The war nobody remembers, with speeches that sound eerily familiar today.
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.
Acting
Donald Pleasence as Dr. Johnson, somehow both dignified and exhausted.
Writing
Actual 18th-century speeches, no Hollywood rewrite needed.
Director
Colin Bucksey
Warren Clarke
Narrator
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Malcolm Terris
Mr. Dowdeswell M.P.
Christopher Ellison
First M.P.
Angus MacKay
Second M.P.
Terence Rigby
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
James Grout
William Strahan
Alun Lewis
Hockey
Nicholas Gecks
Blanding
John Bird
Lord North
Matthew Scurfield
Mr. Dyson M.P.
Norman Rodway
Mr. Nicholas Calvert M.P.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made months after the actual Falklands War ended, this was BBC's sly way of saying 'we've been here before' without explicit commentary.
Warren Clarke narrates with zero on-screen presence—he was already famous as Dim in A Clockwork Orange, lending accidental menace to colonial history.
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