Anthony Higgins in 1970s

1977

The Eagle of the Ninth

Episode 1: Frontier Fort	Episode 4: The Lost Legion
Episode 2: Esca	Episode 5: The Wild Hunt
Episode 3: Across the Frontier	Episode 6: Valedictory

Written in 1952 by Rosemary Sutcliff, "The Eagle" was the first in a sequence of novels about Roman Britain and became the most popular author's historical novel for readers of all ages. Wonderful plot, historical believability, brave heroes and colorful language made this novel a great favorite of many children and adults all over the world.

Filmed in 1977 by BBC, "The Eagle of the Ninth" mini-series was very good. Anthony Higgins has a leading part and he looks absolutely as his personage described in a first chapter of the novel. No, this TV series was never available on VHS or DVD. Maybe you have your own VHS copy made from TV. If you have it - let me know!

"Togas on TV" by BBC tells us that the "The Eagle of the Ninth" is in their archives. Small vid is on YouTube, as usual.

scans from books and magazines

From British Television/Tise Vahimagi.- Oxford University Press, 1994. © British Film Institute.
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First Aired

Ep. 1: 4 Sept 1977

Ep. 2: 11 Sept 1977

Ep. 3: 18 Sept 1977

Ep. 4: 25 Sept 1977

Ep. 5: 2 Oct 1977

Ep. 6: 9 Oct 1977

Cast and Crew

Writers: Rosemary Sutcliff
Bill Craig
Donald Bull
Arden Winch
Directors: Michael Simpson (4 episodes)
Baz Taylor (2 episodes)

Actors: Basil Henson (Justice Yearsley)
Anthony Higgins (Marcus Flavius Aquila)
Christian Rodska (Esca)
Peter Whitbread (Marcus' father)
Gillian Bailey (Cottia)
David Hayman (Liathan)
Patrick Holt (Aquilla)
Brian Carey (Aulus)
and others

Links

The Eagle of the Ninth at IMDb

The Eagle of the Ninth at TV.com