Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestIn 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city to the next, assisting at conjuring acts and disappearing acts, Richard comes to know romance, politics, and high adventure. The next year, in a true and terrifying vanishing act, the guns of August blast away that world forever.
Colin Firth
Richard Herncastle
John Castle
Nick Ollanton
Laurence Olivier
Harry Burrard
Beatie Edney
Nancy Ellis
Brian Glover
Tommy Beamish
Carmen du Sautoy
Julie Blane
Gillian Bevan
Cissie Mapes
Pamela Stephenson
Lily Farris
Alfred Marks
Otto Mergen
Patricia Quinn
Doris Tingley
Jim Carter
Inspector Crabb
Mike Edmonds
Barney
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