The Falklands Play
2002 | 90m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Michael Samuels |
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| Writer: | Ian Curteis |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 10, 2002 |
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| Director: | Michael Samuels |
| Writer: | Ian Curteis |
| Genres: | Drama, War, TV Movie |
| Keywords | falklands war |
| Production Companies | BBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| John Woodvine | Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin (Chief of the Defence Staff) |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Carrie Hilton | Casting |
| Ian Curteis | Writer |
| Rebecca Ferrand | Line Producer |
| Mark Isaac | Cinematography |
| Steve Rees | Camera Operator |
| Rory Taylor | Cinematography |
| Madelaine Leech | Art Direction |
| Sallie Adams | Makeup Designer |
| Kirsty Herring | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sacha Whitmarsh | Production Manager |
| Tammy Kempinski | Second Assistant Director |
| Colin Bradbury | Property Master |
| Michael Samuels | Director |
| Chris Pearce | Assistant Camera |
| Kevin Rudge | Camera Operator |
| Martin Sharpe | Editor |
| Melanie Allen | Production Design |
| Jayne Gregory | Costume Design |
| Jane Bevans | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Kristy Herring | Makeup Artist |
| Paul Elkins | First Assistant Director |
| Holly Watson | Third Assistant Director |
| Sandy Garfield | Property Buyer |
| Jason Hopfner | Boom Operator |
| Mario Mooney | Sound Mixer |
| Mark Issac | Camera Operator |
| Chuck Douglas | Extras Casting |
| Dominic Aarons | Colorist |
| Jenny Bowman | Script Supervisor |
| Vanessa Stoddart | Production Accountant |
| Alan Cridford | Boom Operator |
| James Loosemore | Sound Editor |
| Graham Cussell | Electrician |
| Gavin Walters | Gaffer |
| Allison Wyldeck | Costume Supervisor |
| Lesley MacKinnon | Assistant Editor |
| Nicola Pinn | Production Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Fell | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Howe | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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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 ba ... ttle-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.