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The Falklands Play (2002)

ALL 04/10/2002 (en) War, Drama, TV Movie 90 Min
  • Release
    04/10/2002
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    74%
  • Original title
    The Falklands Play
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Samuels

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Martin Sharpe

    Editor

  4. Jeremy Howe

    Producer



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  1. Patricia Hodge

    Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)

  2. John Standing

    Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)

  3. Michael Cochrane

    Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)

  4. James Fox

    Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)

  5. Colin Stinton

    Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)

  6. Anthony Calf

    Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)

  7. Jeremy Child

    Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)

  8. Richard Cordery

    Tom Enders

  9. Robert Hardy

    Sir Anthony Parsons

  10. John Woodvine

    Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

  11. Rupert Vansittart

    Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)

  12. Jonathan Coy

    Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)

  13. Clive Merrison

    Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)

  14. Peter Blythe

    Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)

  15. Jeremy Clyde

    Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)

  16. Shaughan Seymour

    Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)

  17. Jasper Jacob

    John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)

  18. Bob Sherman

    President Ronald Reagan

  19. Lorelei King

    Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)

  20. Garrick Hagon

    Vernon Walters (Senior Adviser to the US Secretary of State)

  21. Arturo Venegas

    Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)

  22. Vernon Dobtcheff

    Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)

  23. Robert Bowman

    Sir Hamilton Whyte (Member, British Mission to the UN)

  24. John Woodvine

    Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin (Chief of the Defence Staff)

  25. Tom Chadbon

    Adm. Sir John Fieldhouse (C-in-C Fleet)

  26. Gordon Langford Rowe

    Rt Hon George Thomas MP (Speaker of the House of Commons)

  27. Patrick Godfrey

    Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)

  28. Ron Meadows

    Rt Hon Peter Shore MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer)

  29. Renny Krupinski

    David Lambie MP (Labour)

  30. Charles McCurdy

    John Browne MP (Conservative)

  31. Martin Oldfield

    Rt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)

  32. Geoffrey Wilkinson

    Sir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)

  33. Alan Rothwell

    John Wells MP (Conservative)

  34. Geoff Holman

    Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)

  35. David Fleeshman

    Denis Healey MP (Labour)

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The Falklands Play (2002) 90 Min

ALL 04/10/2002 (en)
War, Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 04/10/2002
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title The Falklands Play
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Samuels

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Martin Sharpe

    Editor

  4. Jeremy Howe

    Producer



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