(The Dragon's Opponent)

Overview: 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.

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BBC One

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1973

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Charles "Mad Jack" Howard

Greville Howard

Margaret - Countess of Suffolk

Beryl Morden

Dr. Gough

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