The Falklands Play Row

Directed by Sally Thomson
2002    29mHistory
In 1987, five years after the Falklands War, writer Ian Curteis wrote a play about the events leading up to and during the war. However the BBC refused to film it until 2002 when changes were made to it. The popular explanation is that Curteis's play was pro-Thatcher at a time when the BBC was accused of being "leftist". This documentary, produced to coincide with the broadcast of the play, examines the reasons for the political row surrounding it.

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Cast of The Falklands Play Row

  • Eddie MairSelf - Narrator
  • Norman TebbitSelf - Chairman of the Conservative Party
  • Bernard InghamSelf - Press Secretary to Margaret Thatcher 1979-1990
  • Margaret ThatcherSelf - Prime Minister
  • Ian CurteisSelf - Playwright
  • Alasdair MilneSelf - BBC Director General 1982-1987
  • Michael GradeSelf - Director of Programmes 1986-1987
  • Peter GoodchildSelf - BBC Head of Plays 1984-1989
  • Peter FiddickSelf - Media Editor, The Guardian 1984-1989
  • Chris DunkleySelf - Television Critic, Financial Times 1972-2002

 

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