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Pickwick

06/11/1969

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1hr 30min

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Music

,Drama

The television version of the hit 1960s musical.

STORY

Pickwick is a British television musical made by the BBC in 1969 and based on the 1963 stage musical Pickwick, which in turn was based on the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers written by Charles Dickens. It stars Harry Secombe as Samuel Pickwick and Roy Castle as Sam Weller. This television production was based on the stage musical Pickwick which had been a commercial success. It was adapted for the screen by James Gilbert and Jimmy Grafton. The musical had premiered in the West End in 1963, again with Harry Secombe in the lead role. Running at 90 minutes and made in colour, the TV musical again had lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and a score by Cyril Ornadel. The book was by Wolf Mankowitz and it was directed by Terry Hughes. The programme was first transmitted on 11 June 1969 and again on 26 December 1969. One of the better known songs from the score is "If I Ruled the World". The cast of this production differed somewhat from that of the stage musical.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Harry Secombe
  • Roy Castle
  • Hattie Jacques
  • Aubrey Woods
  • Bill Fraser

    Director

  • Terry Hughes

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Harry Secombe

    Mr Pickwick

    Roy Castle

    Sam Weller

    Hattie Jacques

    Mrs Bardell

    Aubrey Woods

    Alfred Jingle

    Bill Fraser

    Serjeant Buzzfuzz

    Julian Orchard

    Augustus Snodgrass

    Robert Dorning

    Tracy Tupman

    Ian Trigger

    Nathaniel Winkle