The Three Hostages (1952)

Directed by

Julian Amyes

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Richard Hannay, a British intelligence officer, is drawn into a plot to rescue three hostages. The story follows his efforts to outwit a dangerous criminal mastermind. This TV series is a live adaptation of John Buchan's novel.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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