Campion (1959 TV series) explained

Genre:Mystery
Director:John Harrison
Starring:Bernard Horsfall
Wally Patch
Composer:Christopher Whelen
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:12
Producer:John Harrison
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:BBC
Channel:BBC One

Campion is a British mystery television series which first aired on the BBC in two series between 1959 and 1960. It is adaptation of two novels by Margery Allingham, Dancers in Mourning (1937) and Death of a Ghost (1934) featuring the fictional detective Albert Campion. Bernard Horsfall played the title role,[1] with Wally Patch as Magersfontein Lugg.

Other actors appearing in the first series include Denis Quilley, Michael Gough, Noel Howlett, Vanda Godsell, Richard Pearson, Olive Sloane, Sheila Burrell and John Ruddock as Inspector Stanislaus Oates. The second series featured Mary Merrall, Andre Van Gyseghem, Shay Gorman and Arthur Brough as Inspector Oates

References

  1. Baskin p.40-49

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