Doctor Knock

Directed by Ronald Eyre
Writers: Harley Granville-Barker (translator), Jules Romains (play)

Episode 1: Act 1 - Broadcast 7 February 1961
Episode 2: Act 2 - Broadcast 14 February 1961
Episode 3: Act 3 - Broadcast 21 February 1961




  • Richard Wordsworth . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Knock
    Felix Felton . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Parpalaid
    Frank Finlay . . . . . . . . . . Monsieur Mousquet
    Hilda Braid . . . . . . . . . . Mariette
    Timothy Bateson . . . . . . . . . . The Town Crier
    Barbara Couper . . . . . . . . . . Madame Parpalaid
    Renee Houston Renee Houston . . . . . . . . . . Madame Remy
    Graham Crowden . . . . . . . . . . Monsieur Bernard
    Jeremy Geidt . . . . . . . . . . Scipio
    Robert Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . Jean
    Joan Young Joan Young . . . . . . . . . . The Farmer's Wife
    Jean Anderson . . . . . . . . . . Madame Pons
    Peter Bowles . . . . . . . . . . 1st Countryman
    Neil McCarthy . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Countryman

    Once the mysterious Dr. Knock sets up his practice in a small French town, everyone begins to feel a lot more ill.

    Frank appeared in Act 2 & 3.

    Frank had worked previously with both Peter Bowles and Graham Crowden at The Royal Court, London. Peter and Frank were both in The Happy Haven (1960) by John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy, and all three were in Platonov (1960) by Anton Chekhov.