Living Legends Burke and Hare (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Living Legends

Burke and Hare (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

Magnus Magnusson re-examines the story of the infamous bodysnatchers, Burke and Hare, who took cunning steps to speed up the supply of human bodies for medical dissection.

Producer

Ben Shepard (as Ben Shephard)

Editor

Paul Carter

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Updated May 17, 1979

Release date

May 17, 1979 (United Kingdom)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Magnus Magnusson Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Rock in Reykjavik (1982)
Lionel Daiches Self (as Lionel Daiches Q.C.) Self (as Lionel Daiches Q.C.) See fewer	Rough Justice (1982)
Henry Daniell Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane (archive footage) Dr. Wolfe 'Toddy' MacFarlane (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Owen Dudley Edwards Self - University of Edinburgh Self - University of Edinburgh See fewer	Mrs. Brown (1997)
Boris Karloff Cabman John Gray (archive footage) Cabman John Gray (archive footage) See fewer	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bela Lugosi Joseph (archive footage) Joseph (archive footage) See fewer	Dracula (1931)
Alan MacNaughtan Self - Extracts Reader Self - Extracts Reader See fewer	To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
Oliver Maguire Self - Extracts Reader Self - Extracts Reader See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Alex McAvoy Self - Extracts Reader Self - Extracts Reader See fewer	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Russell Wade Donald Fettes (archive footage) Donald Fettes (archive footage) See fewer	The Body Snatcher (1945)