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The First Olympics: Athens 1896
TV series / 1984

The First Olympics: Athens 1896

Episode directors Alvin Rakoff
Drama

★ 5.9/10Audience rating

This two part mini-series shows the trials and tribulations all the participants endured to be a part of the very first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It focuses on the individuals from the many countries around the world that joined together to lay the foundation of the modern Summer Olympic Games.

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This two part mini-series shows the trials and tribulations all the participants endured to be a part of the very first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It focuses on the individuals from the many countries around the world that joined together to lay the foundation of the modern Summer Olympic Games.

Cast

David Ogden StiersDr. William Milligan Sloane Hunt BlockRobert Garrett David CarusoJames Connolly Alex Hyde-WhiteArthur 'Skip' Blake Benedict TaylorEdwin Flack Edward WileyCoach John Graham Nicos ZiagosSpiridon Louis Honor BlackmanMadam Ursula Schumann Gayle HunnicuttMary Sloane Virginia McKennaAnnabel Flack Bill TraversHarold Flack Louis JourdanBaron Pierre de Coubertin
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Angela LansburyAlice Garrett Keith EdwardsAlbert Tyler Dave KingNathaniel Perry Rolf SaxonTim Coldfelt Titos VandisFather of Spiridon Louis William ArmstrongWilliam Hoyt Hutton CobbThomas Burke Matt FrewerFrancis Adonijah "Addie" Lane Alibe ParsonsMyra Robert AddieGrantly Goulding

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