Radio review – Lux – “Cavalcade” (1936) ***

The pukka accents and attitudes are easy to make fun of - not just the stiff upper lip leading characters but their cockney servants (either loyal and stupid or prone to drink and sluts). But just when you think you've got it sorted, Noel Coward throws in a kicker - one son dies, then another one. You can handle stiff upper lip drama as long as they're dying I guess. David Niven was in the cast for this, although only in a minor role - leads were played by Herbert Marshall and Madeleine Carroll. Coward himself appears in this broadcast, too.