While on holiday with his parents in the Mediterranean, 12-year-old Nicholas Johnston (Mervyn Joseph) gets himself into some serious trouble when he overhears two men plotting the assassination of the country’s leader.
From that moment forward, Nicholas realises that he is in grave danger. Unsure of who to trust, Nicholas goes on the run.
Well-known husband and wife comedy team Eric Barker and Pearl Hackney took the opportunity to work together again in this adventure drama, this time playing straight roles.
Hackney was Nicholas’ mother, and Barker played the president whose life Nicholas must somehow save (pictured at right).
The gunboat in Danger Island was Southern Television’s high-powered, jet-engine boat Southerner, usually used for outside news broadcasts, which had been given a makeover for its appearance in the series.
Nicholas Johnston
Mervyn Joseph Jose Sirena
Robert Gillespie Father
Garard Green Mother
Pearl Hackney Augustus Jones
Norman Mitchell Mrs Ridout
Araby Lockhart Sgt. Maren
Nicholas Smith Insp. Molina
Bruno Barnabe Major Herve de Sang
Neville Barber Helga
Linda Marlowe The President
Eric Barker Margaret Gonzales
Jean Marlow Anna
Antonia Pemberton
Episodes
The Conspirators | The Holiday Continues | Help Wanted | Captured | The Assassin | All at Sea
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From that moment forward, Nicholas realises that he is in grave danger. Unsure of who to trust, Nicholas goes on the run.
