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Screen One: The Mountain and the Molehill

BBC One
on BBC One London

A new BBC film written by David Reid. with It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.
Music ILONA SEKACZ
Film editor TARIQ ANWAR Design STUART WALKER
Photography PHILIP BONHAM-CARTER Producers RUTH CALEB and GRAHAM MASSEY
Director MOIRA ARMSTRONG
• FEATURE: page 9
• FILMS: page 23
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Contributors

Written By:
David Reid.
Music:
Ilona Sekacz
Editor:
Tariq Anwar
Design:
Stuart Walker
Unknown:
Philip Bonham-Carter
Producers:
Ruth Caleb
Producers:
Graham Massey
Director:
Moira Armstrong
Mr Maggs:
Michael Gough
Reg:
Michael Quill
Dennis:
Demetri Jagger
Norman:
Jacob Krichefski
Lauderdale:
John Carson
Lilliwhite:
Paul Brooke
Meadows:
Ian Thompson
Jennifer:
Sally Noden
Mrs Anderson:
Eliza Hunt
Mr Bellows:
Charles Lewsen
Major Sykes:
Frank Williams
Mr Smout:
Alan David
Mademoiselle Gidoux:
Valerie Chassigneux
Lieutenant Hipwell:
Stephen Hoye
Kopanski:
Bradley Lavelle
Colonel Mitchell:
James Aubrey
Air Vice Marshal:
Roger Brierley
Churchill's secretary:
Peter Howell
Homeguard man:
James Appleby
Gieves:
Tristram Davies
Source: Radio Times

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