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John Buchan - Mr Standfast

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Mr. Standfast John Buchan's First World War thriller, dramatised by Bert Coules.

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1/2. Richard Hannay is ordered to pose as a pacifist and sent to Glasgow. Along the way he meets a teenage British Secret Service agent who will change the course of his life. Richard: David Robb Sir Walter: Clive Merrison Moxon: Struan Rodger Mary: Jasmine Hyde Peter: Jon Glover Launcelot: Thomas Arnold Abel: John Guerrasio Miss Doria: Briony McRoberts Miss Claire: Liza Sadovy Andrew: John Stahl George: Peter Marinher Ted: Ben Crowe

2/2: Moxon Ivery. Richard Hannay pursues the German spy Moxon Ivery to France, where Mary Lamington offers herself as bait in a deadly trap. Richard: David Robb Richard: David Robb Mary: Jasmine Hyde Sir Walter: Clive Merrison The Count Von Schwabing: Struan Rodger Peter: Jon Glover Emilia: Briony McRoberts Forbes: Chris Pavlo Prefect: Ben Onwukwe Moxon: Struan Rodger

Mr Standfast, published in 1919, was the third of John Buchan's Richard Hannay espionage novels. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle

The title refers to a character in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, to which there are many other references in the novel

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Mr Standfast (BBC) 1 of 2

    No date given · 56 min

  2. Mr Standfast (BBC) 2 of 2

    No date given · 57 min

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