

The First Olympics: Athens 1896
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.
Episodes
Show Details
Network
NBC
Status
Ended
Seasons
1 seasons
2 episodes
Language
English
Key Crew

Alvin Rakoff
Director
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