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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.
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Wed 15 Oct 202522:00
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 200221:00
- Thu 11 Apr 200222:35
Tue 4 Jun 200222:00BBC Two England- Wed 28 Aug 200221:00
- Mon 30 Dec 200219:30
- Mon 2 Jun 200321:00
- Thu 15 Jan 200420:30
- Fri 10 Mar 200622:00
- Wed 11 Jun 200821:00
- Tue 1 Dec 202022:00
- Wed 8 Jun 202222:00
- Wed 15 Oct 202522:00
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