Puss-In-Boots - Radio 2 Variety - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Genre

Variety

Broadcast

1979

Channel

BBC Radio 2

Episodes

1

Stars

Arthur Askey, Anita Harris, Billy Boyle, Julie Dawn Cole, Kenneth Connor, Alfred Marks, Ian Wallace, Bob Todd and more

Writer

Chris Emmett

Producer

Martin Fisher

Company

Arthur Askey stars as Dame Flora and Anita Harris as the titular Puss-In-Boots.

When young Tom falls in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, he dreams of winning her heart. But Tom is poverty-stricken, and his lady love is Princess Rose Petal. Then a magic sunbeam transforms his cat into clever, cunning Puss in Boots... Can Puss help Tom defeat Baron Skinflint and his greedy ogre and win the princess' heart?

Dame Flora's songs include Here's A Little Worm.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Soundtrack

Lyrics by Chris Emmett, with music composed and conducted by Graham Ripley.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Tuesday 25th December 1979 at 1:33pm on BBC Radio 2

Episode length

57 minutes