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The Three Hostages (TV series)

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Genre
  
Historical thriller

No. of episodes
  
6 episodes

Original network
  
BBC

Network
  
BBC

Cast
  
Patrick Barr

Directed by
  
Julian Amyes

Producer(s)
  
Ian Atkins

First episode date
  
1952

Written by
  
John Buchan (novel)

Starring
  
Patrick Barr Peter Rendall Jill Melford

Director
  
Julian Charles Becket Amyes

The Three Hostages was a British television series which aired on the BBC in 1952. It was an adaptation of the novel The Three Hostages by John Buchan featuring his character Richard Hannay who is played by Patrick Barr. It consisted of six 30 minutes episodes. The BBC adapted the story again in 1977 as a film The Three Hostages with Barry Foster as Hannay. The series is missing, believed lost.

Main cast

  • Patrick Barr ... Sir Richard Hannay (6 episodes)
  • Peter Rendall ... Lord Mercot (6 episodes)
  • Jill Melford ... Adela Victor (6 episodes)
  • Robert Scroggins ... David Warcliff (6 episodes)
  • Carla Lehmann ... Lady Mary Hannay (5 episodes)
  • Stuart Douglass ... Sgt. Flemyng (5 episodes)
  • Alan Gordon ... The Thin Grey Man (5 episodes)
  • John Byron ... Dominick Medina (5 episodes)
  • John Laurie ... Insp. MacGillivray (4 episodes)
  • Raymond Young ... Marquis de la Tour du Pin (4 episodes)
  • Michael Gwynn ... Sandy Arbuthnot (4 episodes, 1952)
  • Danny Green ... Odell (4 episodes)
  • Olga Dickie ... Madame Breda (4 episodes)
  • Maurice Bannister ... Julian / ... (3 episodes)
  • Pamela Barnard ... Elsie Outhwaite / ... (3 episodes)
  • Arthur Lawrence ... Archie Roylance (3 episodes)
  • References

    The Three Hostages (TV series) Wikipedia