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Caught On A Train is a critically successful British television play written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Peter Duffell, based on an overnight train journey across Europe, and following the route of a journey Poliakoff had himself made from London to Vienna. It was originally shown on BBC1 on 31 October 1980. The play starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen, with the main supporting cast featuring Wendy Raebeck and Michael Sheard, with a soundtrack by the jazz composer Mike Westbrook. The production won a BAFTA Television Award and other plaudits in 1980, and was re-shown by the BBC in 2001 and 2006. Having previously been available on VHS, the play was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide in 2004, with an audio commentary from Poliakoff and producer Kenith Trodd.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Michael Kitchen He was 75 , now 75 years old as Peter
Michael Kingsbury as Hans
Peggy Ashcroft She was 116 , 83 years old when she died as Frau Messner
Louis Sheldon Williams as Dietrich
Ingo Mogendorf He was 83 , now 83 years old as Kellner
Wendy Raebeck as Lorraine

Crew

Name Job title
Caught on a Train (0 years)

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