The Lost World

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.

Director: Stuart Orme

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