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The Eagle of the Ninth: 1: Frontier Fort

on BBC One London

by Rosemary Sutcliff
Dramatised in six parts by Bill Craig
with Anthony Higgins as Marcus, Bernard Gallagher as Drusillus, Matthew Long as Hilarion and Patrick Malahide as Cradoc

Sometime about AD 117, the Ninth Legion, the Hispana, which was stationed at Eburacum, where York now stands, marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again.
BBC Scotland
(Feature p.8)

Contributors

Author:
Rosemary Sutcliff
Dramatised by:
Bill Craig
Designer:
Campbell Gordon
Producer:
Pharic MacLaren
Director:
Michael Simpson
Marcus:
Anthony Higgins
Drusillus:
Bernard Gallagher
Hilarion:
Matthew Long
Cradoc:
Patrick Malahide
Marcus's father:
Peter Whitbread
Duty centurion:
Bill Henderson
Guinhumara:
Laura Graham
Druid:
Iain Agnew
Soldier:
George Howell
Aulus:
Brian Carey

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