Triton (1968 TV series)

Triton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 1 in 1968.[1] It is a remake of the 1961 BBC series of the same title about two undercover Royal Navy officers attempting to discover the secret weapon with which Napoleon plans to invade England. It turns out to be an early submarine designed by the American inventor Robert Fulton. It was followed by a sequel Pegasus in 1969.

Triton
GenreHistorical
Written byRex Tucker
Directed byMichael Ferguson
StarringJonathan Adams
Paul Grist
Robert Cawdron
ComposerDudley Simpson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerJohn McRae
Running time25 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release30 June (1968-06-30) –
21 July 1968 (1968-07-21)
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A copy of the series exists in the archives of the British Film Institute.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Baskin p.55
  2. ^ Parrill p.302-3

Bibliography

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  • Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
  • Sue Parrill. Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era. McFarland, 2009.
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