The Buckingham Palace Connection

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The Buckingham Palace Connection: 4. The House of Special Purpose

4. The House of Special Purpose

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Tremayne and Kasakov edge ever closer in their attempt to rescue the Tsar of Russia.

1918: Soviet disguised partisans Tremayne and Kasakov edge ever closer in their attempt to rescue the Tsar. Stars Sean Barrett.

Russia, 1918: Captain Tremayne and Colonel Kasakov have arrived - Soviet disguised partisans - on the outskirts of Ekaterinburg.

This is the last stage of their attempt to rescue the Tsar and his family.

Starring Maurice Denham, Jeremy Clyde and Sean Barrett.

A five-part dramatisation by Ted Willis from his own novel, first published in 1980.

Himself .... Ted Willis
Lord Tremayne .... Maurice Denham
Captain Tremayne .... Jeremy Clyde
Colonel Kasakov .... Sean Barrett
Lady Tremayne .... Joyce Carey
Meg .... Elizabeth Proud
Major Story .... Bob Sherman
Nikolai Dukov .... Haydn Wood
Samarin .... James Windsor
Voytek .... David McAlister
Klaus .... John Rye
Natasha .... Liza Haydn
Mischa .... William Booker
Tambov .... Alan Dudley
Mogilov .... Nicholas Courtney
Gromyko .... Cyril Shaps
Kelly .... John Livesey
Guard .... Spencer Banks
Woman …. Christine Absalom 

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981.

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Drama: Historical

Writer Ted Willis's drama about what might have happened in Ekaterinburg in 1918.

Writer Ted Willis appears as himself in a five-part drama about how events unfolded in Ekaterinburg in 1918 and what fates befell various members of the Imperial Russian Family.

Writer Ted Willis appears as himself in a five-part drama about how events unfolded in Ekaterinburg in 1918 and what fates befell various members of the Russian Imperial Family. Following a brief meeting at the House of Lords, elderly Viscount Tremayne invites Baron Willis to his remote Cornish home to share his view of events. As dashing Captain Tremayne, he was ordered by King George V and Prime Minister, Lloyd George, and to secure safe passage for Tsar Nicholas II and his family as revolution swept through Russia. Jeremy Clyde and Maurice Denham star as the young and old Tremayne.

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