The Lady Vanishes
Thriller based on the novel The Wheel Spins. A beautiful young socialite faces danger while trying to solve the disappearance of a travelling companion.
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans, she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and travel home alone. But her expectations of peace are short-lived when, at the railway station, Iris wavers in the scorching heat and constant jostle of passengers, fainting suddenly on the platform. She wakes in time to be rushed onto the train, but with a pounding head and a feeling of being almost in a dream. Whilst in this malaise she is comforted by an older English lady called Miss Froy, but when Iris falls asleep, she awakes to find Miss Froy has gone and her fellow passengers are denying she ever existed.
With only the friendship of handsome English traveller Max Hare for support, Iris will have to rely on a strength of character she never knew she had. She has to battle doubt and overcome danger as she strives to solve the mystery of why the lady vanished.
Last on
Read the post by director Diarmuid Lawrence on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV blog.
Clips
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Iris meets Max for the first time
Duration: 01:30
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Tuppence Middleton introduces her character Iris Carr
Duration: 02:11
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Tom Hughes describes his character Max Hare
Duration: 02:06
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The Lady Vanishes trail
Duration: 00:42
Outstanding cast announced
Fiona Seres adaption of the novel The Wheel Spins, also filmed by Hitchcock as The Lady Vanishes,Μύstars Keeley Hawes, Gemma Jones, Stephanie Cole and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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The Lady Vanishes music
TheΜύmusic to The Lady Vanishes was created for the programme by John Lunn.ΜύUnfortunately it is not commercially available.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Iris Carr | Tuppence Middleton |
Max Hare | Tom Hughes |
Miss Froy | Selina Cadell |
Laura Parmiter | Keeley Hawes |
Mr Todhunter | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
Evelyn Floodporter | Stephanie Cole |
Rose Floodporter | Gemma Jones |
Mrs Barnes | Sandy McDade |
Reverend Kenneth Barnes | Pip Torrens |
The Professor | Alex Jennings |
The Baroness | Benedikte Hansen |
The Doctor | Jesper Christensen |
Charlie | Charles Aitken |
Border Guard | Paolo Antonio |
Nurse | Beatrix Biro |
Blonde Woman | Marta Bolfan Uglien |
Ticket Master | Vilmos Csevernak |
Frau Kummer | Zsuzsa David |
Odette | Emerald Fennell |
Station Porter | Galko Balazs |
Freddie | Daniel Gosling |
Father in Carriage | Istvan Gyurity |
Mother in Carriage | Zsuzsa Kalmar |
Ticket Officer | Gabor Krausz |
Girl in Carriage | Lili Lakos |
Diana | Daisy Lewis |
Julij | Tamas Lengyel |
Male Nurse | Andras Lukacs |
Waiter | Csaba Mokany |
Customs Officer | Balazs Mozes |
Concierge | Csaba Zold |
Producer | Ann Tricklebank |
Director | Diarmuid Lawrence |
Writer | Fiona Seres |
Executive Producer | Anne Pivcevic |
Broadcasts
- Sun 17 Mar 2013 20:30
- Sat 23 Mar 2013 01:05
- Thu 1 Jul 2021 20:00
- Fri 2 Jul 2021 01:50
Interview: Tuppence Middleton
Tuppence explains Iris's relationships with the other characters.
Interview: Tom Hughes
Tom explains the challenges of filming on a train.
Interview: Selina Cadell
Selina explains why Miss Froy was a modern woman for her time.
Interview: Fiona Seres
Fiona explains why you need a strong vision to write an adaptation.