The Falklands Factor
26/04/1983
1h



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Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
Cast


Warren Clarke
Narrator


Donald Pleasence
Dr. Samuel Johnson


Malcolm Terris
Mr. Dowdeswell M.P.


Christopher Ellison
First M.P.


Angus MacKay
Second M.P.


Terence Rigby
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham


James Grout
William Strahan


Alun Lewis
Hockey


Nicholas Gecks
Blanding
David Purcell
A Beggar
Julia McCarthy
Mrs. Williams


John Bird
Lord North


Matthew Scurfield
Mr. Dyson M.P.
Ben Aris
Mr. Edmund Burke M.P.


Norman Rodway
Mr. Nicholas Calvert M.P.


Clive Merrison
"Junius"
David Timson
Man in Coffee House


John Owens
The Speaker


Shaun Wallace
Serving Boy
Derek Ware
Man taken by Press Gang


Paddy Joyce
Press Gang
Mike Kemp
Press Gang


David Jackson
Press Gang
Stewart Harwood
Ruffian
Michael Greatorex
Ruffian
Harry Fielder
Ruffian
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