Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
Patricia Hodge
Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
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.
Cast
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
John Standing
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
Michael Cochrane
Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
James Fox
Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
Colin Stinton
Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
Anthony Calf
Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)
Jeremy Child
Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)
Tom Enders
Richard Cordery
Tom Enders
Sir Anthony Parsons
Robert Hardy
Sir Anthony Parsons
Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
John Woodvine
Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
Rupert Vansittart
Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
Jonathan Coy
Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Recently, there have been a spate of singularly poor dramas about historical figures from the British Isles - "Mary, Queen of Scots" (2018), "Robert, the Bruce" (2019) being two of the least agreeable - but this takes that low benchmark and throws it under the bus (or chariot). Anyone expecting a battle-fest featuring this famously brave and courageous Queen leading loads of people in woad fighting off the fearsome Roman Legions is in for an huge disappointment. You will possibly have seen bloodier battles on a rugby field - indeed, what action there is seemed more about whether our as yet only teenage Boudica was going to be seduced by a deserting Roman legionnaire impersonating, well, who really cares. I'm afraid that this is just dreadful - the sort of film you would be proud of your kids making at college, but deserving of no more than that. The production quality is adequate, and actually the technical aspects - costumes, wattle huts etc., are adequate too - but the acting, dialogue and the whole pace of the thing makes you ever grateful that it's just 80 minutes long... Avoid, you know you want to.
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