The Ealing Comedies 

Last Edited: 19-Feb-2014 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Radio adaptations from screenplays for films.

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Date	Title	Cast	Parameters
	Arsenic and Old Lace written by Joseph Kesselring (NOT an Ealing film but a 1944 Warner Bros. release)	Sybil Thorndike, Desmond Walter Ellis, Louis Stringer, David Valour, John Rye, Athene Syler, Prunella Scales, Dinsdale Landon, Edward Kelsey, Herron Carvic, Gerald Cross, Alaric Cotter, Lockwood West Produced by Graham Gauld	86:06, 35317, m
	Kind Hearts and Coronets written by Robert Hamer and John Dighton 1949 Ealing release	Michael Kitchen, Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Lindsay Baxter, Timothy Bateson, Michael Dennison, David Lodge, Geoffrey Whitehead, Zulaima Dean, David Timson, John Hartley, Ross Livingston, David Collins, Tracey Wiles, Jonathan Keeble, Jane Whittenshaw, Roger May, Stephen Critchlow Adapted by Gilbert Travis Thiomas Directed by Andy Jordan	89:29, 36707, m
	The Ladykillers written by William Rose 1955 Ealing release	Edward Petherbridge, Donald Sindon, Gary Waldhorn, Martin Hyder, Daniel Peacock, Margo Boyd, Johnny Morris, Stratford Johns, John Hartley, Ross Livingston, Stephen Critchlow, David Timson, David Collings, Zulaima Dean, Patience Tomlinson, Tessa Worseley, Jonathan Keeble Adapted by Bruce Bedford Directed by Andy Jewell	88:42, 36388, m
	see also
	Whiskey Galore! written by Compton Mackenzie 1949 Ealing release	Bernard Holley, Delina Maclennan, Dinalda Samuel, Michael Elder, Bill Riddick, John Sheddon, Paul Young, Eliza Langland, Finlay Maclain, Alexis Davey, Stella Forge, Raymond Ross, John Buick, Tony Kearney, Meraid Ross, Charles Cady, Alan Sharpe, John Ramage Dramatized by Hector Macmillan Directed by Hamish Wilson

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