The Adventures of Ben Gunn

The Adventures of Ben Gunn is a British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958. It was based on R.F. Delderfield's 1956 novel The Adventures of Ben Gunn, written as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Main cast John Moffatt as Ben Gunn Peter Wyngarde as John Silver Rupert Davies as Captain Flint Meadows White as Ben Gunn - as an Old Man John H. Watson as Jim Hawkins Richard Coleman as Nick Allardyce Nigel Arkwright as Gabriel Pew Sean Lynch as Israel Hands Gertan Klauber as Black Dog Rodney Burke as Anderson Neil Hallett as Tom Morgan Terry Baker as Davis Olaf Pooley as Billy Bones Michael Corcoran as Darby Magraw Ayton Medas as Big Prosper Basil Hoskins as Gaston Peter Vaughan as Sergeant Hoxton John Barrett as Private Barnes Anthony Harrison as Captain Ayrton References Bibliography Baskin, Ellen . Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.