The Dragon's Opponent

4-part miniseries dramatising the true-life adventures of Charles "Mad Jack" Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, whose daring wartime exploits included rescuing dozens of refugee European nuclear scientists, a large supply of heavy water and millions of pounds in diamonds just before the Germans captured Paris, and then became a self-taught bomb disposal expert who successfully defused dozens of large German bombs during the London Blitz.

• Release date
• September 23, 1973

Cast

Ronald Pickup Charles "Mad Jack" Howard

A

Anton Darby Greville Howard Virginia McKenna Margaret - Countess of Suffolk Angela Douglas Beryl Morden Peter Copley Dr. Gough Vincent Ball Captain McColm

V

Veronica Lang Mimi Crawford