The Adventures of Ben Gunn (TV series)

The Adventures of Ben Gunn is a British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958. It was based on R.F. Delderfield's 1956 novel The Adventures of Ben Gunn, written as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

Main cast

• John Moffatt as Ben Gunn
• Peter Wyngarde as John Silver
• Rupert Davies as Captain Flint
• Meadows White as Ben Gunn - as an Old Man
• John H. Watson as Jim Hawkins
• Richard Coleman as Nick Allardyce
• Nigel Arkwright as Gabriel Pew
• Sean Lynch as Israel Hands
• Gertan Klauber as Black Dog
• Rodney Burke as Anderson
• Neil Hallett as Tom Morgan
• Terry Baker as Davis
• Olaf Pooley as Billy Bones
• Michael Corcoran as Darby Magraw
• Ayton Medas as Big Prosper
• Basil Hoskins as Gaston
• Peter Vaughan as Sergeant Hoxton
• John Barrett as Private Barnes
• Anthony Harrison as Captain Ayrton

References

Bibliography

• Baskin, Ellen . Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

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