Play of the Month | You Never Can Tell

Based on You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.

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Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 1'05'00''
  • Broadcast date: 1977
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Play of the Month | 1: You Never Can Tell

Play of the Month | 1: You Never Can Tell

1977 | 1'05'00''

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.

Play of the Month | 2: You Never Can Tell

Play of the Month | 2: You Never Can Tell

1977 | 58'15''

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.

Play of the Month | 1: You Never Can Tell

Play of the Month | 1: You Never Can Tell

1977 | 1'05'00''

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.

Play of the Month | 2: You Never Can Tell

Play of the Month | 2: You Never Can Tell

1977 | 58'15''

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.

Play of the Month | 1: You Never Can Tell

Play of the Month | 1: You Never Can Tell

1977 | 1'05'00''

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.

Play of the Month | 2: You Never Can Tell

Play of the Month | 2: You Never Can Tell

1977 | 58'15''

Play by Bernard Shaw, with Ernest Clark, Warren Clarke, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Kika Markham, Judy Parfitt and Robert Powell.
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