BBC Television commenced a new serialisation of this famous novel with the first episode broadcast in September 1957.
I imagine filming would have been done a little earlier even if the actual broadcast went out ‘live’ because there were often filmed segments – usually exterior scenes – such as this one.
Bernard Miles again played Long John Silver and Dr. Livesey was played by Valentine Dyall – I can just see Valentine Dyall fitting this role perfectly. He had in fact played the same part in the BBC 1951 serialisation, again along with Bernard Miles as Long John