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Churchill and the Generals

BBC One
on BBC One London

A television play by IAN CURTEIS starring and also starring with special guest star with DESMOND CULLUM-JONES DEREK ENSOR , JULIAN FOX
ALAN HALLEY , ADAM NORTON
DOYLE RICHMOND , DOREEN UBELS
Churchill and the Generals packed the punch it did because it managed to achieve such a remarkable degree of credibility. (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH) As a tribute to the great, erratic English genius who spoke for an awakened people, Churchill and the Generals' heart was certainly in the right place.
(DAILY MAIL)
Music composed by WILFRED JOSEPHS conducted by MARCUS DODS
Film research SHIRLEY SEATON Military adviser
BRIGADIER PETER YOUNG, DSO, MC Producer ALAN SHALLCROSS Director ALAN GIBSON
A BBCtv production in association with JACK LE VIEN , executive producer for LE VIEN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION LTD, and the AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION
The complete script of this play is available from [address removed], £3.75 including postage and packing
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Contributors

Play By:
Ian Curteis
Unknown:
Desmond Cullum-Jones
Unknown:
Derek Ensor
Unknown:
Julian Fox
Unknown:
Alan Halley
Unknown:
Adam Norton
Unknown:
Doyle Richmond
Unknown:
Doreen Ubels
Composed By:
Wilfred Josephs
Conducted By:
Marcus Dods
Unknown:
Shirley Seaton
Unknown:
Brigadier Peter Young, Dso, Mc
Producer:
Alan Shallcross
Director:
Alan Gibson
Unknown:
Jack Le Vien
Winston Churchill:
Timothy West
General Sir Claude Auchinleck:
Patrick Allen
King George VI:
Lyndon Brook
General Dwight D Eisenhower:
Richard Dysart
Secretary of War Henry Stimson:
Alexander Knox
General Sir Archibald Wavell:
Patrick Magee
General Sir Alan Brooke:
Eric Porter
General B L Montgomery:
Ian Richardson
President Franklin D Roosevelt:
Arthur Hill
General George C Marshall:
Joseph Cotten
Neville Chamberlain:
Edward Jewesbury
Edward, Lord Halifax:
Bernard Archard
General Sir Hastings Ismay:
Paul Hardwick
General Sir John Dill:
Peter Copley
General Sir Edmund Ironside:
Noel Coleman
Clement Attlee:
Barry Jackson
Paul Reynaud:
Jacques Duby
General Maurice Gamelin:
Andre Maranne
Brigadier-General Charles de Gaulle:
Jacques Boudet
Harry Hopkins:
Robert Arden
Queen Elizabeth:
Amanda Walker
Anthony Eden:
Richard Easton
Sir Charles Wilson:
Geoffrey Keen
General Sir Harold Alexander:
Terence Alexander
General Maitland Wilson:
Robert Raglan
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay:
Noel Johnson
Source: Radio Times

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