The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)
| The Count of Monte Cristo | |
|---|---|
| Format | Historical drama |
| Created by | Sidney Marshall |
| Starring | George Dolenz |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | ITC Entertainment TPA |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ATV |
| Original run | February 20, 1956 – December 7, 1956 |
The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree.[1]
A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on April 12, 2010 (currently only in Region 2 PAL format; not yet available in the United States).
ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.
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[edit] Main cast
- George Dolenz as the title character
- Fortunio Bonanova
- Robert Cawdron
- Nick Cravat
Minor guest stars who would go on to later fame included Patrick Troughton, Stratford Johns, Cyril Shaps, Anthony Newlands and Nigel Davenport.
[edit] Episode list
- A Toy for the Infanta
- Marseilles
- The Luxembourg Affair
- The Texas Affair
- The Mazzini Affair
- The Carbonari
- The Devil's Emissary
- Bordeaux
- Flight to Calais
- Albania
- Naples
- The Art of Terror
- The Experiment
- Mecklenburg
- The Portuguese Affair
- Lichtenburg
- Burgundy
- Majorca
- Sicily
- A Matter of Justice
- Athens
- The Talleyrand Affair
- The Island
- The Barefoot Empress
- The Brothers
- Monaco
- Point, Counter Point
- The Black Death
- Victor Hugo
- Return to the Chateau D'if
- The Pen and the Sword
- The Sardinian Affair
- The Affair of the Three Napoleons
- The Dubarry Affair
- The First Train to Paris
- The Golden Blade
- The Duel
- Andorra
- An Affair of Honour
[edit] References
- ^ Alan Keeling, Alan Collins, D.W. McGregor (August 2006). "The Count of Monte Cristo". UK Historical TV Adventure series. The Classic TV Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20080421043000/http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/CountOfMonteCristo.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
[edit] External links
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- British drama television series
- ITC Distributions
- ITV television programmes
- Television programmes based on works by Alexandre Dumas
- 1956 in British television
- 1956 British television programme debuts
- 1956 television series endings
- 1950s British television series
- Films based on The Count of Monte Cristo
- ITC Distributions stubs
