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The Ambassadors

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. American Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival provides him with much-needed support. Show more

Contributors

Lewis Lambert Strether:
Paul Scofield
Maria Gostrey:
Lee Remick
Marie de Vionnet:
Delphine Seyrig
Chadwick Newsome:
David Huffman
Sarah Pocock:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Waymarsh:
Don Fellows
Director:
James Cellan

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Duration: 2 hours, 21 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One London

Fast-paced thriller about a hit man hired by the OAS to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. When the plot is discovered, a Paris detective is faced with a race to stop him. Show more

Contributors

Colonel Rodin:
Eric Porter
The Interrogator:
Vernon Dobtcheff
General Colbert:
Maurice Denham
The Forger:
Ronald Pickup
Berthier:
Timothy West
Montclair:
David Swift
Mallinson:
Donald Sinden

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