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Top UK actors cast in Thatcher drama

Top UK actors cast in Thatcher drama
Wednesday, July 23 2008, 21:18 BST

By Dave West, Media Correspondent

Robert Hardy (Rex Features)
A cast of respected British actors will play Margaret Thatcher's allies and deserters in an upcoming BBC Two drama charting her political downfall.

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.

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

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Thu Jul-24-08 05:40 AM
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1. Should be interesting.

Robert Hardy will make a great Willie!

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