British Comedy Guide
Three Men In A Boat. J (Hubert Gregg). Copyright: BBC
Three Men In A Boat

Three Men In A Boat (1962)

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Home Service
  • 1962
  • 1 episode

A musical radio adaptation of Jerome K Jerome's comic novel, starring Leslie Phillips and Kenneth Horne. Also features Hubert Gregg, Percy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Fred Yule, Lewis Stringer and more.

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Three Men In A Boat. J (Hubert Gregg). Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1962
Channel
BBC Home Service
Episodes
1
Stars
Hubert Gregg, Kenneth Horne, Leslie Phillips, Percy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Fred Yule, Lewis Stringer, Arthur Gomez and more
Writers
Jerome K Jerome and Hubert Gregg
Producer
Mark White
Company

A musical adaptation by Hubert Gregg (composer of Maybe Ot's Because I'm A Londoner) of Jerome K Jerome's famous Victorian comic novel.

J (Gregg), Harris (Kenneth Horne), George (Leslie Phillips) and Montmorency the dog (Percy Edwards), feel they are in need of a little holiday and decide on a river boat trip along the Thames.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Soundtrack
Composed Hubert Gregg, played by BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Lockyer.

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 26th December 1962 at 7:30pm on BBC Home Service
Episode length
90 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Sunday 1st August 2021 at 4:00am on Radio 4 Extra
  • Saturday 31st July 2021 at 4:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
  • Saturday 31st July 2021 at 6:00am on Radio 4 Extra

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