TV series · 1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
First aired 20 May 1984 Drama TMDB ↗
This two part mini-series shows the trials and tribulations all the participants endured to be a part of the very first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It focuses on the individuals from the many countries around the world that joined together to lay the foundation of the modern Summer Olympic Games.
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Honor Blackman
as Madam Ursula Schumann
Gayle Hunnicutt
as Mary Sloane
Edward Wiley
as Coach John Graham
Nicos Ziagos
as Spiridon Louis
Alex Hyde-White
as Arthur 'Skip' Blake
Benedict Taylor
as Edwin Flack
Keith Edwards
as Albert Tyler
Everyone else (10) ↓
Louis Jourdan
as Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Bill Travers
as Harold Flack
Angela Lansbury
as Alice Garrett
Dave King
as Nathaniel Perry
Virginia McKenna
as Annabel Flack
David Ogden Stiers
as Dr. William Milligan Sloane
Hunt Block
as Robert Garrett
William Armstrong
as William Hoyt
David Caruso
as James Connolly
Robert Addie
as Grantly Goulding