The Adventures of Ben Gunn (TV series)

The Adventures of Ben Gunn is a British television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958.^[1] It was based on R.F. Delderfield's 1956 novel The Adventures of Ben Gunn, written as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

The Adventures of Ben Gunn
Genre	Adventure
Based on	The Adventures of Ben Gunn by R.F. Delderfield
Written by	R.F. Delderfield
Starring	John Moffatt Peter Wyngarde Rupert Davies
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Desmond O'Donovan
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC 1
Release	1 June (1958-06-01) – 6 July 1958 (1958-07-06)

Main cast

• John Moffatt as Ben Gunn
• Peter Wyngarde as John Silver
• Rupert Davies as Captain Flint
• Meadows White as Ben Gunn - as an Old Man
• John H. Watson as Jim Hawkins
• Richard Coleman as Nick Allardyce
• Nigel Arkwright as Gabriel Pew
• Sean Lynch as Israel Hands
• Gertan Klauber as Black Dog
• Rodney Burke as Anderson
• Neil Hallett as Tom Morgan
• Terry Baker as Davis
• Olaf Pooley as Billy Bones
• Michael Corcoran as Darby Magraw
• Ayton Medas as Big Prosper
• Basil Hoskins as Gaston
• Peter Vaughan as Sergeant Hoxton
• John Barrett as Private Barnes
• Anthony Harrison as Captain Ayrton