This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his slightly stereotyped companions are nicely filled out by a solid cast. James Fox is Challenger's more timid but still covertly adventurous rival, Tom Ward is the moustachioed big game hunter who faces an Allosaurus with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée.
The Lost World
Overview
This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his slightly stereotyped companions are nicely filled out by a solid cast. James Fox is Challenger's more timid but still covertly adventurous rival, Tom Ward is the moustachioed big game hunter who faces an Allosaurus with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée.
Director
Stuart Orme
Status
Released
Production
RTL, BBC, A+E Studios
Cast
Bob Hoskins
Prof. Challenger
James Fox
Prof. Summerlee
Tom Ward
Lord Roxton
Matthew Rhys
Edward Malone
Elaine Cassidy
Agnes Cluny
Peter Falk
Theo Kerr
Bianca Roe
Selena
Nathaniel Lees
Indian chief
Joanna Page
Gladys
Robert Hardy
Prof. Illingworth
Tom Goodman-Hill
Arthur Hare
Tessa Peake-Jones
Mrs. Hilda Summerlee
Dominic Rowan
Reporter 2
Brian Abbott
Reporter 1
Jane Howie
Ape 3
Nicole Whippy
Maree
Inia Maxwell
Indian Leader
Michael Bertenshaw
Reporter at Docks
Tim Healy
McArdle
Jasper Jacob
Stuttgart Man
Paul Joseph
Ape 2
Laurence Kennedy
Angry Man
Nathaniel Lees
Chief
Terry Mortimer
Businessman 2
Tamati Patuwai
Achille
David Quilter
Businessman 1
Dominic Rowan
Reporter 2
Malcolm Shields
Lead Ape / Choreography
Julia Walshaw
Ape 5
Mason West
Ape 4
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