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2002

THE FALKLANDS PLAY

War
Drama
TV Movie
74

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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.

Director: Michael Samuels
Runtime: 90 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $0
Vote Average: 74

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Patricia Hodge

Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)

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John Standing

Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)

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Michael Cochrane

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

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James Fox

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

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Colin Stinton

Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)

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Anthony Calf

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

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Jeremy Child

Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)

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Richard Cordery

Tom Enders

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Robert Hardy

Sir Anthony Parsons

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John Woodvine

Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

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Rupert Vansittart

Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)

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Jonathan Coy

Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)

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Clive Merrison

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

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Peter Blythe

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

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Jeremy Clyde

Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)

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Shaughan Seymour

Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)

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Jasper Jacob

John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)

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Bob Sherman

President Ronald Reagan

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Lorelei King

Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)

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Garrick Hagon

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

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Arturo Venegas

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)

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Robert Bowman

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

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Tom Chadbon

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

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Gordon Langford Rowe

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

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Patrick Godfrey

Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)

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Ron Meadows

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

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Renny Krupinski

David Lambie MP (Labour)

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Charles McCurdy

John Browne MP (Conservative)

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Martin Oldfield

Rt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)

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Geoffrey Wilkinson

Sir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)

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Alan Rothwell

John Wells MP (Conservative)

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Geoff Holman

Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)

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David Fleeshman

Denis Healey MP (Labour)

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