TV Show Details
Air Date:September 23rd, 1973
Last Air Date:October 14th, 1973
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Original Language:English
The Dragon's Opponent (1973)
TV ShowBBC One
Miniseries
Plot
4-part miniseries dramatising the true-life adventures of Charles "Mad Jack" Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, whose daring wartime exploits included rescuing dozens of refugee European nuclear scientists, a large supply of heavy water and millions of pounds in diamonds just before the Germans captured Paris, and then became a self-taught bomb disposal expert who successfully defused dozens of large German bombs during the London Blitz.
