Campion (1989 TV series)

Campion
Peter Davison as Campion with his Lagonda
GenreMystery drama
Created byMargery Allingham
Developed byJohn Hawkesworth
Written byMargery Allingham Jeremy Paul
StarringPeter Davison
Brian Glover
Andrew Burt
ComposerNigel Hess
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
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Production
ProducersKen Riddington
Jonathan Alwyn
CinematographyJohn Baker
Nigel Walters
Running time50 minutes
Production companiesConsolidated Productions
WGBH Boston
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release22 January 1989 (1989-01-22) –
16 March 1990 (1990-03-16)
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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]

  1. ^ "Campion | Drama Channel".
  2. ^ "Campion: The Complete Collection". UK: Amazon. 12 May 2008.