Campion
Campion, Albert, born 20 May 1900. Name known to be a pseudonym. Edcuation privileged. Embarked on adventurous career 1929. Justice neatly executed, specialist in fairy stories. This English show brings to life an enigmatic gentleman detective from Margery Allingham's detective stories set in the 1930s. Blinking owlishly behind his tortoise-shell glasses, amateur sleuth Albert Campion (played by Peter Davison) has a less-than-obvious fondness for dangerous adventure. He is supported by a clever but shady manservant in the craggy shape of Magersfontein Lugg (Brian Glover), probably the only gentleman's gentleman in fiction who looks and sounds like an old prize fighter. Although Margery Allingham wrote twenty-six Campion novels, only eight of her stories were filmed in this series. The eight episodes (each usually broadcast in two parts) are still occasionally repeated in the U.K. and elsewhere.
Campion and Lugg help protect a prominent family's name, fortune, and a priceless heirloom from thieves, cutthroats, and witchcraft.
After capturing the neighborhood witch in the act of haunting a woodland glade, Campion learns the name of the gang leader who is trying to steal the Gyrth's chalice. Campion is captured and imprisoned in a stable with a murderous horse while the gang readies to assault the Gyrth's stronghold.
Campion is asked to investigate a disappearance.
Campion is convinced that the murderer is part of the Faraday household.
Campion attends the funeral of an old schoolmate whom he disliked but months later finds himself investigating the murder of someone who may be the same man.
Campion investigates the murder of 'Pig' Peters.
When the widow of a renowned painter invites Campion to the unveiling of one of his unseen paintings, the detective finds himself investigating the murder of another guest.
Campion discovers that the murders and art thefts are designed to hide the fact that Tom Dacre's paintings have been substituted for John Lafcadio's.
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Peter Davison | Albert Campion |
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Brian Glover | Magersfontein Lugg |
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Andrew Burt | Inspector Oates |
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Milton Johns | William Potter |
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Shaughan Seymour | Max Fustian |
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Adrian Lukis | Matt D'Urfey |
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Rosalie Crutchley | Lisa |
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Jean Anderson | Belle Lafcadio |
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Isabel Dean | Donna Beatrice |
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John Burgess | Dr. Fettes |
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Carole Ruggier | Rosa |
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Elizabeth Chambers | Claire Potter |
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Amanda Harris | Linda |
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Mark Rogers | Mr. Green |
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Michael Gough | Mr. Hayhoe |
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Timothy West | William Faraday |
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Gordon Jackson | Professor Gardner Cairey |
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Roy Evans | Branch |
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Barbara Jefford | Mrs. Shannon |
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John Fortune | Dr. Brian Kingston |
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John Franklyn-Robbins | Andrew Seeley |
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Hilary Mason | Mrs. Munsey |
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Tim Wylton | George Faraday |
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John Horsley | Colonel Gyrth |
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Moray Watson | Sir Leo Pursuivant |
| Director | Michael Owen Morris |
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| Martyn Friend |
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| Ronald Wilson |
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| Robert Chetwyn |
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| Writer | Margery Allingham, John Hawkesworth, Elaine Morgan, Alan Plater, Jeremy Paul, Jill Hyem | |
| Producer | Ken Riddington | |
| Musician | Nigel Hess | |
| Photography | Ian Punter, John Baker, Nigel Walters | |
| Nr Discs | 4 |
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| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | 2 Entertain Video |
| Regions | Region 2 |