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Playbox

Playbox (1955)

GB · 45 min · September 21, 1955 · 8 seasons

  • Family

Directed by: Vere Lorrimer, Leonard Chase, Gerald Wiltshire, Graham Gauld

Written by: Eric Allen, Edward Barnes, Douglas Camfield, Vere Lorrimer, Max Marquis

Playbox used to alternate weekly with Crackerjack both hosted by Eamon Andrews. Whereas Crackerjack was set in a theatre with an audience, Playbox was studio based with quizzes and games plus the animated cartoon Bengo about a pet puppy and the drawings of Tony Hart

Directed by

Vere LorrimerLeonard ChaseGerald WiltshireGraham Gauld

Written by

Eric AllenEdward BarnesDouglas CamfieldVere LorrimerMax MarquisCliff Michelmore

Cast & crew

Eamonn AndrewsSelf - HostTony HartSelfIvan OwenDetective-Inspector BruceJohnny MorrisThe Hot Chestnut ManWensley PitheyBarrington Blizard, QCTed TaylorSelfGeoffrey WhiteheadJeremy Fosdyke, QCJanet BrownSelfMela WhiteGloriaAnthony PendrellCosmo FettesDavid HartDetective-Constable CorcoranAmanda BarrieMargaret PalethorpeRory MacDermotJason BanksMaurice HedleyColonel John MaynardPeter GossArthur BartyJohn Garr PittBarney HoganPeter HawkinsBen CookeTarn BassettDiana LaytonCass AllenMillieJames OttawayAugustus BenfleldMaurice DurantSam 'Splinter' WoodOwen ReedSelf - Trophy PresenterGarard GreenBasil Beauchamp, QCJoy StewartNurse CarterLian-Shin YangMadame WongOwen BerryGeorge BrindleJames RaglanCharlie HinchJames SharkeyJack AldersleyArmine SandfordKaren AlderJohn CroninAndrew GageBernard KayFrank WoodfieldDennis RamsdenDon MartinJohn G. HellerHerr ReindorfRose AlbaRositaKaty CashfieldMiss Madeleine RoystonNorman AtkynsMr. A.J. FootitPamela PitchfordMilly LorraineMichael GuestMr. Robert DeverellTony BatemanGeorge EllisonKaren GlaserShirley ConistonElizabeth LyntonRosamund WaringLee RichardsonTomElizabeth SmallMiss ColeDonald MastersMark MasonMichael BlytheRonald DrewElizabeth Anne RuddleVerity CassonAnne RidlerElizabeth CollierMax FaulknerCurnockFelicity YoungSarah HowarthJune SylvaineMarjorie EnrightHector RossGeorge ParkerBruce WightmanAlbert RadfordJill HyemAvril CaronAnthea WyndhamMaryIan WhitePhilip MontalbanPhilip LennardProfessor Abdul HamidCarole LorimerLetty FosterSonia FraserNancy NorthcotePeter DoughtyPC JacksonRoger WintonGeorge DerwentAnita PrynneSusan DeanHilary BaysGrace RadfordMargery CaldicottMiss HurstLisa RayneVerena NevadaRonald LaceyBilly 'Smiley' HicksPatrick GodfreyGeoffrey SomersBella EmbergPolicewomanJennifer WilsonSarah CollinsDennis EdwardsAnstey FortescueAnn LancasterRoma WinthropAlec RossBarney WintonCardew RobinsonSelfPauline StroudMarigold AllenAlastair HunterIan CameronRaymond RollettEdward GrimstoneRichard PescudHugo de MilleDavid RaynerGendarmeErnest HareColonel JeffreysFrank WoodfieldArthur ElliottCecil BrockMichael RooneyIsabelle MilenoPaula WintonMichael CooperJack CroftMoorea HastingsFrances AshfleldJoyce CarpenterMadame ParkerJ. Grant AndersonOld ElishaAline WaitesMary LawsonJohn BennettCharles HartleyHelen LindsayLady ColdharbourRobert RiettyAlan SavillePenelope LeeFiona GilchristAlethea CharltonSarah HeppleJohn BlytheWilliam BloggsTom BusbyJames MacRanaldHarold BerensMorris KayeJack MelfordSir Ronald ColdharbourIvor SalterSamuel LoganFreda BamfordThe Hon. Mrs. Lettice WiltshireJohn RaeDonald MacRanaldKen ParryAlbert PostlethwaiteMargery WithersMrs. GoodmanHoward GreeneParkerGay CameronGeraldine HaywoodAnthony SadlerCliff HeathFrances GuthrieHilary PaigePeter WoodBob BruceHilary MasonFlora McPhailMolly WeirMrs. Jeannie FrostCarl BernardDr. Max NewbergJoan YoungMrs. 'Ma' MasonBarry SteeleWalter SoamesRolf HarrisSelfCliff MichelmoreSelf