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Dunkirk: Retreat

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

1/3. Dramatised documentary series charting perhaps the greatest evacuation in naval history.
May 1940: overwhelmed by blitzkrieg, the Allies in France head for the coast where the Navy has improvised a rescue. Timothy Dalton narrates.

Contributors

Narrator:
Timothy Dalton
Writer:
Neil McKay
Writer:
Lisa Osborne
Writer/Director:
Alex Holmes
Producer:
Rob Warr
Churchill:
Simon Russell Beale
Private Alf Tombs:
Clive Brunt
Harry Noakes:
Phil Cornwell
Lt Langley:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Guardsman Thorogood:
Ricci Harnett
Maj McCorquodale:
Nicholas Jones
Signalman Saunders:
Michael Legge
Lt David Mellis:
James Loye
Maj Gen Alexander:
Kevin R McNally
FrankieOsborne:
Roland Manookian
Lukie Osborne:
Alex Noodle
Cpt Bill Tennant:
Adrian Rawlins
Maj Philip Newman:
Rick Warden
Source: Radio Times

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