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A Man Called Intrepid was a 1979 TV mini-series about William Stephenson and his role in Allied espionage during World War 2, with a brief nighttime scene filmed at [[Bewdley | Bewdley Station]].
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'''A Man Called Intrepid''' was a 1979 TV mini-series of 3 episodes about William Stephenson and his role in Allied espionage during World War 2. It starred David Niven, Michael York and Barbara Hershey.<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/a-man-called-intrepid/episodes/396502/ TVGuide] retrieved 9 January 2020</ref>
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Episode 1 included a brief night time scene filmed at [[Bewdley | Bewdley Station]]. Episode 2 included a six minute scene with Barbara Hershey, set in occupied France, filmed at the western portal of [[Bewdley Tunnel]] and inside the tunnel itself. 
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Locomotive [[46443|6443]] was used for filming. In early 1978 it had been turned to face south for filming [[Hanover Street]] and [[The Thirty Nine Steps]] but was turned to face north again for filming this TV series (both turns were carried out on the BR network with a diesel pilot as the SVR had no turntable at the time)<ref>SVR News 115, 'North and South before the Turntable' (Quentin Haigh)</ref>.
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==See also==
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[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
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==References==
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==Links==
 
==Links==
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078649/ A Man Called Intrepid on IMDb]<br>
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*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078649/ A Man Called Intrepid on IMDb]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson William Stephenson on Wikipedia]<br>
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson William Stephenson on Wikipedia]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZR1wqkyXDw&feature=youtu.be&t=932 Clip on YouTube filmed at Bewdley]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZR1wqkyXDw&feature=youtu.be&t=932 Episode 1, clip on YouTube filmed at Bewdley]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq84u4U1DJk&feature=youtu.be&t=757 Episode 2, clip on YouTube filmed at Bewdley tunnel]

Revision as of 16:55, 9 January 2020

A Man Called Intrepid was a 1979 TV mini-series of 3 episodes about William Stephenson and his role in Allied espionage during World War 2. It starred David Niven, Michael York and Barbara Hershey.[1]

Episode 1 included a brief night time scene filmed at Bewdley Station. Episode 2 included a six minute scene with Barbara Hershey, set in occupied France, filmed at the western portal of Bewdley Tunnel and inside the tunnel itself.

Locomotive 6443 was used for filming. In early 1978 it had been turned to face south for filming Hanover Street and The Thirty Nine Steps but was turned to face north again for filming this TV series (both turns were carried out on the BRBritish Rail or British Railways network with a diesel pilot as the SVRSevern Valley Railway had no turntable at the time)[2].

See also

List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway

References

  1. TVGuide retrieved 9 January 2020
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 115, 'North and South before the Turntable' (Quentin Haigh)

Links