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The Tichborne Claimant

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Period drama based on a true story. Many years after the heir to the Tichborne fortune disappeared at sea, family servant Bogle is sent to Australia to investigate rumours of his survival. Discovering a drunken butcher with a resemblance to the missing nobleman, Bogle decides to pass him off as a genuine claimant. Review page 52.
Director David Yates (1998, PG)

Contributors

Director:
David Yates
Andrew:
Bogle Johnkani
The claimant:
Robert Pugh
Cockburn:
John Gielgud
Hawkins:
Stephen Fry
Lord Rivers:
Robert Hardy
Mary Anne:
Rachael Dowling
Dowager:
Paola Dionisotti
Arundell:
Charles Gray
Source: Radio Times

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