Campion | |
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![]() Peter Davison as Campion with his Lagonda | |
Genre | Mystery drama |
Created by | Margery Allingham |
Developed by | John Hawkesworth |
Written by | Margery Allingham Jeremy Paul |
Starring | Peter Davison Brian Glover Andrew Burt |
Composer | Nigel Hess |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
Production | |
Producers | Ken Riddington Jonathan Alwyn |
Cinematography | John Baker Nigel Walters |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production companies | Consolidated Productions WGBH Boston |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 22 January 1989 16 March 1990 | –
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Campion is a British television mystery drama first broadcast on the BBC on 22 January 1989.[1] Each of the eight stories featured across the two series, broadcast in 1989 and 1990 respectively, are adapted from the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. The series starred Peter Davison as Albert Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates.
Four novels were adapted for each series, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. Davison himself sang the title music for the first series; in the second series, it was replaced with an instrumental version. A Lagonda 16/80 featured extensively in the series. The car used in the series is now kept in Germany.
The complete series was released on DVD on 12 May 2008, distributed by Acorn Media UK.[2]