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Triton (1961 TV series)

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Triton
GenreHistorical
Written byRex Tucker
Directed byRex Tucker
StarringWilliam Russell
Francis Matthews
Reed De Rouen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerRex Tucker
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release4 June (1961-06-04) –
25 June 1961 (1961-06-25)

Triton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 1 in 1961.[1] Set during the Napoleonic Wars, two Royal Navy officers go on an undercover mission to France discover Napoleon's secret weapon for his planned invasion of Britain. It turns out to be a submarine designed by the American Robert Fulton, widely credited as the inventor of the first steamship.

It was written, produced and directed by Rex Tucker. Unlike many BBC programmes of the early 60s, it is believed all four episodes have survived. In 1968 the story was remade by the BBC in another four part serial of the same title, which also exists with the British Film Institute.[2]

Main cast

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References

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

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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