The two carry the action, establishing contact with Native American tribes, and marrying into them. It also establishes roles for Richard Chamberlain (‘Shogun’/’The Towering Inferno’) and character actor Robert Conrad, who last a little further into the narrative. Raymond Burr (‘Perry Mason’/’Rear Window’) plays the respectable silversmith Bockweiss in the opening episode. For example, we see different interactions between white immigrants and Native Americans, and a later episode includes the American Civil War as its period backdrop. Suffice it to say, the major themes of the history of modern America are included. The plot is impossible to summarise in only a few words, because there are interlinking storylines and threads between characters from different generations. Seemingly everyone who was anyone was clamouring for a part in it. Thus, ‘Centennial’ has a huge cast of ever-changing characters and runs to over twenty-hours of viewing time.Īudacious, ambitious, cinematic in scope and all pulled off with the confidence afforded by an amazing cast and a multi-million dollar budget, there has been little like ‘Centennial’ on television before or since. As the centuries come and go, so too do the characters. Its epic scope attempted to tell the history of modern America as seen through the eyes of one fictional town in Colorado – Centennial. Adapted from James A Michener’s novel of the same name, ‘Centennial’ is a celebrated television serial from 1978 that assembled a cast of established and rapidly rising stars.
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