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Summaries. 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 ...
THE FALKLANDS PLAY. Directed by. Michael Samuels. United Kingdom, 2002. Drama, War, TV Movie. 90. Synopsis. A BBC television docudrama about the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. Synopsis. A BBC television docudrama ab ...
1. Dez. 2023 · The BBC commissioned the TV play from writer Ian Curteis in 1986, but notoriously shelved it for 16 years because of its pro-Thatcher stance ahead of a general election. The decision to halt it was taken by then BBC 1 Controller Michael Grade, creating a press furore over claims of bias and censorship.
4. Juli 2015 · The Falklands Play In 2002, BBC Radio and Television revisited a controversial subject. It was the long-awaited broadcast of The Falklands Play, which remained shelved for 16 years.
The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increasingly come to specialise in dramatic reconstructions of history. It was originally commissioned by the BBC in 1983, for production and broadcast in 1986 ...
6. Apr. 2017 · The play, about Thatcher’s response to Argentina’s 1982 invasion of the Falklands Islands—a British territory in the south Atlantic—offended BBC One executives who apparently found, in its ...
A documentary looking at the controversy about a play about the Falklands War which was commissioned in 1987, but not produced until 2002. Featuring writer I...
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