Top UK actors cast in Margaret Thatcher drama

Indy500 · 1 Oct 2008 at 01:57

It seems a TV drama series about Thatcher's final days as PM is in the making:

Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars) has been cast as her loyal husband Denis, James Fox (A Passage To India) as foreign policy advisor Charles Powell and Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great and Small) as Willie Whitelaw.

Others appearing include Philip Jackson (Poirot) as chief press secretary Bernard Ingham, Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean) as Ken Clarke and Oliver Cotton (The Commander) as Michael Heseltine.

The casting of Lindsay Duncan in the lead role was announced earlier this year.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a114501/top-uk-actors-cast-in-thatcher-drama.html

Interesting...I wonder how accurate it will be.

Noel Gallagher · 1 Oct 2008 at 02:34

I've heard of NONE of those 'top' actors.

Dj_Jestar · 1 Oct 2008 at 02:59

Try googling them, you'll know them then.

Noel Gallagher · 1 Oct 2008 at 03:05

I checked them all, only once I recognise is Kevin McNally..

Ceryndrion · 1 Oct 2008 at 06:42

Ian McDiarmid = Emporer Palpatine

how can you not know that?

PwnDirect · 1 Oct 2008 at 06:46

Hope it shows her stealing milk from little children &
starving people to death

Greenlizard0 · 1 Oct 2008 at 10:10

I really really really really really really really hope there isn't a nude scene.

Cosimo · 1 Oct 2008 at 10:14

Greenlizard0 said:
I really really really really really really really hope there isn't a nude scene.

Can you imagine Maggie in the flesh. :eek:

Von Smallhausen · 1 Oct 2008 at 10:25

PwnDirect said:
Hope it shows her stealing milk from little children &
starving people to death

Yes.

Then along came Labour and extended child poverty even more.

Bubo · 1 Oct 2008 at 13:21

Kenneth Brannagh to play Arthur Scargill?

Sankari · 30 Dec 2008 at 09:20

Neville Gorman to play Anthony Flynche?

Oh, and holy thread revival Batman, etc.

Flibster · 30 Dec 2008 at 11:36

simulatorman said:
Can you imagine Maggie in the flesh.

I've just eaten... thanks for that image... :eek:

a1ex2001 · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:06

PwnDirect said:
Hope it shows her stealing milk from little children &
starving people to death

I was rather hoping for a fair and balanced perspective on her time as the most powerful women in the world but hey if you want to have some narrow minded trade unionist review then fair enough.

Tom0 · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:11

Top UK TV Actors maybe

Sankari · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:15

I'd be particularly keen to learn why she refused to condemn Reagan during the Iran-Contra scandal. In fact, she wrote him a personal letter of support.

The woman was morally bankrupt.

a1ex2001 · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:21

Evangelion said:
morally bankrupt.

A slight exageration, Robert Mugabe maybe described as morally bankrupt, while Thatcher like most other world leaders is merely self interested.

Sankari · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:29

a1ex2001 said:
A slight exageration, Robert Mugabe maybe described as morally bankrupt, while Thatcher like most other world leaders is merely self interested.

Where was the self-interest in turning a blind eye to the Iran-Contra scandal?

Burnsy2023 · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:51

Tom0 said:
Top UK TV Actors maybe

Not if you look at their IMDB profile.

Sankari · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:56

Neville Gorman, tbh. He'd make a cracking Anthony Flynche.

Random Guy · 30 Dec 2008 at 12:59

Greenlizard0 said:
I really really really really really really really hope there isn't a nude scene.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

ERASE MENTAL IMAGE! ERASE MENTAL IMAGE!