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THE ESCAPE OF R.D. 7

(1961)

A virus, R.D.7, is created which will kill rats. But after a laboratory accident, the work is continued at a remote boathouse in the Essex marshes. After the doctor working on the project becomes infected with the virus, it is also discovered that the infection might have begun to spread.

THE ESCAPE OF R.D. 7
British Broadcasting Corporation
5 x 45 minute episode mini serial

TRANSMISSION DATES
21 November 1961 - 19 December 1961

DIRECTOR
James Ormerod

PRODUCER
James Ormerod

WRITER
Thomas Clarke

MUSIC
Eric Spear

FILM EDITOR
Agnes Spear

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Stephen Bundy

CAMERA OPERATOR
Peter Hamilton

EPISODES
Out Of Hand
The Glass Is Shattered
Twice Bitten
The Trap
A Matter Of Business

CAST
Alan Fry . . . . . . . . . Basil Beale
Bannard . . . . . . . . . Alec Ross
Barman . . . . . . . . . John Caesar
Café Proprietor . . . . . . . . . Noel Luscombe
David Cardosa . . . . . . . . . Derek Waring
David's Secretary . . . . . . . . . Monica Evans
Detective Sergeant Brady . . . . . . . . . Michael Collins
Doctor Anna Hastings . . . . . . . . . Barbara Murray
Doctor Blenkinsop . . . . . . . . . Philip Holles
Doctor Harrington . . . . . . . . . William Fox
Doctor Kent . . . . . . . . . George McGrath
Doctor Mary Carter . . . . . . . . . Ellen Pollock
Doctor Protheroe . . . . . . . . . John Dearth
George Warner . . . . . . . . . Victor Platt
Glass . . . . . . . . . Tony Bronte
Head Waiter . . . . . . . . . Frank Littlewood
Laboratory clerk . . . . . . . . . Ian Gardiner
Mackie . . . . . . . . . Nigel Arkwright
Messenger . . . . . . . . . John Lewis
Michael Rabinowitz . . . . . . . . . Paul Eddington
Mrs Warner . . . . . . . . . Joan Newell
Newspaper Editor . . . . . . . . . Frank Sieman
Passenger . . . . . . . . . Fred Hugh
Passenger . . . . . . . . . Frederick Rawlings
Patrice Constantine . . . . . . . . . Patrick Cargill
Peggy Butler . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Wright
Peter Warner . . . . . . . . . Roger Croucher
Photographer . . . . . . . . . Terence Brook
Police Constable Crabtree . . . . . . . . . Robin Wentworth
Police Constable Hanley . . . . . . . . . Patrick Connor
Police Officer . . . . . . . . . Raymond Hodge
Police Sergeant . . . . . . . . . Bernard Goldman
Secretary . . . . . . . . . Soraya Rafat
Sir Charles Delman . . . . . . . . . Austin Trevor
Ted Glover . . . . . . . . . Hamlyn Benson
Ticket Collector . . . . . . . . . Arthur Skinner
Tucker . . . . . . . . . Edward Malin
Tucker's Assistant . . . . . . . . . John Moore
Waiter . . . . . . . . . John DeVaut


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