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Sword of Honour: Part 1: Men at Arms

BBC One
on BBC One London

by Evelyn Waugh
Adapted for television in three parts by Giles Cooper
Starring Edward Woodward as Guy Crouchback, Ronald Fraser as Apthorpe, Vivian Pickles as Virginia Troy, Paul Hardwick as Ritchie-Hook, James Villiers as Ian Kilbannock
(First shown on BBC-2)

"I doubt whether a more human play at once compassionate and quietly sardonic has ever been done on television" (The Times)
See page 33

Contributors

Author:
Evelyn Waugh
Adapted for television by:
Giles Cooper
Designer:
John Wood
Producer:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Donald McWhinnie
Guy Crouchback:
Edward Woodward
Apthorpe:
Ronald Fraser
Virginia Troy:
Vivian Pickles
Ritchie-Hook:
Paul Hardwick
Ian Kilbannock:
James Villiers
Tommy Blackhouse:
Trader Faulkner
Arthur Box-Bender:
Anthony Roye
Elderberry:
Geoffrey Wincott
Mr. Crouchback:
Donald Layne-Smith
Tickeridge:
Nicholas Hawtrey
Mrs. Tickeridge:
Pam Ruddock
Trimmer:
Tim Preece
Sarum-Smith:
David Savile
Frank de Souza:
Kenneth Fortescue
Leonard:
Richard Kay
Colour Sergeant:
Clifford Cox
Tony Box-Bender:
Mark Burns
Chatty Corner:
Barry Linehan
Halberdier Crock:
Jimmy Gardner
McKinney:
Ian Ricketts
Ambrose Goodall:
Keith Pyott
Halberdier Shanks:
Richard Hampton
Doctor:
Esmond Webb
Brigadier:
Denis McCarthy
Source: Radio Times

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