The First Olympics: Athens 1896
20/05/1984



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.
Cast


David Ogden Stiers
Dr. William Milligan Sloane


Hunt Block
Robert Garrett


David Caruso
James Connolly


Alex Hyde-White
Arthur 'Skip' Blake


Benedict Taylor
Edwin Flack


Edward Wiley
Coach John Graham


Nicos Ziagos
Spiridon Louis


Honor Blackman
Madam Ursula Schumann


Gayle Hunnicutt
Mary Sloane


Virginia McKenna
Annabel Flack


Bill Travers
Harold Flack


Louis Jourdan
Baron Pierre de Coubertin


Angela Lansbury
Alice Garrett
Keith Edwards
Albert Tyler


Dave King
Nathaniel Perry


Rolf Saxon
Tim Coldfelt
Titos Vandis
Father of Spiridon Louis


William Armstrong
William Hoyt
Hutton Cobb
Thomas Burke


Matt Frewer
Francis Adonijah "Addie" Lane


Alibe Parsons
Myra


Robert Addie
Grantly Goulding
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