Twelve Hours

Episode aired Dec 18, 1968
1h

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7.0/10

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Adventure Sci-Fi Thriller

Sharron and Richard are acting as bodyguards to visiting Eastern European president Drobnic and his wife and travel to Holy Loch in Scotland to inspect the submarine HMS 'Weatherby'. A gang ... Read allSharron and Richard are acting as bodyguards to visiting Eastern European president Drobnic and his wife and travel to Holy Loch in Scotland to inspect the submarine HMS 'Weatherby'. A gang of saboteurs have planted a bomb on board, which explodes, killing the captain and injurin... Read allSharron and Richard are acting as bodyguards to visiting Eastern European president Drobnic and his wife and travel to Holy Loch in Scotland to inspect the submarine HMS 'Weatherby'. A gang of saboteurs have planted a bomb on board, which explodes, killing the captain and injuring the president as well as sending the submarine down to the bed of the loch. Craig senses... Read all

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Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, and William Gaunt in The Champions (1968)

Alexandra Bastedo and Mike Pratt in The Champions (1968)

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Stuart Damon and Anthony Nicholls in The Champions (1968)

William Gaunt and Mike Pratt in The Champions (1968)

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Trivia
The submarine is HMS Astute S45.

Goofs
Although this is a Royal Navy submarine none of the engineering crew wear uniform. They also would not take orders from a civilian.

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6/10

An act of terror underwater.

President Drobnic, an Eastern European, along with his wife visits Submarine HMS Weatherby, along with Sharron and Richard. Terrorists have planted a bomb which goes off injuring and killing some of the crew. Sharron faces a job keeping Drobnic alive.

I'd say this is a middle of the road episode, there's nothing that unique or exciting, but it's a good story and pretty atmospheric. There is a good sense of claustrophobia here, Sharron and Richard are in for a breathless and bumpy ride.

It's yet another Submarine episode, and yet another foreign dignitary, this time an Eastern European, at least we're spared another South American dictator, so that's a plus.

I couldn't quite get what those opening sequences were about, with Stirling holding the gift boxes, they didn't seem to make much sense. There were some very dodgy voice overs if you look closely. The actual submarine footage looked great, perhaps the episode's best element.

I thought Mike Pratt and Peter Howell were both pretty good.

6/10.

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