The Prisoner of Zenda: Episode 1 (TV Version 1984)
Written by: Anthony Hope, adapted by James Andrew Hall
Directed by: Leonard Lewis
Broadcast: 18th November 1984
SERIES PLOT:
An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
Starring:
Malcolm Sinclair (King Rudolf V) -PIE IN THE SKY, FOYLE'S WAR
Pauline Moran (Antoinette de Mauban)-POIROT, THE WOMAN IN BLACK
John Woodvine (Colonel Sapt) EDGE OF DARKNESS, Z-CARS
Jonathon Morris (Rupert of Hentzau) BREAD, JACKANORY, BEAU GESTE
Nicholas Gecks (Fritz von Tarlenheim) NICHOLAS NICKELBY, DR. WHO
Victoria Wicks (Princess Flavia) DROP THE DEAD DONKEY, SKINS
George Irving (Michael, Duke of Strelsau) DANGERFIELD, HOLBY CITY
Пікірлер: 10
Fantastic. I have been looking for The Prisoner of Zenda & Murder Not Proven from 1984, so that's one off my bucket list. The BBC are a nightmare for not reshowing or DVD selling old drama whilst producing some pretty low quality modern stuff. Thank you!
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Ай бұрын
Yeah, it's such a shame there are shows that are not reshown or available.
"To a man of spirit opportunities are duties" A maxim to live by!
Oh, lovely! Like The Flight of the Heron, I'd hoped to get to watch this for the longest time - and never managed until now. I'm especially curious to see Moran (Miss Lemon!) as Antoinette de Mauban, and Morris as Rupert - one of my favourite scoundrels in literature. Thank you very much!
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2 ай бұрын
My pleasure. I will upload the rest of the series on a regular basis. The usual upload days are Sundays and Wednesdays. So episode 2 should be Wednesday, if all goes well, followed by Episode 3 next Sunday, and so on.
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2 ай бұрын
i hope you enjoy episode two. It is up on the channel and episode 3 should be up on Sunday.
@laclarina3588
2 ай бұрын
@@archivemediavault Oh yes - I'm having enormous fun. I love John Woodvine's Colonel Sapt: "Ye Gods - a heretic!" :-D
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2 ай бұрын
@@laclarina3588 John Woodvine is always great, isn't he.
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2 ай бұрын
@@archivemediavault I remember seeing him play Philip II in Schiller's Don Carlos ages ago at the Barbican... wonderful!