Benedict Taylor
Michael 'Beau' Geste
Beau Geste (1982)
Miniseries
Television miniseries based on the novel by P. C. Wren of brotherly love, self-sacrifice and death-or-glory adventure in the French Foreign Legion.
Released Oct. 31, 1982
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
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Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 1
Major de Beaujolais leads a relief column to Fort Zinderneuf and encounters a baffling and macabre series of mysteries.
Oct. 31, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Lady Brandon has had a mysterious Indian visitor while Beau is hiding in a suit of armour, and John in a chest. When the visitor leaves, John is taken from his airless hiding-place, apparently lifeless.
Nov. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
The Blue Water has been stolen, and no one will confess to the theft. Beau has disappeared.
Nov. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
John has fled to the Foreign Legion in search of his missing brothers. He hears news of them at the Legion recruiting office in Paris and encounters the sinister friendly Boldini.
Nov. 21, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Reunited in the Legion, the Geste brothers have made two good friends, the Americans Hank and Buddy, and one dangerous enemy: the sadistic and tyrannical Sergent-Major Lejaune.
Nov. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Sergeant-Major Lejaune now believes Beau is carrying a valuable jewel, and is determined to have it. A first attempt at theft is a failure. Then Lejaune announces that the squad is to be posted to Fort Zinderneuf where the Geste brothers will be in his power
Dec. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Worn out by the strain of life at Fort Zinderneuf and by his struggle against alcoholism, Captain Renouf has committed suicide. Now Sgt-Major Lejaune is in sole command.
Dec. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
The mutiny at Fort Zinderneuf has been averted by an Arab attack. Hopelessly outnumbered, the Legionnaires fight and die bravely while Sergent-Major Lejaune makes his final attempt to steal Beau's jewel.
Dec. 19, 1982, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 31, 1982
Last Air Date: Dec. 19, 1982, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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