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A Man Called Intrepid

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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, with Michael York and Barbara Hershey.<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/a-man-called-intrepid/episodes/396502/ TVGuide] retrieved 9 January 2020</ref>  Episode 1 included a brief nighttime 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.  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>.  ==See also==[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]] ==References==<references />
==Links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078649/ A Man Called Intrepid on IMDb]<br>*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson William Stephenson on Wikipedia]<br>*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZR1wqkyXDw&feature=youtu.be&t=932 Clip Episode 1, clip on YouTube filmed at Bewdley]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq84u4U1DJk&feature=youtu.be&t=757 Episode 2, clip on YouTube filmed at Bewdley tunnel]
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