This drama series – the first to be broadcast by the newly-formed Thames Television – followed the fortunes and activities of a British Army battalion during their actions on the North-West Frontier of India during the 1880s.
The unashamedly imperialistic series had excitement (everything from tribal uprisings to lone espionage missions), colour, drama, and romance and told how the British kept the peace along an explosive stretch of frontierland.
The main characters were Lieutenant Clive Russell (Gary Bond), Colour Sgt. O’Brien (Patrick O’Connell), Captain Stoughton (James Maxwell), Lieutenant-Colonel Whitley (John Phillips) and Paul Eddington as Hamilton Lovelace, a civilian war correspondent.
The external scenes were actually shot in Snowdonia in North Wales, but it was still touted as the most expensive series ever produced locally by an independent television company. The series producer was Michael Chapman.
Lieutenant Clive Russell
Gary Bond Hamilton Lovelace
Paul Eddington Captain Stoughton
James Maxwell Colour Sgt. O’Brien
Patrick O’Connell Lieutenant-Colonel Whitley
John Phillips Sgt. Peters
Roger Rowland Captain Moncrieff
Fulton Mackay Mortimer Berkeley
Peter Barkworth Captain Hume
Paul Darrow Captain Rankin-Keogh
Peter Jeffrey Lieutenant James Russell
Stanley McGeagh Private Kitson
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