Christmas fantasia based on a story by The Brothers Grimm. Broadcast live.
cast
Dennis Ramsden as The Soldier
Patrick Cargill as The Court Chamberlain
Joan Sanderson as Queen Beatrice
Elaine Usher as Princess Lucinda
Sheila Shand Gibbs as Joan
Robin Bailey as Barnabas the Horse
Willoughby Goddard as King Percy
James Sharkey as Prince Robin
Bruce Gordon as Curdken
Colin Douglas as The Executioner
Alan Edwards as The Circus Barker
Paul Whitsun-Jones as The Ringmaster
Christine Russell
Brenda Bennett
Daphne Green
Margaret Dale
Garth Adams
Nigel Sharpe
Nigel Hawthorne
Ivan Owen
Brian Sheehy
Gregory Scott
Paddy Ward
Vincent Hitchcock
production info
Writers: Clifford Williams, Donald Johnson
Music: John Hotchkis
Producer: Shaun Sutton
Barnabas’s dance arranged by: Don Tasker
Incidental music played by: The Goldsbrough Orchestra
Leader/Conductor: Emanuel Hurwitz
Film cameraman: Peter Sargent
Film editor: Ron de Mattos
Designer: Richard Henry
UK / BBC / Broadcast 26 December 1956
