The Three Hostages (TV series)

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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. The series is missing, believed lost.^[2]

Main cast[]

• Patrick Barr ... Sir Richard Hannay (6 episodes)
• ... Lord Mercot (6 episodes)
• Jill Melford ... Adela Victor (6 episodes)
• ... David Warcliff (6 episodes)
• Carla Lehmann ... Lady Mary Hannay (5 episodes)
• ... Sgt. Flemyng (5 episodes)
• Alan Gordon ... The Thin Grey Man (5 episodes)
• ... Dominick Medina (5 episodes)
• John Laurie ... Insp. MacGillivray (4 episodes)
• ... 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)
• ... Julian / ... (3 episodes)
• ... Elsie Outhwaite / ... (3 episodes)
• ... Archie Roylance (3 episodes)

References[]

External links[]

• The Three Hostages at IMDb

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