BBC Sunday-Night Play A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 (Season 2, Episode 30)
TV Episode | Drama

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BBC Sunday-Night Play

A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 (Season 2, Episode 30)

TV Episode | Drama

Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a fervent Anglophile who had to leave Britain under duress. Can he be persuaded to return?

Writers

Maurice Edelman | Anthony Steven (television play)

Producer

John Jacobs

Editor

Roy Fry

Production Designer

Barry Learoyd

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 18, 1961

Release date

Jun 18, 1961 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Eric Portman Kuprin Kuprin See fewer	A Canterbury Tale (1944)
John Gregson Smith Smith See fewer	The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Marius Goring Laye-Parker Laye-Parker See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
Martita Hunt Madame Kuprin Madame Kuprin See fewer	Great Expectations (1946)
Natasha Parry Vera Vera See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Mervyn Johns Holloway Holloway See fewer	Dead of Night (1945)
John Phillips Trifonov Trifonov See fewer	Village of the Damned (1960)
Noel Johnson Lowther Lowther See fewer	Frenzy (1972)
Heather Chasen Isabel Isabel See fewer	Les Misérables (2012)
Michael Barrington Rowson Rowson See fewer	Porridge (1974)
James Urquhart McPherson McPherson See fewer	Outbreak of Murder (1962)
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas Radio Commentator (voice) Radio Commentator (voice) See fewer	Anzio (1968)
Edward Burnham Sir Geraint Lloyd Sir Geraint Lloyd See fewer	To Sir, with Love (1967)
John Ruddock Professor Ridley Professor Ridley See fewer	Quo Vadis (1951)
Irene Sutcliffe Miss Probert Miss Probert See fewer	Withnail & I (1987)
Pauline Winter Miss Lipscomb Miss Lipscomb See fewer	Five to One (1963)
Raymond Farrell Journalist Journalist See fewer	Borders (III) (2022)
Alexis Chesnakov Leonidov Leonidov See fewer	Never Let Me Go (1953)
Ann Patrick Nina Nina See fewer	Top Secret (1961)
Alfred Hoffman Hotel Clerk Hotel Clerk See fewer	An Enemy of the State (1965)
John Bennett Zagornetz Zagornetz See fewer	Watership Down (1978)
Dorothea Phillips Madame Lebedev Madame Lebedev See fewer	102 Dalmatians (2000)
Michael Ivan Bakaleinikov Bakaleinikov See fewer	Armchair Theatre (1956)
Gabriel Toyne Lebedev Lebedev See fewer	Ghost Squad (1961)
Julia Arnall Annaliese Kern Annaliese Kern See fewer	Tears for Simon (1956)
Gregori Tcherniak Gypsy Musician Gypsy Musician See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960)
Geoffrey Sisley Gypsy Musician Gypsy Musician See fewer	A Wedding (1961)
Tutte Lemkow Singer Singer See fewer	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Sara Luzita Gypsy Dancer Gypsy Dancer See fewer	Don't Spare the Horses (1952)
John Rutland Liftman Liftman See fewer	Chariots of Fire (1981)
Kenneth J. Warren Makarov Makarov See fewer	Mystery and Imagination (1966)