Release Date
20 Nov, 1964
Runtime
00:50: (HH:MM)
Total Episode/Season
26/2
Synopsis
R3 is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Full title was Ministry of Research Centre No.3. It was a 50-minute show, and the series starred John Robinson as Sir Michael Gerrard, Jeremy Young as Wilson, David Blake Kelly as Captain Rogers, and was set in a scientific research facility at the Ministry of Research. R3 is also notable for providing early TV exposure for a young Oliver Reed, cast as one of the scientists on the ministry staff, Dr. Richard Franklin. In "Experiment in Death", written by N J Crisp, Undersea exploration becomes an experiment in survival in a bathysphere. That show starred Edward Judd as Peters, Brigit Forsyth as a secretary, Donald Hoath as Turner and Stephen John as a meteorologist. It was produced by John Robins and directed by Paul Bernard.
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Season 1
20 Nov, 1964
Season 2
06 Jul, 1965
Oliver Reed
Derek Benfield
Edwin Richfield
Elizabeth Sellars
Michael Hawkins
Moultrie Kelsall
Richard Wordsworth