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Eric Ambler - The Mask of Dimitrios

Episode 1: The Origins of an Obsession

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 19^th May 2013, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 10^th Feb 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Charles Latimer's obsession with master criminal Dimitrios leads him to pre-war Europe's dark underworld. Show more

Classic Serial

Eric Ambler - The Mask of Dimitrios

Episode 2: The House of the Eight Angels

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 26^th May 2013, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 11^th Feb 2017, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Crime writer Latimer's obsession with killer Dimitrios takes him to Geneva where his life is under threat. Stars Tim McInnerny. Show more

Contributors

Latimer:: Jamie Glover
Dimitrios:: Tim McInnerny
Col Haki:: Kenneth Cranham
Mr Peters:: Desmond Barrit
Marukakis:: Richard Attlee
Mme Chavez:: Rachel Atkins
Irana Preveza:: Rachel Atkins
Siantos:: Andrew Branch
Sholem:: John Evitts
Greek Official:: John Evitts
Dhris Mohammed:: Gary Carr
Mortuary Attendant:: Ilker Kaleli
Director:: David Blount
Author:: Eric Ambler
Adaptor:: Stephen Sheridan

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DramaClassic & Period

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Classic Serial: Eric Ambler - The Mask of Dimitrios

Source: BBC Online

Topkapi

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 23^rd Jun 2019, 13:15 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Thu 16^th Dec 2021, 06:05 on BBC Two HD

International jewel thief Elizabeth Lipp recruits her ex-lover Walter Harper to train a motley crew of characters to steal the famous emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp:: Melina Mercouri
Walter Harper:: Maximilian Schell
Arthur Simon Simpson:: Peter Ustinov
Cedric Page:: Robert Morley
Hans Fisher:: Jess Hahn
Gerven:: Akim Tamiroff
Producer:: Jules Dassin
Writer:: Monja Danischewsky
Writer:: Eric Ambler

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Source: BBC Online

Journey into Fear

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 8 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Dec 2009, 22:50 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sat 26^th Sep 2015, 06:10 on BBC Two HD

A nightmarish tale of espionage and treachery in Istanbul, as an American munitions expert, played by Joseph Cotten, goes on the run from the Gestapo during World War II. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Norman Foster
Howard Graham:: Joseph Cotten
Josette Martel:: Dolores del Rio
Colonel Haki:: Orson Welles
Stephanie Graham:: Ruth Warrick
Mrs Mathews:: Agnes Moorehead
Kopeikin:: Everett Sloane
Oo Lang Sang:: Hans Conried
Gogo Martel:: Jack Durant
Prof Haller:: Eustace Wyatt
Matthews:: Frank Readick
Kuvetli:: Edgar Barrier
Peter Banat:: Jack Moss
Producer:: Orson Welles
Writer:: Orson Welles
Writer:: Joseph Cotten
Writer:: Eric Ambler

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Source: BBC Online

A Night to Remember

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 6^th May 2007, 22:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 15^th Apr 2012, 15:00 on BBC Two England

Drama. April 14, 1912. The rich and fashionable crowd the luxury liner Titanic, yet when a giant iceberg looms, the 'unsinkable' ship is doomed. Starring Kenneth More. Show more

Contributors

Second Officer Charles Lightoller:: Kenneth More
Liz Lucas:: Honor Blackman
Thomas Andrews:: Michael Goodliffe
Asst Wireless Operator Harold Bride:: David McCallum
Director:: Roy Ward Baker
J Bruce Ismay:: Frank Lawton
Captain Edward John Smith:: Laurence Naismith
Wireless Operator John Phillips:: Kenneth Griffith
Mr Clarke:: Ronald Allen
Major Arthur Peuchen:: Robert Ayres
Captain Arthur Rostron:: Anthony Bushell
Mr Murphy:: John Cairney
Mrs Clarke:: Jill Dixon
Sylvia Lightoller:: Jane Downs
Colonel Archibald Gracie:: James Dyrenforth
Lady Richard:: Harriette Johns
Wireless Operator Harold Cottam:: Alec McCowen
Wireless Operator Cyril Evans:: Geoffrey Bayldon
Writer:: Eric Ambler
Producer:: William MacQuitty

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

Hotel Reserve

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Jan 2009, 11:05 on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: Sat 16^th Sep 2017, 09:05 on BBC Two HD

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Thriller. While holidaying in the south of France prior to World War II, an Austrian medical student is wrongly accused of spying and must clear his name. Show more

Contributors

Peter Vadessy:: James Mason
Madame Suzanne Koche:: Lucie Mannheim
Monsieur Robert Duclos:: Raymond Lovell
Monsieur Michel Beghin:: Julien Mitchell
Monsieur Andre Roux:: Herbert Lom
Walter Vogel:: Martin Miller
Mary Skelton:: Clare Hamilton
Emil Schimler:: Frederick Valk
Major Chandon-Hartley:: Anthony Shaw
Warren Skelton:: Valentine Dyall
Odette Roux:: Patricia Medina
Henri Asticot:: David Ward
Director:: Lance Comfort
Director:: Victor Hanbury
Director:: Max Greene
Producer:: Victor Hanbury
Producer:: Lance Comfort
Producer:: Max Greene
Writer:: John Davenport
Author:: Eric Ambler

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Source: BBC Online

The Purple Plain

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 19^th Jun 2009, 13:10 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Wed 22^nd Aug 2012, 12:35 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Word War II drama starring Gregory Peck. An unbalanced RAF squadron leader is forced to overcome his shattered nerves when his plane crashes in Japanese territory.

Contributors

Forrester:: Gregory Peck
Blore:: Maurice Denham
Dr Harris:: Bernard Lee
Miss McNab:: Brenda de Banzie
Carrington:: Lyndon Brook
Aldridge:: Anthony Bushell
Director:: Robert Parrish
Writer:: Eric Ambler

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DramaWar & Disaster

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Source: BBC Online

The Cruel Sea

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 1 minute

First broadcast: Mon 27^th Aug 2018, 12:10 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st Oct 2023, 13:00 on BBC Two Wales HD

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Classic documentary-style account of the trials of a British warship during World War II. A captain is haunted by the loss of his past vessel and seeks revenge.