The Three Hostages (TV series) explained

Genre:	Historical thriller
Director:	Julian Amyes
Starring:	Patrick Barr Peter Rendall Jill Melford
Num Episodes:	6 (all missing)
Producer:	Ian Atkins
Channel:	BBC

The Three Hostages was a British television series which aired on the BBC in 1952. It was an adaptation of the 1924 novel The Three Hostages by John Buchan featuring his character Richard Hannay who is played by Patrick Barr. It consisted of six 30 minutes episodes.^[1] The BBC adapted the story again in 1977 as a film The Three Hostages with Barry Foster as Hannay. Broadcast live before telerecording was utilised in the UK, the series is missing, believed lost.^[2]

Main cast

• Patrick Barr ... Sir Richard Hannay (6 episodes)
• Peter Rendall ... Lord Mercot (6 episodes)
• Jill Melford ... Adela Victor (6 episodes)
• Robert Scroggins ... David Warcliff (6 episodes)
• Carla Lehmann ... Lady Mary Hannay (5 episodes)
• Stuart Douglass ... Sgt. Flemyng (5 episodes)
• Alan Gordon ... The Thin Grey Man (5 episodes)
• John Byron ... Dominick Medina (5 episodes)
• John Laurie ... Insp. MacGillivray (4 episodes)
• Raymond Young ... Marquis de la Tour du Pin (4 episodes)
• Michael Gwynn ... Sandy Arbuthnot (4 episodes, 1952)
• Danny Green ... Odell (4 episodes)
• Olga Dickie ... Madame Breda (4 episodes)
• Maurice Bannister ... Julian / ... (3 episodes)
• Pamela Barnard ... Elsie Outhwaite / ... (3 episodes)
• Arthur Lawrence ... Archie Roylance (3 episodes)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009-01-26 . The THREE HOSTAGES . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090126204944/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/27091 . 2009-01-26 . BFI Film & TV Database.
2. Web site: THE THREE HOSTAGES . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228070758/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=5242d821-0101-4011-90a3-a2414e00b453 . 28 December 2014 . 28 December 2014 . Lost UK TV Shows Search Engine.