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Release Date:
24 October 1986 (UK) morePlot:
from Lost Empires novel re;eased in conjunction with original telecast "In 1913 young Richard Herncastle... morePlot Keywords:
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Show Business, Music Hall Style, WWI moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 37 of 38) | Colin Firth | ... | Richard Herncastle (7 episodes, 1986) |
 | John Castle | ... | Nick Ollanton (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Carmen du Sautoy | ... | Julie Blane (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Beatie Edney | ... | Nancy Ellis (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... | Lily Farris (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Gillian Bevan | ... | Cissie Mapes (7 episodes, 1986) |
 | Laurence Olivier | ... | Harry Burrard (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Neil Boorman | ... | Ben Hayes (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Mike Edmonds | ... | Barney (7 episodes, 1986) |
| Ted Morris | ... | Sam Hayes (7 episodes, 1986) |
| John Ballanger | ... | Andre Colmar (5 episodes, 1986) |
| Francesca McGregor | ... | Nonie Colmar (5 episodes, 1986) |
| Jean Marie Segal | ... | Gustav Colmar (5 episodes, 1986) |
| Larbi Slemane | ... | Jean Colmar (5 episodes, 1986) |
| Brian Glover | ... | Tommy Beamish (4 episodes, 1986) |
| Anthony Newlands | ... | Hubert Courtenay (4 episodes, 1986) |
| Emil Wolk | ... | Ricarlo (4 episodes, 1986) |
| Jane Arden | ... | Susie Hodson (3 episodes, 1986) |
| John Asquith | ... | Edmund (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Stephen Brigden | ... | Bob Hodson (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Rio Fortune | ... | The ragtime three (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Brenda Larenty | ... | The Montanas (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Miguel | ... | The Montanas (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Bruce Morrison | ... | Ambrose (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Mike Mosebury | ... | The ragtime three (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Claude Walloon | ... | The ragtime three (3 episodes, 1986) |
| Jim Carter | ... | Inspector Crabbe (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Carrie Davies | ... | Peggy Canford (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Jane Eaglen | ... | Lottie Dean (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Weston Gavin | ... | Bill Jennings (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Alfred Marks | ... | Otto Mergen (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Big Mick | ... | Phillip Tewby (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Kenneth Nelson | ... | Hank Johnson (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Julia Parrott | ... | Vesta Tilley (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Charlotte Plowright | ... | Masie Dawe (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Patricia Quinn | ... | Doris Tingley (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Jeffrey Segal | ... | Bosanby (2 episodes, 1986) |
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UK:60 min (7 episodes)Country:
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Richard Herncastle: [narrating] Christmas eve - my first away from home. Not that I had a home any more. But Christmas is the time for remembering it - and loneliness stabs like a pain. moreSoundtrack:
The Honeysuckle and the Bee moreFAQ
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Good but not great depiction of travelling "vaudeville" in England just as WWI commences. The plot is serviceable, but the ambiance and the characters are outstanding.
A diverse group of show business performers are presented in all their individuality and also as a certain generalized type of performer and human being.
The atmosphere is dominated by a somewhat perverse, nasty and mysterious magician, who is Colin Firth's character's Uncle Nick. He is outstanding and sets the tone for the show. Firth is rather bland, but it should be interesting for viewers to see him act as a young man.
Anyone with in an interest in show business, even if it's just an historical interest, will find this series quite satisfying, though not stunning.