The tale of how Professor Higgins tried to turn Cockney Eliza Dolittle into a lady is to be staged in Oxfordshire.

RAF Brize Norton Theatre Club will be presenting the play Pygmalian at the station's conference facility from October 19 to 21.

The club delighted audiences young and old with the pantomime Peter Pan and followed it with the one act play Thief of Time, which came third overall and won the award for technical excellence at a festival at RAF Lyneham.

The club, which is made up of service personnel and civilians, followed those two productions with the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Pygmalian's producer Paul McCue said: "We've already had to re-cast once as one person was posted."

The curtain rises each night at 8pm and tickets at 5 and 2.50 for pensioners and children. They can be obtained by ringing 01993 778141.