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The Bounty

BBC One
on BBC One London

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On 23 December 1787 Captain William Bligh and his crew set sail for Tahiti and the West Indies. After terrible storms and violent arguments aboard ship they reach their destination. But the pleasures of Tahiti prove too tempting for the crew and lead to a confrontation between Bligh and his deputy Fletcher Christian.
Mel Gibson leads a star cast in the most famous mutiny in naval history.
Screenplay byJOHN BOLT
Produced by BERNARD WILLIAMS Directed by ROGER DONALDSON
(First showing on British television)
* FILMS: page 25
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
William Bligh
Unknown:
Fletcher Christian.
Unknown:
Mel Gibson
Unknown:
John Bolt
Produced By:
Bernard Williams
Directed By:
Roger Donaldson
Fletcher:
Mel Gibson
William Bligh:
Anthony Hopkins
Admiral Hood:
Laurence Olivier
Captain Greetham:
Edward Fox
John Fryer:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Cole:
Bernard Hill
Young:
Philip Davis
Churchill:
Liam Neeson
King Tynah:
Wi Kuki Kaa
Mauatua:
Tevaite Vernette
Adams:
Philip Martin Brown
Nelson:
Simon Chandler
Doctor Huggan:
Malcolm Terris
Heywood:
Simon Adams
Smith:
John Sessions
Source: Radio Times

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