(Whistle blows) (Train chuffing) - Where's that train going? - Nowhere, it's empty. (Man) I dropped my diary here last night.

Description: In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.

Cast:
Hannay: Robert Powell
Sir Edmund Appleton: David Warner
Lomas: Eric Porter
Alex: Karen Dotrice
Scudder: John Mills
Sir Walter Bullivant: George Baker
Bayliss: Ronald Pickup
Marshall: Donald Pickering
Porton: Timothy West
David: Miles Anderson
Lord Rohan: Andrew Keir
Magistrate: Robert Flemyng
Harkness: William Squire
McLean: Paul McDowell
Tillotson: David Collings
Fletcher: John Normington
Lord Belthane: John Welsh
Woodville: Edward de Souza
Admiral: Tony Steedman
P.C. Forbes: John Grieve
Stewart: Andrew Downie
Renfrew: Donald Bisset
Donald: Derek Anders
Martins: Oliver Maguire
Lady Nettleship: Joan Henley
Perryman: Prentis Hancock
Milkman: Leo Dolan
Miller: James Garbutt
The Scot: Artro Morris
Crombie: Robert Gillespie
Guide: Raymond Young
P.C. Scott: Paul Jerricho
Vicar: Michael Bilton
Man at Meeting: Tommy Little
Bystander at Albert Court: Lewis Alexander
Woman in Street: Frances Baker
Train traveller: Roy Beck
Man in Street: Del Watson
Spy in Street: John Clifford
Piper: Ian Clowe
Man at Liberal Party Meeting: Maxwell Craig
Maid: Liz Crowther
Butler: Anthony Dawes
Official: Roy Lansford
Policeman: Reg Turner
Nun: Rita Tobin-Weske
Sailor: Gerald Home
Tramp: Billy Jardine
Lady on Stairs: Aileen Lewis
Man in Train Station: Jimmy Millar
Diner: John More
Guest: Bob Raymond
Onlooker: James Payne
Servant: Mike Reynell
Man at Meeting and Street: Henry Roberts
Restaurant Patron: Pat Ryan
General: Guy Standeven
Parliamentary Committee Member: John Tatham
Minister: Reg Thomason

Written by: Michael Robson, John Buchan

Director: Don Sharp

Release date: 02 May 1980