About this programme
Rupert Penry-Jones stars in this adaptation of John Buchan's classic novel, set in 1914. Engineer Richard Hannay is bored and restless in London - until he meets Scudder, who claims to be a British spy. When the agent is killed in his flat, Hannay is thrown headlong into adventure, forced to go on the run under suspicion of murder. Fleeing to Scotland, with police and spies on his tail, he teams up with feisty suffragette Victoria Sinclair, and although they fail to hit it off, the couple become increasingly reliant on each other as they race to unmask a traitor and save Great Britain from German invasion. Action thriller, co-starring Eddie Marsan and Lydia Leonard.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Richard Hannay
- Rupert Penry-Jones
- Victoria Sinclair
- Lydia Leonard
- Sir George Sinclair
- David Haig
- Professor Fisher
- Patrick Malahide
- Harry Sinclair
- Patrick Kennedy
- Scudder
- Eddie Marsan
- Captain Kell
- Alex Jennings
- Vicar/Wakeham
- Steven Elder
- Ackerman
- Werner Daehn
- Engel
- Peter Stark
- London constable
- Del Synnott
- Ventriloquist
- Roger De Courcey
- Professor's butler
- David Gallacher
- Concierge at club
- James Bryce
- Waiter at club
- Stewart Preston
- Old man in club
- Sandy Neilson
- Woman on stairs
- Barbara Downie
- Maid
- Anna Guthrie
- Train policeman
- George Docherty
- Town Hall policeman
- Sean Kane
- Landlady
- Kathryn Howden
- Stirling Castle sergeant
- Allan Sawers
- Stirling Castle sentry
- David McDowell
- German accomplice
- Michael Stokes
- German accomplice
- Paul Comrie
- Station attendant
- Johnny Meres
- Little boy
- Mitchell Fleming
- Little girl
- Charlotte Fleming
Crew
- Director
- James Hawes
- Producer
- Lynn Horsford
- Writer
- Lizzie Mickery
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