Rookery Nook (1970 TV drama)
# Rookery Nook (1970 TV drama)

Rookery Nook is a 1970 British television production by the BBC.

## Sources

The BBC's production was based on the play Rookery Nook, one of the Aldwych farces, by Ben Travers.

## First showing

First transmitted by the BBC on 19 September 1970, it was made in colour on videotape, but survives only as a monochrome telerecording.

## Revival

The BBC's film was revived in 1994 by the National Film Theatre, the UK's leading revival house.

## Cast

* Richard Briers ... Gerald Popkiss
* Arthur Lowe ... Harold Twine
* Joan Cooper ... Gertrude Twine
* Irene Handl ... Mrs. Leverett
* Elizabeth Knight ... Rhoda Marley
* Moray Watson ... Clive Popkiss
* Francis de Wolff ... Putz
* Geoffrey Lumsden ... Admiral Juddy
* Mary Millar ... Poppy Dickie
* Jenny McCracken ... Clara Popkiss
* Kathleen Saintsbury ... Mrs. Possett
