The Falklands Play
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2002
1h 30m
Not Rated
English
War, Drama, TV Movie
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The Falklands Play
Not Rated
Movie
2002
1h 30m
English
War, Drama, TV Movie
The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history. It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in 1986, but was subsequently shelved by Controller of BBC One Michael Grade due to its alleged pro-Margaret Thatcher stance and jingoistic tone. This prompted a press furore over media bias and censorship.The play was not staged until 2002, when it was broadcast in separate adaptations on BBC Television and Radio.
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Cast
Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Mi...
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (H...
Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financia...
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington ...
Alexander Haig (US Secretary of Sta...
Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islan...
Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign S...
Tom Enders
Sir Anthony Parsons
Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secre...
Richard Luce MP (Minister of State,...
Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of S...
Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (At...
Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassad...
Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lor...
John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Pr...
President Ronald Reagan
Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador t...
Vernon Walters (Senior Adviser to t...
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secre...
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Mi...
Sir Hamilton Whyte (Member, British...
Adm. Sir John Fieldhouse (C-in-C Fl...
Rt Hon George Thomas MP (Speaker of...
Directed By: Michael Samuels
Written By: Ian Curteis
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
Recently, there have been a spate of singularly poor dramas about historical figures from the British Isles - "Mary, Queen of Scots" (2018), "Robert, the Bruce" (2019) being two of the least agreeable - but this takes that low benchmark and throws it under the bus (or chariot). Anyone expecting a ba More
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