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, but was subsequently shelved by Controller of BBC One Michael Grade due to its alleged pro-Margaret Thatcher stance and jingoistic tone. This prompted a press furore over media bias and censorship.The play was not staged until 2002, when it was broadcast in separate adaptations on BBC Television and Radio.
as Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister)
as Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
as Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP (Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
as Rt Hon Peter, 6th Baron Carrington KCMG MC (Foreign Secretary)
as Alexander Haig (US Secretary of State)
as Robin Fearn (Head of Falkland Islands Department, Foreign Office)
as Rt Hon Francis Pym MC MP (Foreign Secretary)
as Tom Enders
as Sir Anthony Parsons
as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
as Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
as Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
as Rt Hon John Nott MP (Secretary of State for Defence)
as Rt Hon Sir Michael Havers QC MP (Attorney-General)
as Sir Nicholas Henderson (HM Ambassador to the United States)
as Adm. Sir Henry Leach (First Sea Lord)
as John Wilkinson MP (Parliamentary Private Secretary to John Nott)
as President Ronald Reagan
as Jeanne Kirkpatrick (US Ambassador to the UN)
as Vernon Walters (Senior Adviser to the US Secretary of State)
as Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (UN Secretary-General)
as Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
as Sir Hamilton Whyte (Member, British Mission to the UN)
as Adm. Sir John Fieldhouse (C-in-C Fleet)
as Rt Hon George Thomas MP (Speaker of the House of Commons)
as Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
as Rt Hon Peter Shore MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer)
as David Lambie MP (Labour)
as John Browne MP (Conservative)
as Rt Hon Enoch Powell MP (Conservative)
as Sir Anthony Meyer Bt MP (Conservative)
as John Wells MP (Conservative)
as Rt Hon Tony Benn MP (Labour)
as Denis Healey MP (Labour)
