Draft:A Dangerous Kind of Love
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| "A Dangerous Kind of Love" | |
|---|---|
| Mountain Men episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Colin Godman |
| Original air date | 30 June 1986 |
| Guest appearances | |
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A Dangerous Kind of Love was a 1986 TV play about Jucy Walker being the first woman to climb Matterhorn. The film was included as an episode of the 1986 TV series Mountain Men which was a three episode series about climbers who were first to the top of a mountain.[1][2] The play was produced by the BBC, BBC Bristol as well as CTV, Wacko and screened on 30 June 1986 on BBC Two.[3][4]
Plot
[edit]Set in 1871 near the Alps in Europe, Lucy Walker the daughter of Mr. Walker and Mrs. Walker, is wanting to go on a journey to be the first women to try and climb Matterhorn. Mr. and Mrs. Walker both get very worried at first with this idea Lucy has but both of them soon decide to support her and her quest to climb Matterhorn. When Lucy Walker sets of on her journey she soon meets a man named Melchior Anderegg who decides to help her on her journey.
Cast
[edit]- Jenny Seagrove as Lucy Walker
- Oliver Tobias as Melchior Anderegg
- Dominic Guard as Edgar Bickerstaff
- Peter Sallis as Mr. Walker
- Isabel Dean as Mrs. Walker
- Julie Peasgood as Jenny
- David Dixon as Horce Walker
- Michael Maloney Whymper
- Holly de Jong as Miss Breevort
- Stephen Tate as Coolidge
- Anna Tzelniker as Cook
- Natalie Caron as Emily Bickerstaff
- Gertan Klauber as Mr. Seiler
- Jill Stanford as Mrs. Seiler
- Sam Tyfield as Boy
- Paula Vickers as Maid
Production
[edit]The film was Isabel Dean's final film role before she retired from acting in 1990. Before the film was broadcast on BBC Two a Radio Times magazine was published with Jenny Seagrove on the front cover in a scene from A Dangerous Kind of Love. The front cover also said "The First Lady of the Alps".[5]
Reception
[edit]The film was only broadcast once on BBC Two on 30 June 1986 and has not been rebroadcast since. The film has also like many other BBC programmes that were only broadcast once, has not been released on DVD, but the film is fully intact and is available to watch at the British Film Institute.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jenny Seagrove in A Dangerous Kind of Love". everythingjennyseagrove.blogspot.com.
- ^ "Mountain Men (1986)". collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
- ^ "A Dangerous Kind of Love (1986)" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Evening Sentinel 30 June 1986". newspapers.co.uk.
- ^ "A Dangerous Kind of Love (1986)". mntnfilm.com.
- ^ "Mountain Men: A Dangerous Kind of Love (1986)". tvbrain.info.
- ^ "Mountain Men: A Dangerous Kind of Love (1986)". collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
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