About
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.
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Cast
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Warren Clarke
Narrator
D
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Samuel Johnson
M
Malcolm Terris
Mr. Dowdeswell M.P.
C
Christopher Ellison
First M.P.
A
Angus MacKay
Second M.P.
T
Terence Rigby
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
J
James Grout
William Strahan
A
Alun Lewis
Hockey
N
Nicholas Gecks
Blanding
D
David Purcell
A Beggar
J
Julia McCarthy
Mrs. Williams
J
John Bird
Lord North
M
Matthew Scurfield
Mr. Dyson M.P.
B
Ben Aris
Mr. Edmund Burke M.P.
N
Norman Rodway
Mr. Nicholas Calvert M.P.
C
Clive Merrison
"Junius"
D
David Timson
Man in Coffee House
J
John Owens
The Speaker
S
Shaun Wallace
Serving Boy
D
Derek Ware
Man taken by Press Gang
