London theatre productions of the time performed by the theatre cast from the BBC's studios at Alexandra Palace. Among the notable productions included in the strand were the first ever television presentations of Lewis Carroll's famous works Alice Through the Looking-Glass and Alice in Wonderland. The very first television adaptation of an Agatha Christie story was a production in this strand with two transmissions of Wasp's Nest on 18 June 1937. As with all television programmes of the time, the shows were performed live, and no visual record other than still photographs exists now.

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Cast

Francis L. Sullivan

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Marigold
30-11-1936
A Scottish comedy by L. Allen Harker and F. R. Pryor. Scenes from The Royalty Theatre Production.
Ep 2
2.Murder in the Cathedral
07-12-1936
This play was produced by E. Martin Browne - in this afternoon's production he is playing the part of the Fourth Tempter and Knight - at the Canterbury Festival in 1935. It was fir...
Ep 3
3.Treasure Island
04-01-1937
Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
Ep 4
4.Anthony and Anna
05-01-1937
Ep 5
5.Alice Through the Looking Glass
22-01-1937
Ep 6
6.Whiteoaks
25-01-1937
A young woman feels country life is robbing her of true happiness.
Ep 7
7.Heart's Content
05-03-1937
Ep 8
8.Jane Eyre
08-03-1937
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Ep 9
9.The Rising of the Moon
15-03-1937
Ep 10
10.Anna Christie
07-05-1937
A waterfront hooker and a rough-hewn Irish sailor fall in love.
Ep 11
11.Swing Along
14-05-1937
Ep 12
12.Twelfth Night
14-05-1937
Ep 13
13.Hassan: Part 1
08-06-1937
Ep 14
14.Hassan: Part 2
14-06-1937
Ep 15
15.The Wasp's Nest
18-06-1937
Ep 16
16.Measure for Measure
25-10-1937
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital s...
Ep 17
17.Thank You Mr. Pepys
06-01-1938

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