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Post by Andrew Baker on Sept 30, 2009 15:27:36 GMT
Anyone here remember a BBC four part children's serial in b&w shown early to mid 1960's called 'Triton'? It was set in the Napoleonic War, being about British Agents who were sent into France to discover info about an early hand-driven Submarine, that had been invented by an American (Fulton?).
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Post by Stephen Doran on Sept 30, 2009 15:34:38 GMT
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Post by Mark Smith on Sept 30, 2009 19:58:02 GMT
It was set in the Napoleonic War, being about British Agents who were sent into France to discover info about an early hand-driven Submarine, that had been invented by an American (Fulton?). Sounds an intriguing series.  The first military submarine was the Turtle built by David Bushnell (US) in 1775, and put to use a year later during the American Revolution. In about 1800, the French military built another American designed (Robert Fulton) contraption called Nautilus, but abandoned it's use a few years later. |
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Post by Alex Trelinski on Oct 1, 2009 0:41:41 GMT
Hi folks!! First post!! IMDB seem to be way off beam in terms of the year(1961). I remember watching "Triton" on a Sunday tea-time in 1968, and we missed the last episode because we went on holiday to Wales, and BBC Wales did"nt show it...much to our frustration!! The weather was good though!!
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Post by Daniel O'Brien on Oct 1, 2009 8:29:18 GMT
IMDB seem to be way off beam in terms of the year(1961). I remember watching "Triton" on a Sunday tea-time in 1968 There were two BBC serials called 'Triton'. The 1968 'Triton' is a remake of the 1961 serial, which starred William Russell. I don't think either show exists anymore. |
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Oct 1, 2009 10:40:17 GMT
There were two BBC serials called 'Triton'. The 1968 'Triton' is a remake of the 1961 serial, which starred William Russell. I don't think either show exists anymore. Neither Triton series officially exists. However, some episodes do survive on CV2000 tapes from the collection of Bob Wallis. I do still have these tapes although it's unlikely we'll ever get a decent replay from them. From memory when we played them the picture was made up mainly of video noise and interference. The sound quality was quite good though. Cheers, Paul |
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Post by John W King on Oct 13, 2009 10:21:29 GMT
Triton - I remeber very fondly both versions and in fact this is one of my most favourite TV programmes and am very sad neither version appears to exist.
!961 version - I missed episode 3!
1968 - I missed the last episode but it was repeated in 1970 with a sequel called Pegasus. I did record the soundtrack of the repeat. Alas somewhere along the paasage of time I think it got accidentally erased. I had changed from a two track recorder to a 4 track. Damnation.
When the 1968 broadcast came along I though my memory was playing tricks because there were variations between the two. Thanks to this web site I eventually discovered the later version was a complete remake.
Why am I so fond of this series?
1. It seemed like a Dr Who historical story without the Doctor (Rex Tucker was involved in both). The costume and atmosphere was similar to the William Harnell's French Revolution epic.
2. It was an exciting series but educational at the same time. It fired me up to read about the history of submarines and Robert Fulton. It was well filmed and acted with some great cliff hangers.
3. The music was by Dudley Simpson of Doctor Who fame. In fact I was reminiscent of the music he composed for The War Games.
I would love to be able to see it again or even hear the sound track - any chance of a copyof the soundtrack, please Paul?
Some where I do have a plot summmary of both versions highlighting the differences. The 1968 starred Paul Grist and Michael Angelis as Belwether and Lamb.
One episode was called "Lamb to the Slaughter". I still have cuttings from the Radio Times.
Anyone else got any further information?
p.s. Pegasus the sequel was also pretty good (it centred around Robert Fulton again and a balloon. Kids TV didn't get much better. Well .....
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Post by Robert Shaw on Oct 22, 2009 16:16:51 GMT
oh i remeber it! just... the 1968 version anyway... thanks for the reminder!
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