Rupert of Hentzau is a 1964 British television series based on the novel Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau

Rupert of Hentzau is a sequel by Anthony Hope to The Prisoner of Zenda, written in 1895, but not published until 1898.-Plot summary:...

 which ran for six half-hour episodes. It starred George Baker

George Baker (actor)

George Baker, MBE was an English actor and writer. He was best-known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.-Personal life:...

, Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley is an English film and television actress.She is now retired, but was at her busiest in the late 1950s and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon , Dracula, Prince of Darkness , Rasputin, the Mad Monk , andQuatermass and the Pit among her...

, Peter Wyngarde

Peter Wyngarde

Peter Paul Wyngarde is an Anglo-French actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two British television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Department S and Jason King .-Biography:He was born Cyril Goldbert in Marseilles, France, the...

, John Phillips

John Phillips (actor)

William John Phillips MC, was a British actor. He is best remembered for the role of Chief Superintendent Robins, in the television series Z-Cars and for his work as a Shakespearean stage actor.-Early life:...

, Tristram Jellinek, Sally Home and Derek Blomfield

Derek Blomfield

Derek Blomfield was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television productions between 1935 and his death in 1964.-Career:...

. It was filmed at the BBC Television Centre

BBC Television Centre

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 in Wood Lane

Wood Lane

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, west London

London

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.

Synopsis

Three years after the events of the Prisoner of Zenda, Queen Flavia writes to her true love - an Englishmen Rudolf Rassendyll. The letter is intercepted by Rupert of Hentzau an out of favour aristocrat, who sees a chance of re-establishing himself at court by bringing news of the letter to the Ruritanian King.

Rassendyll is forced to travel to Ruritania to help the Queen, and is then forced to take the place of the King once more following his assassination.

Episodes

• The Queen's Goodbye: 19 April 1964
• Return to Zenda: 26 April 1964
• Audience with the King: 3 May 1964
• The Wheel of Chance: 10 May 1964
• A Perilous Reunion: 17 May 1964
• The Decision of Fate: 24 May 1964

Cast

Actor	Role
George Baker George Baker (actor) George Baker, MBE was an English actor and writer. He was best-known for portraying Tiberius in I, Claudius, and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.-Personal life:...	Rudolf Rassendyll
Barbara Shelley Barbara Shelley Barbara Shelley is an English film and television actress.She is now retired, but was at her busiest in the late 1950s and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon , Dracula, Prince of Darkness , Rasputin, the Mad Monk , andQuatermass and the Pit among her...	Queen Flavia
Peter Wyngarde Peter Wyngarde Peter Paul Wyngarde is an Anglo-French actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two British television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Department S and Jason King .-Biography:He was born Cyril Goldbert in Marseilles, France, the...	Rupert of Hentzau
John Phillips John Phillips (actor) William John Phillips MC, was a British actor. He is best remembered for the role of Chief Superintendent Robins, in the television series Z-Cars and for his work as a Shakespearean stage actor.-Early life:...	Colonel Zapt
Tristram Jellinek	Fritz von Tarlenheim
Sally Home	Helga von Tarlenheim
Derek Blomfield Derek Blomfield Derek Blomfield was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television productions between 1935 and his death in 1964.-Career:...	Count Luzau-Rischenheim
John Breslin	Bauer
Mark Burns Mark Burns Mark Burns was an English film and television actor.Burns was born in Bromsgrove in the county of Worcestershire and educated at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire...	Lieutenant Bernenstein
Nora Gordon Nora Gordon Nora Gordon was a British film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* Old Mother Riley's Circus * Danny Boy * Journey Ahead * Blackmailed...	Mother Holf
Robert James Robert James (actor) Robert James was a Scottish actor, who was best known for his television work.Born in Paisley, Scotland, Robert James trained to be a lawyer, before being spotted by a professional director while doing amateur dramatics....	James
Amanda Reiss	Rosa Holf