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Acclaimed and controversial drama depicting Scots Guards officer Robert Lawrence's devastating experiences of the Falklands War.
April 1982: The British task force sails for the South Atlantic. Among their number is 22-year-old Robert Lawrence, an officer in the elite regiment of Scots Guards. On the bleak hills of the Falkland Islands they fight and win a series of bloody battles. For many of the soldiers it is a violent initiation into active combat, but for Robert, wounded hours before the Argentine surrender, the real battle begins when he returns home.
Last on
Wed 15 Jun 2022
22:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Robert Lawrence | Colin Firth |
| Director | Richard Eyre |
| Hugh Mackessac | Paul Rhys |
| John Lawrence | David Calder |
| Jean Lawrence | Barbara Leigh-Hunt |
| Sophie | Emma Harbour |
| Nick Lawrence | Rupert Baker |
| Christopher Lawrence | Jack Fortune |
| George Stubbs | Roddy Maude-Roxby |
| Helen Stubbs | Ann Bell |
| Louise Stubbs | Sophie Thompson |
| Prothero | Dan Hildebrand |
| Sgt Brodick | Tam Dean Burn |
| Lumpy | Mark Williams |
| Fraser | Ian Michie |
| Saltemarsh | Paul Higgins |
| O'Rourke | Stewart Porter |
| Lt Col Bill Kirke | Timothy Carlton |
| Adj Stewart Inglis | Mark Wing-Davey |
| Maj Walsh | Robin Dalglish |
| Padre | Andrew McCulloch |
| Lt Peter Fyshe | Edward Rawle-Hicks |
| Noble Lord | Charles Millham |
| Harry Hebers | Ben Cole |
| Terry Knapp | Clive Russell |
| Surgeon | James Griffiths |
| Brigade Off | David Conville |
| Group Capt | Edwin Richfield |
| Wentworth | Brian Hall |
| Major | Pete Postlethwaite |
| Elderly Man | Charles Lamb |
| RAF Officer | Richard Owens |
| Welsh Lady | Arbel Jones |
| Welsh Man | Sean Scanlan |
| Air Cdr | Tony Caunter |
| Colour Sgt | Iain McColl |
| Lt Col RAMC | Edward Lyon |
| Wendy | Victoria Hasted |
| Maj Newman | Angela Morant |
| CSM Brown | Murray Ewan |
| CSM Brown | Wendy Nottingham |
| Doctor | Andrew Livingston |
| Mary | Maggie McCarthy |
| Night Nurse | Sharon D Clarke |
| Night Nurse | Leila Bertrand |
| Angie | Lisa Tarbuck |
| Tricia | Felicity Montagu |
| Chaplain | Roy Spencer |
| Benny | Winston Crooke |
| Cabby | Steven Law |
| Yeoman Warder | Alan White |
| Tug | George Irving |
| Mandy | Marian McLoughlin |
| Phyllida | Serena Gordon |
| Argentinian | Francisco Morales |
| Argentinian | Martin Garfield |
| Writer | Charles Wood |
| Producer | Richard Broke |
Broadcasts
Tue 31 May 1988 21:30- Sun 9 Oct 1988 21:05
- Mon 8 Jun 1992 22:25
- Wed 24 Apr 2002 21:00
- Sat 27 Apr 2002 22:25
- Mon 26 Sep 2011 22:00
- Thu 14 Jun 2012 22:00
- Wed 15 Jun 2022 22:00