Overview
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 Stiers as Dr. William Milligan Sloane
- Hunt Block as Robert Garrett
- David Caruso as James Connolly
- Alex Hyde-White as Arthur 'Skip' Blake
- Benedict Taylor as Edwin Flack
- Edward Wiley as Coach John Graham
- Nicos Ziagos as Spiridon Louis
- Honor Blackman as Madam Ursula Schumann
- Gayle Hunnicutt as Mary Sloane
- Virginia McKenna as Annabel Flack