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The Prisoner of Zenda

1984 · 1 season

A stately, old-fashioned costume adventure that unfolds with polite suspense and romantic longing rather than thrills.

Created by: Barry Letts
Genres: Action & adventure, Drama
Starring: Malcolm Sinclair, Pauline Moran, John Woodvine

Overview: A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.

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Created by: Barry Letts
Genres: Action & adventure, Drama
Starring: Malcolm Sinclair, Pauline Moran, John Woodvine

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
betrayal
love
loyalty
power
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: action & adventure, drama
Created by: Barry Letts
Starring: Malcolm Sinclair, Pauline Moran, John Woodvine, Jonathon Morris, Nicholas Gecks, Victoria Wicks, George Irving, Clyde Gatell
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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