Triton (1961 TV series)
Triton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 1 in 1961.[1] Set during the Napoleonic Wars, two Royal Navy officers go on an undercover mission to France discover Napoleon's secret weapon for his planned invasion of Britain. It turns out to be a submarine designed by the American Robert Fulton, widely credited as the inventor of the first steamship.
| Triton | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical |
| Written by | Rex Tucker |
| Directed by | Rex Tucker |
| Starring | William Russell Francis Matthews Reed De Rouen |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Rex Tucker |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 4 June – 25 June 1961 |
It was written, produced and directed by Rex Tucker. In 1968 the story was remade by the BBC in another four part serial of the same title.[2]
Main cast
- William Russell as Captain Belwether
- Francis Matthews as Lieutenant Lamb
- Reed De Rouen as Robert Fulton
- Robert James as Lord Nelson
- Anthony Sharp as Sir Home Popham
- Selma Vaz Dias as Madame Victor
- Michael Anthony as Interpreter
- Jacques Cey as French Captain
- Roger Delgado as The Man with the Patch
gollark: It could just be that the extremes are more visible.
gollark: Apparently, because some unspecified event had occurred two years in a row at the same time for them (???) and because it's "comforting".
gollark: Also people just not caring about truth for some reason. A mere 1.8ish hours ago someone was telling me about why they believed in astrology.
gollark: That seems like more of an argument for mitigating the harms of some service things than just banning somewhat harmful ones entirely.
gollark: AAAAAAAAAA MORE "OR SOMETHING"
References
- Baskin p.55
- Parrill p.302
Bibliography
- Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
- Sue Parrill. Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era. McFarland, 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.