The First Olympics: Athens 1896

The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)

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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  • First Air Date: 1984-05-20
  • Last Air Date: 1984-05-21
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 2
  • Episode Runtime: 120 min.
  • Network: NBC
  • Director: Alvin Rakoff

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    2 Episodes

Trailer

Cast

  • David Ogden Stiers

    Dr. William Milligan Sloane

  • Hunt Block

    Robert Garrett

  • David Caruso

    James Connolly

  • Alex Hyde-White

    Arthur 'Skip' Blake

  • Benedict Taylor

    Edwin Flack

  • Edward Wiley

    Coach John Graham

  • Nicos Ziagos

    Spiridon Louis

  • Honor Blackman

    Madam Ursula Schumann

  • Gayle Hunnicutt

    Mary Sloane

  • Virginia McKenna

    Annabel Flack

  • Bill Travers

    Harold Flack

  • Louis Jourdan

    Baron Pierre de Coubertin

  • Angela Lansbury

    Alice Garrett

  • Keith Edwards

    Albert Tyler

  • Dave King

    Nathaniel Perry

  • Rolf Saxon

    Tim Coldfelt

  • Titos Vandis

    Father of Spiridon Louis

  • William Armstrong

    William Hoyt

  • Hutton Cobb

    Thomas Burke

  • Matt Frewer

    Francis Adonijah "Addie" Lane

  • Alibe Parsons

    Myra

  • Robert Addie

    Grantly Goulding

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