The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play (2002)

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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  • Release Date: 2002-04-10
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Michael Samuels

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    • Cast

    • Patricia Hodge

      Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)

    • John Standing

      Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)

    • Michael Cochrane

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

    • James Fox

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

    • Colin Stinton

      Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)

    • Anthony Calf

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

    • Jeremy Child

      Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)

    • Richard Cordery

      Tom Enders

    • Robert Hardy

      Sir Anthony Parsons

    • John Woodvine

      Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

    • Rupert Vansittart

      Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)

    • Jonathan Coy

      Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)

    • Clive Merrison

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

    • Peter Blythe

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

    • Jeremy Clyde

      Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)

    • Shaughan Seymour

      Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)

    • Jasper Jacob

      John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)

    • Bob Sherman

      President Ronald Reagan

    • Lorelei King

      Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)

    • Garrick Hagon

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

    • Arturo Venegas

      Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)

    • Vernon Dobtcheff

      Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)

    • Robert Bowman

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

    • Tom Chadbon

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

    • Gordon Langford Rowe

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

    • Patrick Godfrey

      Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)

    • Ron Meadows

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

    • Renny Krupinski

      David Lambie MP (Labour)

    • Charles McCurdy

      John Browne MP (Conservative)

    • Martin Oldfield

      Rt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)

    • Geoffrey Wilkinson

      Sir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)

    • Alan Rothwell

      John Wells MP (Conservative)

    • Geoff Holman

      Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)

    • David Fleeshman

      Denis Healey MP (Labour)

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