R3 was a 50-minute British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Its full title was Ministry of Research Centre No. 3. 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.

R3
R3 on the cover of the Radio Times
GenreDrama
Created byN. J. Crisp
StarringJohn Robinson
Theme music composerKen Thorne
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes26 (all missing)
Production
ProducersAndrew Osborn
John Robins
Running time50 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release20 November 1964 (1964-11-20) –
28 September 1965 (1965-09-28)

No episodes of this series are thought to have survived the BBC's purging of the archives between the 1960s and 70s. However, a trailer from one edition was supposedly recovered from a tape in 2004, but has not been shown publicly.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "R3 (1964– ) Trivia". IMDb.
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