Call the Gun Expert is a British crime television series which first aired on BBC 1 in 1964.[1] It consisted of a single series of six episodes featuring Wensley Pithey as Robert Churchill, a ballistics expert who solves a number of crimes based on real-life historical cases. Pithey frequently starred in police procedurals, and was well known to audiences for his role as Detective Superintendent Charlesworth. The scripts were written by journalist Macdonald Hastings who also narrated he series.
| Call the Gun Expert | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Written by | Macdonald Hastings |
| Directed by | Jack Gold |
| Starring | Wensley Pithey |
| Narrated by | Macdonald Hastings |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jack Gold |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC 1 |
| Release | 2 July – 6 August 1964 |
Other actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include Petronella Barker, Kenneth Benda, Paddy Joyce, Robert Cawdron, David Swift and Norman Mitchell.
References edit
- ^ Pitts p.308
Bibliography edit
- Pitts, Michael R. Famous Movie Detectives III. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
