The Serpent Son

This "classical" BBC series was inspired by the +Orestia Trilogy of 5th century Greek playwright Aeschylus, as filtered through the contemporary eyes of prolific British playwrights Frederic Raphael and Kenneth MacLeish. The project boasted an all-star cast, headed by Denis Quilley as Agamemnon, Diana Rigg as Klytamnestra, and Helen Mirren as Cassandra.

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TheTVDB.com Series ID 435611
Status Ended
First Aired March 7, 1979
Recent March 21, 1979
Network BBC
Average Runtime 90 minutes
Genres Drama Mini-Series
Original Country Great Britain
Original Language English
Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
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Season	From	To	Episodes
All Seasons
Specials			0
Season 1	March 1979	March 1979	3
Unassigned Episodes			0

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Season	From	To	Episodes
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Unassigned Episodes			3

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Denis Quilley
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Anton Lesser
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Maureen O'Brien
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Claire Bloom
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Terrence Hardiman
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John Nolan
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Patrick Magee
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Flora Robson
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Natasha Parry
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Siân Phillips
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Alfred Burke
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Billie Whitelaw
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Frank Middlemass
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John Welsh
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Geoffrey Toone
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Sylvia Kay
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Linda Thorson
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Nickolas Grace
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Sheila Ballantine
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Eileen Helsby
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Oona Kirsch
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Peter Machin
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Name	Number of Episodes	Dates
Frederic Raphael	N/A
Kenneth McLeish	N/A
Aeschylus	N/A

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Richard Broke	N/A

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Bill Hays	N/A

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