The Falklands Play

1h 30m

War Drama TV Movie

7.3

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.

Cast

Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)

Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)

Michael Cochrane

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

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

Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)

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

Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)

Richard Cordery

Sir Anthony Parsons

Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

Rupert Vansittart

Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)

Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)

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

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

Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)

Shaughan Seymour

Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)

John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)

President Ronald Reagan

Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)

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

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)

Vernon Dobtcheff

Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)

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

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)

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)

John Wells MP (Conservative)

Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)

David Fleeshman

Denis Healey MP (Labour)

Crew

Michael Samuels

Lesley MacKinnon

Assistant Editor

Director of Photography, Cinematography

First Assistant Director

Tammy Kempinski

Second Assistant Director

Third Assistant Director

Production Coordinator

Executive Producer

Rebecca Ferrand

Production Design

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Assistant Camera

Allison Wyldeck

Costume Supervisor

Makeup Designer

Assistant Makeup Artist

Assistant Makeup Artist

James Loosemore

Vanessa Stoddart

Production Accountant

Script Supervisor

Property Master

Sacha Whitmarsh

Production Manager

Madelaine Leech