The 1966 BBC Patience
| Colonel Calverley | Donald Francke (music) Jack May (dialogue) |
| Major Murgatroyd | Leslie Fyson (music) Frederick Treves (dialogue) |
| Duke of Dunstable | Duncan Robertson (music) John Wood (dialogue) |
| Reginald Bunthorne | Peter Pratt |
| Archibald Grosvenor | Derek Hammond-Stroud (music) Andrew Sachs (dialogue) |
| Lady Angela | Shirley Minty (music) Elizabeth Morgan (dialogue) |
| Lady Saphir | Patricia Clark (music) Shirley Cooklin (dialogue) |
| Lady Ella | Ursula Connors (music) Pamela Binns (dialogue) |
| Lady Jane | Pamela Bowden (music Joyce Grant (dialogue) |
| Patience | Pamela Wollmore (music) Prunella Scales (dialogue) |
The John McCarthy Singers
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Stanford Robinson
Producers: Michael Moores and Peter Bryant
Originally Broadcast on March 13, 1966
This recording is part of a series broadcast by the BBC in 1966. It has never been released commercially but is included here for its historical importance, and because many fans own pirated tapes. Notable cast members include Peter Pratt, the former D'Oyly Carte patter baritone, as the Major-General; Derek Hammond-Stroud as Grosvenor (he would also be a successful Bunthorne in the ENO production, and on the Brent Walker video; Andrew Sachs (Manuel from Fawlty Towers) as the dialogue Grosvenor; and Prunella Scales (Cybil of Fawlty Towers) as the dialogue Patience. As Chris Webster observed, "What a shame John Cleese didn't play Bunthorne."
Peter Pratt's performance is especially impressive, showing off a very different character than one would know from his commercial recordings of other operas. Also impressive is Donald Francke's Colonel, whose tone coloring on the long held notes of "If you want a receipt" has never been bettered.
See the historical tour for further discussion.
