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The Falklands Play
Ian Curteis's once-controversial dramatisation of how the Thatcher government went to war against Argentina to regain the Falkland Islands.
Ian Curteis's once-controversial dramatisation of how the Thatcher government went to war against Argentina to regain the Falkland Islands. It charts the backroom manoeuvrings between Thatcher's government and the military, between the British and the Americans, and the Americans and the Argentineans that led to a breakdown in diplomacy, to war and to Britain's eventual victory.
Last on
Wed 8 Jun 2022
22:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Margaret Thatcher | Patricia Hodge |
| Lord Carrington | James Fox |
| William Whitelaw MP | John Standing |
| Nicholas Ridley MP | Michael Cochrane |
| Francis Pym MP | Jeremy Child |
| Richard Luce MP | Jonathan Coy |
| Robert Armstrong | Rupert Vansittart |
| General Alexander Haig | Colin Stinton |
Broadcasts
- Wed 10 Apr 2002 21:00
- Thu 11 Apr 2002 22:35
Tue 4 Jun 2002 22:00麻豆社 Two England- Wed 28 Aug 2002 21:00
- Mon 30 Dec 2002 19:30
- Mon 2 Jun 2003 21:00
- Thu 15 Jan 2004 20:30
- Fri 10 Mar 2006 22:00
- Wed 11 Jun 2008 21:00
- Tue 1 Dec 2020 22:00
- Wed 8 Jun 2022 22:00
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