No Smoking!

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"No Smoking!"
BBC Sunday Night Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 11
Directed byStephen Harrison
Written by Rex Rienits
Based onplay by George Moresby-White
Original air dateMarch 16, 1952 (1952-03-16)
Running time80 minutes

No Smoking! is a 1952 British TV play. [1] [2] [3]

It was adapted into a 1955 film.

Premise

A chemist invents a cure for smoking.

Cast

Reception

It was described by the Daily Mail as "plenty of good family fun." [4] The Sunday Mercury thought it "a little slow moving" but had a "happy idea.. idealy suited for TV." [5]

Contents

The Daily Herald felt the idea "was all right... but it went wrong. The characters were so typed and the situations were so obvious." [6] The Evening Mail called it "rich comedy". [7]

References

  1. "No Smoking". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. Hale, Lionel (14 March 1952). "A jest with an idea". Radio Times. p. 45.
  3. "The Listening Post". Liverpool Daily Post. 10 March 1952. p. 4.
  4. Specially Written TV Play is Effective Author: J. Stubbs Walker Date: Monday, Mar. 17, 1952 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 17415 p2
  5. "Television". Sunday Mercury. 23 March 1952. p. 11.
  6. "'No Smoking' just didn't come off". Daily Herald. 17 March 1952. p. 3.
  7. "Televiewing". Leicester Evening Mail. 19 March 1952. p. 2.