UK, 23 June 1966
50m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
Series: Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-1967) – series 1, episode 1
A British fantasy television episode directed by William Slater and David Proudfoot.
Plot Summary
1902: Gentleman adventurer Adam Adamant and his lover Louise are attacked by assassins at a ball at Windsor Castle. Louise double-crosses Adamant, allowing him to be captured by his arch-enemy, The Face, who freezes Adamant alive in a block of ice. 1966: Adamant is revived in Swinging London where he is befriended by the beautiful Georgina Jones who soon falls foul of vicious gang leader Margo Kane. It’s up to Adamant to save his new-found companion.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: William Slater, David Proudfoot
© [not given on screen]
BBC TV
Producer: Verity Lambert
[Written] By: Tony Williamson
With Material by: Donald Cotton, Richard Harris
Script Consultant: Tony Williamson
Film Cameramen: Peter Bartlett, Ken Westbury
Film Editors: Dave Taylor, Valerie Best
‘Adam Adamant’ Theme Written by: Hal Shaper, David Lee
Sung by: Kathy Kirby
Incidental Music: David Lee
Designer: Darrol Blake
Graphics: Bernard Lodge
Cast
Gerald Harper (Adam Adamant)
Juliet Harmer (Georgina Jones)
Freda Jackson (Margo Kane)
Ivor Salter (Hoggett)
Frank Jarvis (Hicks)
Peter Ducrow (Face)
Mary Hignett (patient)
Joby Blanshard (detective)
Bartlett Mullins (Gramps)
Gordon Faith (foreigner)
Kenneth Benda (Sir James)
Antony Ruth (youth)
Tom Macaulay (Bailey)
Lionel Gamlin (Benson)
John Greenwood (doctor)
Pamela Sholto (woman)
Grania Hayes (girl)
Guy Standeven (city man)
Alternative Titles
Adam Adamant Lives
A Vintage Year for Murder
References
Books
- BBC Television Drama Research Guide 1936-2006 by Simon Coward, Richard Down and Christopher Perry p.21 – credits
