The Falklands Play

2002    90m    Not Rated
7.274%
On April 2, 1982, Britain went to war to regain the Falkland Islands. This movie is a gripping account of how Prime Minister Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP's government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since the Suez Canal. It tells the story of how Argentina, an ally of the British, fought the Conservative government and invaded the Falklands. This play charts the backroom maneuverings between Thatcher's government and the military, between the British and the Americans, and the Americans and the Argentinians that led to a breakdown in diplomacy, to war, and to Britain's eventual victory.
Directed By
Michael Samuels
Written By
Ian Curteis
Studio
BBC
Cast of The Falklands Play
  • Patricia HodgeRt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
  • John StandingRt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
  • Michael CochraneRt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
  • James FoxRt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
  • Colin StintonAlexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
  • Anthony CalfRobin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
  • Jeremy ChildRt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)
  • Richard CorderyTom Enders
  • Robert HardySir Anthony Parsons
  • John WoodvineAdm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
  • Rupert VansittartSir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
  • Jonathan CoyRichard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
  • Clive MerrisonRt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
  • Peter BlytheRt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)
  • Jeremy ClydeSir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)
  • Shaughan SeymourAdm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)
  • Jasper JacobJohn Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)
  • Bob ShermanPresident Ronald Reagan
  • Lorelei KingJeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
  • Garrick HagonVernon Walters (Senior Adviser to the US Secretary of State)
  • Arturo VenegasJavier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)
  • Vernon DobtcheffNicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
  • Robert BowmanSir Hamilton Whyte (Member, British Mission to the UN)
  • Tom ChadbonAdm. Sir John Fieldhouse (C-in-C Fleet)
  • Gordon Langford RoweRt Hon George Thomas MP (Speaker of the House of Commons)
  • Patrick GodfreyRt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
  • Ron MeadowsRt Hon Peter Shore MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer)
  • Renny KrupinskiDavid Lambie MP (Labour)
  • Charles McCurdyJohn Browne MP (Conservative)
  • Martin OldfieldRt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)
  • Geoffrey WilkinsonSir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)
  • Alan RothwellJohn Wells MP (Conservative)
  • Geoff HolmanRt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)
  • David FleeshmanDenis Healey MP (Labour)

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