This short BBC2 series – transmitted in July and August 1965 – was a modern day reworking of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth on the island of Crete.
King Aegeus of the legend became powerful industrial tycoon Edward Gargan – known as “EG” – (John Phillips) who was approaching the end of his reign and surrounded by rivals intent on his downfall.
The project he had conceived as his crowning achievement – the first nuclear-powered aircraft – had proven costly in human lives. Fourteen volunteers had been sent every year to the sinister atomic plant on the remote island of Mitremos, and none had ever returned.
EG decides the experiment must end, but his colleagues on the board of Edward Gargan International have other plans. And so – for different reasons – has Theodore (David Andrews), a mysterious stranger who visits EG’s wife, Myra (Sarah Lawson) and then the tycoon himself, armed with a Luger pistol.
Theodore
David Andrews Edward (E.G.) Gargan
John Phillips Myra Gargan
Sarah Lawson Edgarsund
Gerald Sim Doctor Zemouron
Andrew Sachs Finn
Victor Brooks Irwin
James Cossins Francesca
Sheila Hammond Daniel Spencer
Chris Tranchell Arnold
Brian Cant Joseph Dugascin
Robert Cartland Minolti
John Hollis Estelle
Veronica Lang Yvonne
Felicity Mason Adela
Stephanie Randall Simon Spencer
Anthony Colby
Episodes
The Golden Intruder | Journey Into Danger | The Moving Maze | The Black Return | The Death Switch
