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Huntingtower

A John Buchan mystery.

Children's television series in six episodes broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC television on Sunday afternoons from 16 June to 21 July 1957.

Episodes

Episode 1 (broadcast 16 June 1957)

Episode 2 (23 June 1957) [RT: p. 10]

Episode 3 (30 June 1957) [RT: p. 10]

Episode 4 (7 July 1957) [RT: p. 8]

Episode 5 (14 July 1957) [RT: p. 8]

Episode 6 (21 July 1957) [RT: p. 8]

Introduction to the series

What was the secret of the great deserted house overlooking the sea from the lonely peninsula on the Scottish coast? Why was the house so closely guarded by the silent men who would have no dealings with their neighbours in the village below? In Judith Kerr’s adaptation of John Buchan’s most exciting novel Huntingtower you can see how chance brought together strange partners to solve the mystery. A retired grocer, a poet, and a band of rough, ragged Gorbals Boy Scouts combjne forces to uncover the secret.

The grocer, Dickson McGunn, will be played by James Hayter, well known to all viewers and filmgoers, and making his first appearance in a Children’s serial. John Heritage, the poet, will be played by Richard Wordsworth, and Dougal, the leader of the Gorbals Diehards by Leo Maguire who will be remembered for his performance in Kidnapped.

Characters and cast