
Plot
This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his slightly stereotyped companions are nicely filled out by a solid cast. James Fox is Challenger's more timid but still covertly adventurous rival, Tom Ward is the moustachioed big game hunter who faces an Allosaurus with an elephant gun, and Matthew Rhys plays the tagalong reporter hoping to impress his faithless fiancée.
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Cast

Bob Hoskins
Prof. Challenger

James Fox
Prof. Summerlee

Tom Ward
Lord Roxton

Matthew Rhys
Edward Malone

Elaine Cassidy
Agnes Cluny

Peter Falk
Theo Kerr

Bianca Roe
Selena

Nathaniel Lees
Indian chief

Joanna Page
Gladys

Robert Hardy
Prof. Illingworth

Tom Goodman-Hill
Arthur Hare

Tessa Peake-Jones
Mrs. Hilda Summerlee

Dominic Rowan
Reporter 2

Brian Abbott
Reporter 1

Jane Howie
Ape 3

Nicole Whippy
Maree

Inia Maxwell
Indian Leader

Michael Bertenshaw
Reporter at Docks

Tim Healy
McArdle

Jasper Jacob
Stuttgart Man

Paul Joseph
Ape 2

Laurence Kennedy
Angry Man

Nathaniel Lees
Chief

Terry Mortimer
Businessman 2

Tamati Patuwai
Achille

David Quilter
Businessman 1

Dominic Rowan
Reporter 2

Malcolm Shields
Lead Ape / Choreography

Julia Walshaw
Ape 5

Mason West
Ape 4