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Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

BBC One
on BBC One London

Adventure story, starring
Christopher Lambert Ralph Richardson Ian Holm
James Fox
When Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1886 a legend is born. Their son John, reared in the jungle by apes, grows up to become master of all he surveys - until the day a hunting party strays into his territory, bringing with it the violence of civilisation. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs 's novel.
Director Hugh Hudson ● FILMS: pages 27-34
• PICTURE STORY: page 69
* TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lambert
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Unknown:
Ian Holm
Unknown:
James Fox
Unknown:
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Director:
Hugh Hudson
John Clayton, Tarzan Lord of the Apes:
Christopher Lambert
Earl of Greystoke:
Ralph Richardson
Captain Phillippe D'Arnot:
Ian Holm
LordEsker:
James Fox
Jane Porter:
Andie MacDowell
Lady Alice Clayton:
Cheryl Campbell
Lord Jack Clayton:
Paul Geoffrey
Sir Evelyn Mount:
John Wells
Major Jack Downing:
Nigel Davenport
Jeffson Brown:
Ian Charleson
Sir Hugh Belcher:
Nicholas Farrell
Captain Billings:
Richard Griffiths
Source: Radio Times

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