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Pinochet in Suburbia

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on BBC Two England

Derek Jacobi takes the lead in this powerful drama charting General Pinochet's enforced exile under house arrest in the UK from October 1998 to spring 2000. As Amnesty International and Chilean exiles campaign tirelessly to see the former dictator face trial for atrocities under his regime, old ally Lady Thatcher (Anna Massey) comes out of retirement to lobby for his release. Will Home Secretary Jack Straw be forced into making an embarrassing U-turn?

General Pinochet features in "Chile: the Other 9/11" at 10.35pm on BBC4

Anna Massey is in "To Be a Pilgrim" on Friday at 2.15pm on Radio 4

Carol Thatcher on Pinochet: page 13

Contributors

Writer/Producer/Director:
Richard Curson Smith
General Pinochet:
Derek Jacobi
Lucia Pinochet:
Phyllida Law
Andy McEntee:
Peter Capaldi
Lady Thatcher:
Anna Massey
Jack Straw:
Michael Maloney
Nicole Drouilly:
Yolanda Vazquez
Michael Caplan:
Pip Torrens
WPC Broughton:
Jessica Stevenson
Pam Harris:
Susan Wooldridge
Source: Radio Times

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