The Three Hostages (TV series)

The Three Hostages
Genre	Historical thriller
Based on	The Three Hostages by John Buchan
Directed by	Julian Amyes
Starring	Patrick Barr Peter Rendall Jill Melford
No. of episodes	6 (all missing)
Production
Producer	Ian Atkins
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	1952 (1952) – 1952 (1952)

The Three Hostages was a British television series which aired on the BBC in 1952. It was an adaptation of the 1924 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. Broadcast live before telerecording was utilised in the UK, 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. "The THREE HOSTAGES". BFI | Film & TV Database. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009.
2. "THE THREE HOSTAGES". Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

External links

• The Three Hostages at IMDb