R3 (TV series)

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R3
R3 film frame (1964).png
R3 on the cover of the Radio Times
Genre Drama
Created by N. J. Crisp
Starring John Robinson
Theme music composer Ken Thorne
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes26 (all missing)
Production
ProducersAndrew Osborn
John Robins
Running time50 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC
Release20 November 1964 (1964-11-20) 
28 September 1965 (1965-09-28)

R3 was a 50-minute British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Its full title was R.3 Ministry of Research Centre No. 3. The series starred John Robinson as Sir Michael Gerrard, Jeremy Young as Wilson, David Blake Kelly as Captain Rogers, and was set in a scientific research facility at the Ministry of Research. R3 is also notable for providing early TV exposure for a young Oliver Reed, cast as one of the scientists on the ministry staff, Dr. Richard Franklin.

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No episodes of this series are known to have survived the BBC's purging of the archives between the 1960s and 70s. However, a trailer from one edition was recovered from a tape in 2004, but has not been shown to the public. [1]

Cast

References

  1. "R3 (1964– ) Trivia". IMDb.