Big Guns (TV series)

British television series

British TV series or program

Big Guns

Genre| Police procedural
Written by| Berkely Mather
Directed by| Gerard Glaister
Starring| Wensley Pithey
Nigel Davenport
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 6
Production
Producer| Gerard Glaister
Running time| 30 minutes
Production company| BBC
Release
Original network| BBC 1
Original release| 1 January (1958-01-01) –
5 February 1958 (1958-02-05)
Chronology
Preceded by| Mister Charlesworth
Followed by| Charlesworth at Large

Big Guns is a British crime television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958.[1] The show was based on the character of Detective Superintendent Charlesworth, played by Wensley Pithey, who had featured a previous series Mister Charlesworth and would go on to appear further series including Charlesworth at Large and Charlesworth.

## Contents

* 1 Selected cast
* 1.1 Main
* 1.2 Guest
* 2 References
* 3 Bibliography
* 4 External links

## Selected cast[edit]

### Main[edit]

* Wensley Pithey Det. Supt. Charlesworth
* Nigel Davenport as Sgt. Spence
* Walter Fitzgerald as J. Philimore Sparkes
* Anthony Baird as PC Wrothbury
* Carl Bernard as Milton
* Warren Mitchell as Kegworthy
* Anna Burden as Alice Charlesworth

### Guest[edit]

* Frank Finlay as Roscoe
* Sam Kydd as Raikes
* Danny Green as Bronner
* Donald Churchill as Taffy Wilkes
* Wendy Craig as Rita
* Sydney Bromley as Engraver
* Frederick Jaeger as Ni Ni Blascoe
* Leslie Perrins as Cloker
* Anthony Sagar as Jakey Selsby
* Alfred Lynch as Dancer

## References[edit]

1. ^ Radio Times p.17

## Bibliography[edit]

* Radio Times, Volume 138. G. Newnes, 1958.
* Noble, Peter. British Film and Television Year Book, Volume 9. 1959.

## External links[edit]

* Big Guns at IMDb

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