Triton (1968 TV series) explained

Genre:Historical
Director:Michael Ferguson
Starring:Jonathan Adams
Paul Grist
Robert Cawdron
Composer:Dudley Simpson
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:4
Producer:John McRae
Runtime:25 minutes
Company:BBC
Channel:BBC One

Triton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 1 in 1968.[1]

Plot

It is a remake of the 1961 BBC series of the same title about two undercover Royal Navy officers attempting to discover the secret weapon with which Napoleon plans to invade England. It turns out to be an early submarine designed by the American inventor Robert Fulton. It was followed by a sequel Pegasus in 1969.

A copy of the series exists in the archives of the British Film Institute.[2]

Cast

References

  1. Baskin p.55
  2. Parrill p.302-3

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