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A Distant Thunder
w.
Maurice Edelman, MP |
Thursday
26 November 1970, 9.20pm |
Capsule Description:
A boy's hero worship of his distinguished father is threatened by the intrusion of echoes from the hero's wartime past. © Radio Times 1970
This capsule description will, ultimately, be replaced by an essay once it is uploaded.
Duration: 55'14". Archive: No holdings at the BBC Archive at Windmill Road.
Written by Maurice
Edelman, MP. Directed by James Ferman.
Produced by
Irene Shubik.
Designer: Ray Cusick,
Production Assistant: Alex Gohar, Assistant Floor Manager: Stephen Clark-Hall,
Assistant: Evelyn Cowdrey, Costumes: Juanita Waterson, Make-up: Margaret
Mackinnon, T.M.1:
Dennis Channon, T.M.2: Dicky Bird,
Sound: Brian Hiles, Grams: Barry Bonner, Vision Mixer: Fred Law, Crew: 4, Senior
Cameraman: Reg Poulter, Floor Assistant: John Norton.
Cast: Adrienne Corri (Elinor Barkham), Tony Steedman (Sir Henry Barkham), Clive Morton (Sir Andrew Manton, QC), Fanny Rowe (Lady Manton), George A. Cooper (Alfred Budd, MP), Noel Dyson (Jane Budd), Yolande Turner (Marion Weston), Tony Wright (Edgar Weston), Michael Coles (Simon Hallam), Vladek Sheybal (Hans Weider), Mark Praid (Peter Barkham), Gerald Martin (Giulio).
Project Number: 2140/3495
Recording Number: VTC/6HT/63602/A/ED (from PasB)
Recording Studio: TC8
Recording Rehearsals: 02:00pm - 10:00pm, 20 November 1970, 11:00pm - 07:00pm,
21 November 1970, 11:00am - 01:00pm 22 November 1970
Recording: 08:30pm - 09:30pm 21 November 1970 (main), 02:30pm - 06:00pm 22
November 1970 (insert VTC/6HT/63602/B/ED)
Transmitted: 09:21:04pm - 10:16:18pm 26 November 1970
Film sequences:
8' sound 16mm (Play for Today titles)
16' sound 16mm (sequences)
3' silent 16mm entitled Passenger, copyright Contemporary Films
28' sound 16mm (animations)
Music used:
Two unspecified musicians playing incidental music by David Cain (05'34")
An ad hoc orchestra conducted by Joseph Horovitz playing the Play for Today Theme (00'13")
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