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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Cold War spy yarn in which an Australian detective sent to London to arrest a top diplomat finds himself acting as a bodyguard instead. Starring Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer. Show more

Contributors

Scobie Malone:
Rod Taylor
Sir James Quentin:
Christopher Plummer
Sheila Quentin:
Lilli Palmer
Lisa Pretorius:
Camilla Sparv
Maria Cholon:
Daliah Lavi
Ambassador Townsend:
Franchot Tone
Pham Chimh:
Burt Kwouk
Flannery:
Leo McKern
Director:
Ralph Thomas
Producer:
Betty E Box

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Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Sci-fi comedy directed by Don Sharp, about an American showman (Burl Ives) who forms an alliance with two crooked English businessmen in a bid to send a man to the moon. Show more

Contributors

Phineas T Barnum:
Burl Ives
Gaylord Sullivan:
Troy Donahue
Sir Charles Dillworthy:
Lionel Jeffries
Sir Harry Washington-Smythe:
Terry-Thomas
Professor Siegfried von Bullow:
Gert Frobe
The Duke of Barset:
Dennis Price
Madelaine:
Daliah Lavi
Bertram Grundle:
Graham Stark
Warrant Officer:
Stratford Johns
Lady Electra:
Judy Cornwell
General Tom Thumb:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Anna Lindstrom:
Renate von Holt
Director:
Don Sharp

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