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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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Warren Clarke | Narrator | Unowned | |
Donald Pleasence | Dr. Samuel Johnson | Unowned | |
Malcolm Terris | Mr. Dowdeswell M.P. | Unowned | |
Christopher Ellison | First M.P. | Unowned | |
Angus MacKay | Second M.P. | Unowned | |
Terence Rigby | William Pitt, Earl of Chatham | Unowned | |
James Grout | William Strahan | Unowned | |
Alun Lewis | Hockey | Unowned | |
Nicholas Gecks | Blanding | Unowned | |
David Purcell | A Beggar | Unowned | |
Julia McCarthy | Mrs. Williams | Unowned | |
John Bird | Lord North | Unowned | |
Matthew Scurfield | Mr. Dyson M.P. | Unowned | |
Ben Aris | Mr. Edmund Burke M.P. | Unowned | |
Norman Rodway | Mr. Nicholas Calvert M.P. | Unowned | |
Clive Merrison | "Junius" | Unowned | |
David Timson | Man in Coffee House | Unowned | |
John Owens | The Speaker | Unowned | |
Shaun Wallace | Serving Boy | Unowned | |
Derek Ware | Man taken by Press Gang | Unowned | |
Paddy Joyce | Press Gang | Unowned | |
Mike Kemp | Press Gang | Unowned | |
David Jackson | Press Gang | Unowned | |
Stewart Harwood | Ruffian | Unowned | |
Michael Greatorex | Ruffian | Unowned | |
Harry Fielder | Ruffian | Unowned |