Duration: 1:11

Dick Whittington and his Cat: Television's First Grand Christmas Pantomime. BBC Television's first Christmas Pantomime featuring; Queenie Leonard, Brenda Perry, George Benson, Olive Del Mar, William Stephens, Cyril Fletcher, and Pamela Randall. Written by Arthur Askey. Surrounded by beauties is Cyril Fletcher as the Emperor of Morocco, better known later for his odd-odes. Transmission: 27th Dec 1937 This film footage is from the Desmond Campbell Archive Collection held and administered by the Alexandra Palace Television Society. http://www.apts.org.uk ~ APTS ~ Preserving the televisual past for the digital future