Campion (1959 TV series)

Campion
GenreMystery
Based onDancers in Mourning & Death of a Ghost
by Margery Allingham
Written byJohn Hopkins
Directed byJohn Harrison
StarringBernard Horsfall
Wally Patch
ComposerChristopher Whelen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerJohn Harrison
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release10 August 1959 (1959-08-10) –
1 August 1960 (1960-08-01)

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

Bibliography

  • Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.