The Fools on the Hill (1986)
This is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the opening night of British television on November 2, 1936 at Alexandra Place in London. It was produced to commemorate its 50th anniversary.
- Released
- 1986-10-27
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- David Giles
Cast
- Shaughan Seymour as Cecil Madden
- Nicholas Farrell as David
- Caroline Embling as Florence
- Nicola King as Wendy
- Jill Balcon as Miss Stanley
- Mike Lewin as Mr Thomas
- Roger Booth as Commissionaire
- Leila Hoffman as Ellen Townsend
- Graham Cull as Mr Kingsley
- Anthony Calf as Leslie Mitchell
- Dave Hill as Mr Bliss
- Ron Meadows as Stage Manager
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