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Frontier

📺 Series --
โ˜… 5.1 /10 1968

I remember watching this series on our black and white telly when I was about 10 years old. Although I thoroughly enjoyed the series I was conscious even then that it was a bit of an anachronism - a ripping yarn when theatre and TV of the time were exploring gritty realism or jet-set glamour. I remember Gary Bond (who was always just a bit too good looking, a sort of cross between Peter O'Toole and John Fraser) playing the main protagonist, though I think the focus shifted to other characters in some episodes. Once again this piece of casting seemed to counter the trend of the time when working-class and regional accents were, for the first time, coming to the fore. The opening credits I remember as being particularly impressive, using actual photographs of the North-West frontier from the time . Certainly wouldn't mind watching this again...if it has survived in an archive somewhere.

Cast

Gary Bond
Gary Bond
Lt. Clive Russell
Paul Eddington
Paul Eddington
Hamilton Lovelace
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James Maxwell
Captain Stoughton
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James Maxwell
Capt. Horace Stoughton
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James Maxwell
Capt. Stoughton
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Patrick O'Connell
Colour Sgt. O'Brien
John Phillips
John Phillips
Lt-Col. Whitley
John Phillips
John Phillips
Lt. Col. Whitley
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Roger Rowland
Sgt. Peters
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Roger Rowland
Sergeant Peters
Fulton Mackay
Fulton Mackay
Capt. Moncrieff
Peter Jeffrey
Peter Jeffrey
Capt. Rankin-Keogh
Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow
Captain Hume
Peter Barkworth
Peter Barkworth
Mortimer Berkeley