Broadcast on Christmas Day 1967 (but recorded in November at the Golders Green Hippodrome), this BBC1 pantomime starred Liverpudlian comic Jimmy Tarbuck as Buttons and Sally Smith in the title role.
Hugh and Istars Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd played the Ugly Sisters. In a break with tradition, the principal boy was played by a man – in this case, David Kernan as Prince Charming.
Also featured were the George Mitchell Singers and the Norman Maen Dancers.
Tarbuck returned to the role of Buttons two years later when the BBC broadcast another version of Cinderella as their Christmas Day pantomime, this time with Anita Harris in the title role.
Buttons
Jimmy Tarbuck Cinderella
Sally Smith Ugly Sisters
Terry Scott
Hugh Lloyd Prince Charming
David Kernan Dandini
Neville Jason Fairy Godmother
Louida Vaughan Baron
Graham Squire Buttons’ Horse
The Keefe Brothers Principal Dancers
Leigh Foster
Vreni Zullic
