The Three Hostages (TV series)

The Three Hostages
Genre	Historical thriller
Written by	John Buchan (novel)
Directed by	Julian Amyes
Starring	Patrick Barr Peter Rendall Jill Melford
No. of episodes	6 episodes
Production
Producer(s)	Ian Atkins
Release
Original network	BBC
Original release	1952

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/27091
2. http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=5242d821-0101-4011-90a3-a2414e00b453

External links

• The Three Hostages at the Internet Movie Database