Dick Barton – Special Agent

Travel back to a 1940s BBC studio in this stylish new production

Dick Barton, hero of the BBC’s 1940s radio serial, is back! In an action packed adventure, Dick, Jock and Snowy face arch enemies Baron Scarheart and Marta Heartburn, aiming to rid the world of evil in the name of decency and patriotism. Not forgetting to have a laugh and a song along the way!

KATAPULT Theatre Company presents the first of Phil Willmott’s critically acclaimed and hugely successful series of Dick Barton musical comedies.

Although Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason wrote the radio scripts, Barton was actually created by BBC producer Norman Collins, who has visions of a "cloak and dagger soap opera" every evening.The programme ran from 1946 till 1951 on BBC’s Light Programme There were 711 episodes. Dick managed to get into (and eventually out of) some pretty tight spots, much to the delight of thousands, not to mention the stern disapproval of various “educationalists and clergymen." and all that disapproval despite the scriptwriters strict adherence to 13 codes of conduct, such as: no sex, no booze, no bad language and all violence must be limited to "clean socks on the jaw."
Each episode featured the original's memorable signature tune, Devil's Gallop by Charles Williams

Concession tickets available for: senior citizens, students, registered disabled, Westminster residents, industry union members.