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| Director: | Simon Cellan Jones | 
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| Writer: | John Fortune | 
| Staring: | 
| Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 30, 2006 | 
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| Director: | Simon Cellan Jones | 
| Writer: | John Fortune | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | coup d'etat, equatorial guinea, putsch, sir mark thatcher | 
| Production Companies | BBC | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Jared Harris | Simon Mann | 
| Robert Bathurst | Mark Thatcher | 
| Lucy Cohu | Amanda Mann | 
| Rupert Vansittart | Roddy Hamilton | 
| Caroline Blakiston | Margaret Thatcher | 
| Joe Mason | Sandy Mann | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Simon Cellan Jones | Director | 
| John Fortune | Writer | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Jo Wright | Producer | 
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