Fantastic Summer
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Based onFantastic Summer
by Dorothy Macardle
by Dorothy Macardle
Written byBarry Learoyd
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
| Fantastic Summer | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Fantastic Summer by Dorothy Macardle |
| Written by | Barry Learoyd |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 75 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Television |
| Release | 1 March 1955 |
Fantastic Summer is a 1955 British television play based on a novel by Dorothy Macardle adapted by Barry Learoyd.[1][2]
It was Marilyn James' first television appearance.[3] It was also Fay Compton's "first full scale TV appearance" since The Foolish Gentleman in 1953.[4]
Compton called the script "exceptionally good."[5]
Mairlyn James broke her ankle during filming after she tripped over a cable, but she continued the performance without the audience being aware.[6]
- Fay Compton as Virgilia Wilde
- Margaret Boyd as Brigid Reece
- Ian Fleming as Dr. Bernard Franks
- Ronald Lewis as Perry Franks
- Marilyn James as Nan Wilde
- Peter Murphy as Timeen
- Mary Laura Wood as Sal Vaughan
- Simon Lack as Garret Ingram
- Jessica Dunning as Pamela Ingram
- Derek Sydney as Carlo Ferrari