British Comedy Guide

The Importance Of Being Earnest (1964)

  • TV comedy
  • ITV1
  • 1964
  • 1 episode

The most famous comedy in the English language involves two pairs of lovers, a mistaken identity, and a secret weekend in the country... Stars Susannah York, Irene Handl, Patrick Macnee, Fenella Fielding, Ian Carmichael and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
1964
Channel
ITV
Episodes
1
Stars
Susannah York, Irene Handl, Patrick Macnee, Fenella Fielding, Ian Carmichael, Wilfrid Brambell, Charles Lloyd Pack, William Redmond and Pamela Brown
Writer
Oscar Wilde
Director
Bill Bain
Producer
Leonard White
Company

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 15th November 1964 at 9:35pm on ITV1
Episode length
90 minutes

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