''Smuggler's Bay'' is a British

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which aired on

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in 6 episodes in 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1898 adventure novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner.''Radio Times, Volume 171''. No recordings of this production are known to exist. According to star Frazer Hines, the title was changed due to a perceived conflict with contemporaneous BBC series

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made by the same department.

Main cast

Frazer Hines Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor and appeared in ''A King in New York'' (1957) with Charlie Chaplin. He later played Jamie McCrimmon in ''Doctor Who'', appearing i ...

as John Trenchard * John Phillips as Elzevir Block *

Suzanne Neve Suzanne Neve (born 6 September 1939) is an English actress. She appeared regularly on British television during the 1960s, including the lead role of Isabel Archer in the BBC's 1968 adaptation of Henry James's ''The Portrait of a Lady'', for wh ...

as Grace Maskew *

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as Sam Tewkesbury *

Patrick Troughton Patrick George Troughton (; 25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor. He became best known for his roles in television, most notably starring as the Second Doctor, second incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the lo ...

as Ratsey * Robert James as Mr. Glennie * Alan Haywood as Tom Farley * Brian Jackson as Ben Field * Paul Curran as Magistrate Maskew *

Nancy Nevinson Nancy Nevinson (born as Nancy Ezekiel, 26 July 1918 – 25 January 2012) was a British actress. Early life Nevinson was born in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British Raj, as Nancy Ezekiel, one of four children of Reemah (née Kadoorie) and D ...

as Mrs. Belmore * Margot Lister as Granny Tucker *

Henry Oscar Henry Wale (14 July 1891 – 28 December 1969), known professionally as Henry Oscar, was an English stage and film actor. He changed his name and began acting in 1911, having studied under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Dr ...

as Aldobrand * John Dawson as Johannes *

Jean Anderson Mary Jean Heriot Powell (12 December 1907 – 1 April 2001), better known by her stage name Jean Anderson, was an English actress best remembered for her television roles as formidable matriarch Mary Hammond in the BBC drama ''The Brothers (197 ...

as Aunt Jane *

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as Rose Aldobrand *

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as Tom Tully * Alf Edwards as Ned * Charles Hodgson as Captain Hennig

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* {{IMDb title, 0398565 BBC television dramas 1964 British television series debuts 1964 British television series endings British English-language television shows Television shows based on British novels