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Churchill and the Generals

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A television play by Ian Curteis
Starring Timothy West as Winston Churchill
and Patrick Allen as General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Lyndon Brook as King George VI, Richard Dysart as General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alexander Knox as Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Patrick Magee as General Sir Archibald Wavell, Eric Porter as General Sir Alan Brooke, Ian Richardson as General B.L. Montgomery
and also starring Arthur Hill as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
with special guest star Joseph Cotten as General George C. Marshall

A BBCtv production in association with Jack Le Vien, executive producer for Le Vien International Production Ltd. and the Australian Broadcasting Commission

including at: 9.30" News on 2, Weather

Feature p.88

Contributors

Writer:
Ian Curteis
Music composed by:
Wilfred Josephs
Conducted by:
Marcus Dods
Film Research:
Shirley Seaton
Military Adviser:
Brigadier Peter Young, D.S.O., M.C.
Costume Designer:
Andrew MacKenzie
Make-up Artist:
Eileen Mair
Designer:
Chris Pemsel
Producer:
Alan Shallcross
Director:
Alan Gibson
Excutive Producer for Le Vien International Production Ltd.:
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
[Actor]:
Desmond Cullum-Jones
[Actor]:
Derek Ensor
[Actor]:
Julian Fox
[Actor]:
Alan Halley
[Actor]:
Adam Norton
[Actor]:
Doyle Richmond
[Actress]:
Doreen Ubels
Source: Radio Times

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