The original version of this script was actually first performed in Elmgrove Junior School in Harrow, in 1974. The script was written by friends of the school's music teacher, Miss Gilbert, and the performance attended by BBC staff, who then bought the play and produced this film.
Specially written for BBC2 by SIMONE BLOOM and ARNOLD SHAW with additional material by PHILIP GRIFFIN , PAUL CIANI and JONATHAN COHEN (source: BBC Genome)
Originally shown on BBC2, 7.55pm Christmas Day 1975, and repeated on BBC1, 4.40pm 21st December 1979. (Source BBC Genome)