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Hereward the Wake was a British television series, which was produced by the
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in 1965, and was broadcast weekly on
BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
. It was based on the
1866 novel by
Charles Kingsley.
Alfred Lynch
Alfred Cornelius Lynch (26 January 1931 – 16 December 2003) was an English actor on stage, film and television.
Early life
Lynch was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of a plumber. After attending a Catholic school, he worked in a drawing o ...
played the title role. Due to the BBC's policy of erasing video tape for reuse in the 1960s and 1970s, the entire series is lost; no episodes survive in the BBC archive.
Cast
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Alfred Lynch
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Early life
Lynch was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of a plumber. After attending a Catholic school, he worked in a drawing o ...
as
Hereward the Wake
Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (1035 – 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resista ...
(16 episodes)
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Bryan Pringle
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Life and career
Born in Glascote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, he was brought up in the ...
as Martin Lightfoot (16 episodes)
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Yvonne Furneaux
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as Torfrida (11 episodes)
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John Carson as
William the Conqueror
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(9 episodes)
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Alan Rowe as Ivo Taillebois (8 episodes)
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Francis de Wolff
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Life and career
Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ...
as Gilbert of Ghent (8 episodes)
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Justine Lord as Alftruda (7 episodes)
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David Swift as Prior Herluin (7 episodes)
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John Collin as Winter (6 episodes)
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Peter Needham as Gwenoch (6 episodes)
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Aimée Delamain
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Biography
Her father, Colonel Frank Delamain was a member of King Edward XI's Bengal Lancers. Upon his ret ...
as Lapp nurse (6 episodes)
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Clive Graham as Sir Raoul de Selignat (5 episodes)
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Dorothy Reynolds
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She is mainly known for writing a number of musicals in collaboration with Julian Slade. The best known were ''Salad Days
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Lady Godiva
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(5 episodes)
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Alan Lake
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Biography
Alan Lake was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 24 November 1940.Donnelley, Paul ( ...
as Edwin (4 episodes)
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Arthur Cox as Pery (4 episodes)
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Peter Stephens as Thorold (4 episodes)
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David Neal as Ranald of Ramsey (4 episodes)
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Kynaston Reeves
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Early life
Reeves was born in London on 29 May 1893 ...
as Baldwin (3 episodes)
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Patrick Holt
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Biography
Born Patrick G. Parsons in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Holt spent some of his childhood in India with his uncle, after which he was sen ...
as Abbot of St. Bertin (3 episodes)
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Raymond Platt as Arnoul (3 episodes)
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Peter Arne
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Harold Godwinson
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(3 episodes)
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Margaret Vines
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as Gyda (3 episodes)
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Gilbert Wynne as Morcar (3 episodes)
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John Wentworth as Abbot Brand (3 episodes)
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Michael Miller as Horsa (3 episodes)
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John Harvey John Harvey may refer to:
People Academics
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as Abbot Thurstan (2 episodes)
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Elizabeth Knight as Constance (2 episodes)
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Nicola Pagett
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as Princess Anja (2 episodes)
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Margaret John
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Early life
Born in Swansea, as a child she wanted to be a nurse or vet, but she could ...
as Judith (2 episodes)
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John Sharp as King Alef (2 episodes)
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Archie Duncan as Ironhook (2 episodes)
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Anthony Boden as Raoul (2 episodes)
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Douglas Milvain as Asbjorn (2 episodes)
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Will Stampe as Landlord (2 episodes)
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George Merritt as Surturbrand (2 episodes)
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Toke Townley
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Biography
Townley was born on 6 November 1912 at Great Dunmow, Essex; his father was a vicar. His first name, "John", was c ...
