Beau Geste is a BBC television serial, based on the 1924 novel by P. C. Wren. The series aired on BBC1 from 31 October to 19 December 1982 and starred Benedict Taylor, Anthony Calf and Jonathon Morris as the three brothers.
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Genre | Action |
Based on | Beau Geste by P. C. Wren |
Written by | Alistair Bell Terrance Dicks |
Directed by | Douglas Camfield |
Starring | Benedict Taylor Anthony Calf Jonathon Morris John Forgeham |
Composer | Stephen Deutsch |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Producer | Barry Letts |
Production locations | Dorset, England, UK |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Original network | BBC1 |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | 31 October (1982-10-31) – 19 December 1982 (1982-12-19) |
Although minor plot points separate the versions, all of the versions share a common element of a stolen gem, which one of the Geste brothers, Beau Geste, is thought to have stolen from his adoptive family. This version, unlike the Hollywood movies, stays true to the book, in that the three young brothers join the legion, are later commanded by Sergeant Major Lejaune (not Markov, as in one of the Hollywood versions), and this TV adaptation contains the scene from the book where the surrounded Legionnaires defiantly sing Le Boudin. The Legionnaires' equipment is spot-on too, right down to the correct mess-tins and bayonets. Filmed entirely in England, at various locations, with its desert scenes being filmed in a sand pit in Dorset.
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