Look After Lulu! (Brian Rix Presents...)

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| based_on = {{Based on|Look After Lulu!|Noël Coward}}

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| presenter = Brian Rix

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| airdate = {{Start date|1967|03|28|df=yes}}

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"Look After Lulu!" is a 1967 British television version of the play of the same name by Noël Coward. It aired on BBC1.Radio Times, 23 March 1967 (magazine) p. 27; listing, p. 30TV Guide Derby Evening Telegraph 28 Mar 1967, Tue · Page 4 on 28 March 1967.{{cite news|title=Brian Rix in another bedroom farce|newspaper=Coventry Evening Telegraph|date=28 March 1967|page= 2}}

As of 2023 it is the only filmed version of the play.'Television' Sunday Sun 26 Mar 1967, Sun · Page 12{{cite book|page=210|url=https://archive.org/details/myfarcefrommyelb0000bria/mode/2up?q=%22look+after+lulu%22|title= My farce from my elbow.

|first=Brian|last= Rix|year=1977 |publisher=Wyndham Publications }}

The Observer's reviewer said, "Brian Rix showed what an excellent actor he is and Elspet Gray was a delightful Lulu. Eric Fawcett's production fizzed nice and fast all the way."{{cite news|title=Battling over saintly bones|newspaper=The Observer|date=2 April 1967|page= 25}}

Cast

  • Lulu D'Arville – Elspet Gray
  • Philippe de Croze – Anton Rodgers
  • Adonis – Michael Mundell
  • Gigot – Leo Franklyn
  • Claire – Helen Jessop
  • Marcel Blanchard – Brian Rix
  • General Koschnadieff – Rex Garner
  • Herr Van Putzeboum – Patrick Newell
  • The Prince of Salestria – Dennis Ramsden
  • Rose – Vicki Woolf
  • Oudatte – Stefan Gryff
  • The Mayor – Derek Royle
  • Aunt Gabrielle – Sheila Mercier
  • An Inspector of Police – Basil Lord

::Source: BBC Genome.[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8074fec0739141d59c98422fb53558e0 "Looking After Lulu"], BBG Genome. Retrieved 8 June 2025

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