EndedBBC One1973-09-23

The Dragon's Opponent

Name: The Dragon's Opponent
Released: 1973-09-23
Cast: Ronald Pickup, Anton Darby, Virginia McKenna, Angela Douglas, Peter Copley

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BBC One

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First aired

1973-09-23

Last aired

1973-10-14

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Synopsis and details

4-part miniseries dramatising the true-life adventures of Charles "Mad Jack" Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, whose daring wartime exploits included rescuing dozens of refugee European nuclear scientists, a large supply of heavy water and millions of pounds in diamonds just before the Germans captured Paris, and then became a self-taught bomb disposal expert who successfully defused dozens of large German bombs during the London Blitz.