Beau Geste
GenreAction
Based onBeau Geste by P. C. Wren
Written byAlistair Bell
Terrance Dicks
Directed byDouglas Camfield
StarringBenedict Taylor
Anthony Calf
Jonathon Morris
John Forgeham
ComposerStephen Deutsch
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerBarry Letts
Production locationsDorset, England, UK
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release31 October (1982-10-31) –
19 December 1982 (1982-12-19)

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.

Plot

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.

Cast

External links


P. C. Wren's Beau Geste
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