Big Guns (TV series)

Big Guns is a British crime television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958.^[1] The show was based on the character of Detective Superintendent Charlesworth, played by Wensley Pithey, who had featured a previous series Mister Charlesworth and would go on to appear further series including Charlesworth at Large and Charlesworth.

Big Guns
Genre	Police procedural
Written by	Berkely Mather
Directed by	Gerard Glaister
Starring	Wensley Pithey Nigel Davenport
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Gerard Glaister
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC 1
Release	1 January (1958-01-01) – 5 February 1958 (1958-02-05)

Selected cast

Main

• Wensley Pithey Det. Supt. Charlesworth
• Nigel Davenport as Sgt. Spence
• Walter Fitzgerald as J. Philimore Sparkes
• Anthony Baird as PC Wrothbury
• Carl Bernard as Milton
• Warren Mitchell as Kegworthy
• Anna Burden as Alice Charlesworth

Guest

• Frank Finlay as Roscoe
• Sam Kydd as Raikes
• Danny Green as Bronner
• Donald Churchill as Taffy Wilkes
• Wendy Craig as Rita
• Sydney Bromley as Engraver
• Frederick Jaeger as Ni Ni Blascoe
• Leslie Perrins as Cloker
• Anthony Sagar as Jakey Selsby
• Alfred Lynch as Dancer