
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
First Aired: 2/21/1993
Languages: English
Created by: Dennis Potter
Type: Miniseries
Companies: Whistling Gypsy Production, Channel 4 Television
Countries: United Kingdom
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
Douglas Henshall
Corporal Berry
Giles Thomas
Private Francis Francis

Ewan McGregor
Private Mick Hopper

Louise Germaine
Sylvia Berry

Douglas Henshall
Corporal Berry

Peter Jeffrey
Colonel Bernwood

Roy Hudd
Harold Atterbow

Clive Francis
Major Hedges

Nicholas Jones
Major Carter

Nicholas Farrell
Major Church

Maggie Steed
Aunt Vickie

Bernard Hill
Uncle Fred
Bernard Brown
Prime Minister Eden
1989
2013