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As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 14, 2005
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Greenpoint Films, Goldcrest Films International
Cast
Full credits →J
Jonathan Pryce
James Penfield
T
Tim Curry
Jeremy Hancock
R
Rosemary Harris
Ann Barrington
F
Frank Finlay
Matthew Fox
D
David de Keyser
Gold
B
Bill Paterson
Lecturer
O
Orlando Wells
Tom Fox
N
Nat Jackley
Mr Penfield
P
Pearl Hackney
Mrs Penfield
P
Peter Walmsley
Bob Tuckett
R
Robert Cartland
Editor
C
Christopher Fulford
Young Journalist
D
David Lyon
Newsreader
W
Witold Schejbal
Jacek
W
William Maxwell
Journalist
A
Andy Rashleigh
Journalist
A
Anna Wing
Woman at Poetry Reading
K
Ken Drury
Young Man at Poetry Reading
R
Richard Cottan
Student at Poetry Reading
P
Peter Birch
Barman
