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THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH

UK / BBC Scotland / 6x30m-e / Broadcast 4 September - 9 October 1977 / Sundays @ 6.10pm

Producer: Pharic MacLaren / Writer: Bill Craig / Novel: Rosemary Sutcliff / Production Design: Gordon Campbell / Director: Michael Simpson

Period drama serial. A Roman soldier searches for the Ninth legion gold Eagle standard in AD 117. This is actually a very well remembered serial despite being little seen since its original run.

cast
ANTHONY HIGGINS as Marcus
CHRISTIAN RODSKA as Esca
MATTHEW LONG as Hilarion
PATRICK MALAHIDE as Cradoc
BERNARD GALLAGHER as Drusillus
PETER WHITBREAD as Marcus' Father
BILL HENDERSON as Duty Centurion
BRIAN CAREY as Aulus
LAURA GRAHAM as Guinhumara


THE EPISODES
1. FRONTIER FORT (Broadcast Sunday 4 September 1977 @ 5.45pm)


Young Marcus, a Roman living in a conquered Britain of AD 117, is on a quest to find not just his father but also the Ninth legion's gold eagle standard.

guest cast
IAIN AGNEW as druid / GEORGE HOWELL as Soldier

2. ESCA (Broadcast Sunday 11 September 1977 @ 5.45pm)


Marcus is befriended by the warrior Cradoc.

guest cast
Patrick Holt as Aquila / Gillian Bailey as Cottia / Willie Joss as Stephanos / Paul Chapman as Clodius Maximus

3. ACROSS THE FRONTIER (Broadcast Sunday 18 September 1977 @ 6.10pm)


Stuck in Calleva after being invalided out of the army after getting involved in an uprising Marcus meets up with British gladiator Esca.

guest cast
Kalman Glass as Rufrius Galarius / Patrick Holt as Aquila / Gillian Bailey as Cottia / Willie Joss as Stephanos / Darien Angadi as Placidus / Martin Heller as Cladius / Gerard Slevin as Decurion / Iain Glass as soldier

4. THE LOST LEGION (Broadcast Sunday 25 September 1977 @ 6.10pm)


Marcus and Esca get word that the Legion's Eagle is rumoured to be up north.

guest cast
Conrad Phillips as Legate / Victor Carin as Guern / Moultrie Kelsall as Tradui / Alec Heggie as Dergdian / David Hayman as Liathan / Robert Docherty as Gault

5. WILD HUNT (Broadcast Sunday 2 October 1977 @ 6.05pm)


Marcus gets his first glimpse of the Eagle and also meets a centurion, Guern, from the Ninth Legion.

guest cast
Moultrie Kelsall as Tradui / Alec Heggie as Dergdian / David Hayman as Liathan / Robert Docherty as Gault

6. VALEDICTORY (Broadcast Sunday 9 October 1977 @ 6.10pm)


Marcus comes face to face with the man responsible for the death of his father and also determines to steal the Eagle.

guest cast
Patrick Holt as Aquila / Victor Carin as Guern / Gillian Bailey as Cottia / David Hayman as Liathan / Martin Heller as Cladius / Linal Haft as guard commander

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