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form y separately published work icon The Trouble-Makers single work   radio play   crime   - 90min.
Alternative title: The Troublemakers
Adaptation of The Troublemakers George Bellak , 1952 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 The Trouble-Makers
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Based on American writer George Bellak's play The Trouble-Makers, about the murder of a campus newspaper editor by his fellow students and the ensuing 'witch hunt'.

Many sources date Bellak's play to 1956, but it was first performed in London in 1952 (see, for example, The Times, 18 August 1952, p.8).

Production Details

  • Aired on BBC radio on 31 January 1953.

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1953 .
      Extent: 90min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Saturday Night Theatre United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1943-1998 6430225 1943 series - publisher radio play

      A BBC radio anthology series broadcasting (usually) ninety-minute radio plays on Saturday nights: the plays were usually genre focused (crime, mysteries, or comedies) and included original works and adaptations of stage plays and novels.
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