Genres
Duration
90 min
Director
Michael Samuels
Rating
7.3
Release Date
April 10, 2002
The Falklands Play
Original title: The Falklands Play
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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.
The Falklands Play cast
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Patricia Hodge
Character:
Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
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John Standing
Character:
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
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Michael Cochrane
Character:
Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
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James Fox
Character:
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
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Colin Stinton
Character:
Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
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Anthony Calf
Character:
Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
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Jeremy Child
Character:
Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)
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Richard Cordery
Character:
Tom Enders
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Robert Hardy
Character:
Sir Anthony Parsons
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John Woodvine
Character:
Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
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Rupert Vansittart
Character:
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
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Jonathan Coy
Character:
Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
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Clive Merrison
Character:
Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
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Peter Blythe
Character:
Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)
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Jeremy Clyde
Character:
Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)
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Shaughan Seymour
Character:
Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)
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Jasper Jacob
Character:
John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)
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Bob Sherman
Character:
President Ronald Reagan
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Lorelei King
Character:
Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
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Garrick Hagon
Character:
Vernon Walters (Senior Adviser to the US Secretary of State)
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Arturo Venegas
Character:
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)
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Vernon Dobtcheff
Character:
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
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Robert Bowman
Character:
Sir Hamilton Whyte (Member, British Mission to the UN)
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Tom Chadbon
Character:
Adm. Sir John Fieldhouse (C-in-C Fleet)
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Gordon Langford Rowe
Character:
Rt Hon George Thomas MP (Speaker of the House of Commons)
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Patrick Godfrey
Character:
Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
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Ron Meadows
Character:
Rt Hon Peter Shore MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer)
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Renny Krupinski
Character:
David Lambie MP (Labour)
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Charles McCurdy
Character:
John Browne MP (Conservative)
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Martin Oldfield
Character:
Rt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)
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Geoffrey Wilkinson
Character:
Sir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)
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Alan Rothwell
Character:
John Wells MP (Conservative)
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Geoff Holman
Character:
Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)
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David Fleeshman
Character:
Denis Healey MP (Labour)
