📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
📆 Date Released:
2002-04-10
⌚ Running Time:
90 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.4
Beloved Cast
Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
Patricia Hodge
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
John Standing
Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
Michael Cochrane
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
James Fox
Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
Colin Stinton
Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
Anthony Calf
Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)
Jeremy Child
Tom Enders
Richard Cordery
Sir Anthony Parsons
Robert Hardy
Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
John Woodvine
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
Rupert Vansittart
Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
Jonathan Coy
Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
Clive Merrison
Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)
Peter Blythe
Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)
Jeremy Clyde
Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)
Shaughan Seymour
John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)
Jasper Jacob
President Ronald Reagan
Bob Sherman
Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
Lorelei King
Vernon Walters (Senior Adviser to the US Secretary of State)
Garrick Hagon
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)
Arturo Venegas
Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
Vernon Dobtcheff
Sir Hamilton Whyte (Member, British Mission to the UN)
Robert Bowman
Adm. Sir John Fieldhouse (C-in-C Fleet)
Tom Chadbon
Rt Hon George Thomas MP (Speaker of the House of Commons)
Gordon Langford Rowe
Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
Patrick Godfrey
Rt Hon Peter Shore MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Ron Meadows
David Lambie MP (Labour)
Renny Krupinski
John Browne MP (Conservative)
Charles McCurdy
Rt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)
Martin Oldfield
Sir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)
Geoffrey Wilkinson
John Wells MP (Conservative)
Alan Rothwell
Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)
Geoff Holman
Denis Healey MP (Labour)
David Fleeshman
