No Smoking!
| "No Smoking!" | |
|---|---|
| BBC Sunday Night Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Stephen Harrison |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Based on | play by George Moresby-White |
| Original air date | March 16, 1952 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
No Smoking! is a 1952 British TV play.[1][2][3]
It was adapted into a 1955 film.
Premise
A chemist invents a cure for smoking.
Cast
- Robert Beatty as Hal Hurst
- Alan Webb as Mr. Bates
- Jane Barrett as Joyce Bates
- Harold Jamieson as Potman
- Christopher Hodge as Rustic
- Noel Dyson as Mrs. Ellis
- Alexis Milne as Housemaid
- Peter Bathurst as Vicar
- Walter Horsbrugh as Squire
- Harold Siddons as Reg Shipman
- Shelagh Fraser as Sylvia
- Francis de Wolff as Mr. Wellington-Simpson
- John Vere as Thackeray
- Robert Sandford as Jerry
- Lloyd Lamble as Match magnate
- Christopher Hodge as First tramp
- Morris Sweden as Second tramp
- Meadows White as Mayor
- H. G. Stoker as Prime Minister
- Leonard Sachs as Chancellor of Exchequer
Reception
It was described by the Daily Mail as "plenty of good family fun."[4] The Sunday Mercury thought it "a little slow moving" but had a "happy idea.. idealy suited for TV."[5]
The Daily Herald felt the idea "was all right... but it went wrong. The characters were so typed and the situations were so obvious."[6] The Evening Mail called it "rich comedy".[7]
References
- ^ "No Smoking". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Hale, Lionel (14 March 1952). "A jest with an idea". Radio Times. p. 45.
- ^ "The Listening Post". Liverpool Daily Post. 10 March 1952. p. 4.
- ^ Specially Written TV Play is Effective Author: J. Stubbs Walker Date: Monday, Mar. 17, 1952 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 17415 p2
- ^ "Television". Sunday Mercury. 23 March 1952. p. 11.
- ^ "'No Smoking' just didn't come off". Daily Herald. 17 March 1952. p. 3.
- ^ "Televiewing". Leicester Evening Mail. 19 March 1952. p. 2.