Triton (1968 TV series)

*Triton*
Triton
Genre	Historical
Written by	Rex Tucker
Directed by	Michael Ferguson
Starring	Jonathan Adams ; Paul Grist ; Robert Cawdron
Composer	Dudley Simpson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	John McRae
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	30 June –; 21 July 1968
Related
	Triton; Pegasus;

GenreHistorical

Triton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 1 in 1968.^[1] It is a remake of the 1961 BBC series of the same title, about two undercover Royal Navy officers attempting to discover the secret weapon with which Napoleon plans to invade England. The weapon turns out to be an early submarine designed by the American inventor Robert Fulton. The series was followed by a sequel, Pegasus, in 1969.

A copy of the series exists in the archives of the British Film Institute.^[2]

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