as Priest (2 episodes)
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Jonathan Hansen as Sir Ragnar (2 episodes)
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Jean Aubrey as Astrid (2 episodes)
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Lavender Sansom as Lise (2 episodes)
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Trudy Moors as Young Alftruda (2 episodes)
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William Hobbs as Sir Frotho (2 episodes)
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Nick Edmett as Sir Edgar (2 episodes)
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Clemence Bettany as Leonie (2 episodes)
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Donald Eccles
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Donald Yarrow Eccles was born in Nafferton, Yorkshire on 26 April 1908 the son of Charles Henry and Constance Eccles; his father was a doctor. Eccles was educated ...
as Witch (1 episode)
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George Coulouris
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Early life
Coulouris was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Abigail (née Redfern) anNicholas Coulouris a merchant of Greek o ...
as Thord Gunlaugsson (1 episode)
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Godfrey James
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His film appearances include: ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), '' Witchfinder General'' (1968), '' The Oblong Box'' (1969), ''Cry of the Banshee'' (1970), ''The Blood ...
as Svend (1 episode)
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Alethea Charlton as Gunhilda (1 episode)
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Desmond Newling as Olaf (1 episode)
*Peter Williams as King Sweyn (1 episode)
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Kathleen Byron
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Early life
Byron was born in Manor Park (then part of Essex) to what she described as "staunch working-class social ...
as Adeta (1 episode)
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Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to:
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as Gareth (1 episode)
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Ian Patterson as Dolfin (1 episode)
*Pamela Reed as Queen to Edward the Confessor (1 episode)
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Walter Sparrow
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Born in Eltham, London i ...
as Trewint (1 episode)
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Vernon Dobtcheff
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Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, of Russian descent. He attended Ascham Pre ...
as Priest (1 episode)
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Raymond Llewellyn as Leofwyn (1 episode)
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John Kidd as Earl Godwin (1 episode)
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Paul Williamson as Tostig Godwinsson (1 episode)
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John Baker as Priest (1 episode)
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Roger Booth as Gilbert's Cook (1 episode)
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Kenton Moore as Jarl (1 episode)
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Kate O'Mara
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as Richilda (1 episode)
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John Ringham
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Ringham was born in Che ...
as Wilton of Ely(1 episode)
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Valerie Bell as Flemish Girl (1 episode)
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Nicholas Brent as Captain (1 episode)
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Sheila Dunn
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Her father was Bill Dunn, a former ICI chairman who invented the bu ...
as Gertrude (1 episode)
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Milton Johns
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as First Witch (1 episode)
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Marie Adams as Second Witch (1 episode)
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Michael Bilton as Ursus (1 episode)
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Paddy Fast as English Woman (1 episode)
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Eric Francis as Yway (1 episode)
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Ronald Herdman as Gleeman (1 episode)
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Marguerite Young
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as Constance's Nurse (1 episode)
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Bernard Finch as Brother Simon (1 episode)
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Christopher Hodge as Priest (1 episode)
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Gertan Klauber
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Klauber was born in Czechoslovakia, and after training at the Birmingham Theatre School, his stage appearances included with the RSC and the Nat ...
as Chief Cook (1 episode)
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Anthony Sagar
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as François (1 episode)
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Steven Scott
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He won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held from 3–14 October 2010 in Delhi, India, and a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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as Louis (1 episode)
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Anton Darby as Stable Boy (1 episode)
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Roger Brierley
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Career
Brierley appeared in dozens of television productions over a forty-year period. He twice appeared in '' Doctor Who'', as Trevor in ''The Daleks' Master P ...
as Walfric the Heron (1 episode)
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Edward Caddick as First Gamekeeper (1 episode)
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Arthur R. Webb as Second Gamekeeper (1 episode)
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George Howe as
Edward the Confessor (1 episode)
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Tony Steedman
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as Earl Leofric (1 episode)
List of episodes
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, id=0404615, title=Hereward the Wake
BBC television dramas
Lost BBC episodes
Lost television shows
1965 British television series debuts
1965 British television series endings
1960s British drama television series
Historical television series
Television series set in the 11th century
Cultural depictions of William the Conqueror
Television series set in the Viking Age
Television series set in the Middle Ages
Television shows set in Europe
English-language television shows
Black-and-white British television shows