The Venturers is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1975. The series, created by Donald Bull, had started out as an edition of Drama Playhouse in 1972 before being commissioned as an ongoing series. The Venturers took place in the high pressure world of Prince's Merchant Bank and dealt with the intricacies of high finance amongst its millionaire clients. Geoffrey Keen starred as director Gerald Lang, in a virtual reprise of his role as oil executive Brian Stead in Mogul / The Troubleshooters. Other major cast members included James Kerry, David Buck, Cyril Luckham and William Squire. The Venturers lasted for a single series of ten episodes. |
Name | Character | Episodes |
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Geoffrey Keen | 10 | |
David Buck | 10 | |
Cyril Luckham | 10 | |
Hugh Manning | 10 | |
William Squire | Sir George Fielding | 2 |
Bernard Kay | 1 | |
Norman Rossington | 1 | |
T. P. McKenna | 1 | |
Nick Brimble | Roddy Smith-Mercer | 1 |
Terence Bayler | 1 | |
Charles Gray | 1 | |
Robert Beatty | 1 | |
Isla Blair | Joanne Kelly | 1 |
Peter Arne | 1 | |
William Squire | 1 | |
Gertan Klauber | 1 | |
Vernon Dobtcheff | 1 | |
Geoffrey Beevers | Marto Celine | 1 |
Olu Jacobs | 1 | |
Robert Flemyng | 1 | |
Donal McCann | 1 | |
Peter Copley | 1 | |
Michael Brennan | Bill | 1 |
Erik Chitty | Mr. Haversham | 1 |
Patrick Barr | Albert Hart | 1 |
Christine Hargreaves | 1 | |
Barrie Cookson | 1 | |
Mollie Maureen | 1 | |
Eric Deacon | 1 | |
John D. Collins | 1 | |
Norman Shelley | 1 | |
John Hamill | 1 | |
Ian Marter | 1 | |
Sally Bazely | 1 |