Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan to be shown on TV

The first-ever stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film Dr Strangelove will be shown on Freeview TV.

Originally running at the Noël Coward Theatre, the piece is directed by Sean Foley and co-adapted by Armando Iannucci and Foley.

The show starred Steve Coogan, a seven-time BAFTA Award winner, playing roles including Dr Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, and Major TJ Kong.

Joining Coogan were Giles Terera (as General Buck Turgidson), John Hopkins (General Jack D Ripper), Oliver Alvin-Wilson (Jefferson), Penny Ashmore (Vera Lynn), Ben Deery (General Staines), Richard Dempsey (Frank), Mabli Gwynne (swing), Mark Hadfield (Faceman), Tony Jayawardena (Russian Ambassador Bakov), Tom Kelsey (ensemble), Daniel Norford (ensemble), Dharmesh Patel (Lincoln), Adam Sina (ensemble), Alex Stoll (ensemble) and Ben Turner (Colonel Bat Guano).

Following a cinema release last spring, it will now be shown on Sky Arts (channel 36 on Freeview) on Wednesday 25 February at 9pm.

Anyone looking for other stage shows being broadcast, the Royal Albert Hall staging of The Phantom of the Opera will be shown tomorrow, 22 February, at 4.10pm, following by Love Never Dies at 7pm.

Love Never Dies is then repeated on Friday 27 February at 6am, with the RSC’s production of All’s Well That Ends Well shown at 6am on Saturday 28 February.