R3 is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Full title was Ministry of Research Centre No.3. It was a 50-minute show, and the series starred John Robinson as Sir Michael Gerrard, Jeremy Young as Wilson, David Blake Kelly as Captain Rogers, and was set in a scientific research facility at the Ministry of Research. R3 is also notable for providing early TV exposure for a young Oliver Reed, cast as one of the scientists on the ministry staff, Dr. Richard Franklin. In "Experiment in Death", written by N J Crisp, Undersea exploration becomes an experiment in survival in a bathysphere. That show starred Edward Judd as Peters, Brigit Forsyth as a secretary, Donald Hoath as Turner and Stephen John as a meteorologist. It was produced by John Robins and directed by Paul Bernard.
First Aired: 11/20/1964
Type: Scripted
Tom Collis

John Robinson
Sir Michael Gerrard

Oliver Reed
Dr. Richard Franklin

Derek Benfield
Tom Collis

Edwin Richfield
Mr. Pomeroy

Elizabeth Sellars
Dr. May Howard

Michael Hawkins
Philip Boult

Moultrie Kelsall
Dr. George Fratton

Richard Wordsworth
Dr. Peter Travers
Simon Lack
Dr. Jack Morton
Brenda Saunders
Miss Brooks
2021