The BBC 1964 TV series, starring Alan Badel: A Deep Dive
The BBC 1964 TV series, starring Alan Badel: A Deep Dive Warning: SPOILERS GALORE! All right, nobody really asked for this. But I researched this anyway, to satisfy my own personal curiosity. How accurate is the 1964 Alan Badel BBC series, really? What exactly is missing, what has been changed, and what's been added? Handy color key: Commentary: Tries very hard to avoid outdoor filming, or showing ships. I suspect the Pharaon is just a partial prop. Eliminated: "Father and Son [2] and [12]" (Edmond/Dad and Villefort/Noirtier) and "The Hundred Days [13]" . Changes: Dantes escapes D'if, and almost drowns landing on a beach. Immediately cut to him inside a ship's cabin with Jacopo. Again, to avoid showing a ship. Changes: After landing in Leghorn and getting a shave, Dantes does not rejoin the smugglers. He's only with Jacopo, who has a BIL with a boat to take them to Monte Cristo. Eliminated: "The Unknown [25]". Dantes doe...