"Sunday Premiere" Tumbledown (TV Episode 1988)

Won 3 BAFTA Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

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Colin Firth

Robert Lawrence

Paul Rhys

Hugh MacKessac

David Calder

John Lawrence

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Jean Lawrence

Emma Bowe

Sophie Martin-Wells
(as Emma Harbour)

Rupert Baker

Nick Lawrence

Jack Fortune

Christopher Lawrence

Roddy Maude-Roxby

George Stubbs

Ann Bell

Helen Stubbs

Sophie Thompson

Louise Stubbs

Dan Hildebrand

Prothero

Tam Dean Burn

Sergeant Brodick

Mark Williams

Lumpy

Ian Michie

Fraser

Paul Higgins

Saltemarsh

Stewart Porter

O'Rourke

Timothy Carlton

Lt. Colonel Bill Kirke

Mark Wing-Davey

Adjutant Stewart Inglis

Director
- Richard Eyre
Writer
- Charles Wood
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An early Collin Firth outing, sees him as a crippled, bitter vet of of the Falklands conflict. The horrific fighting of hand to hand conflict at Tumbledown, harps back to the carnage of WW1 and in this instance, not fighting against Argentinian, teenage conscripts but hardened troopers. The whole vibe of this T. V movie is that the war was a complete waste of time and showing in bloody detail the terrible human cost.

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Trivia
Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence MC.

Goofs
Towards the end of the film, Firth is shown wearing a panama hat behind some guardsmen in full dress. They are welcoming a coach load of other guardsmen in combat dress. Those on parade in full dress, have their buttons singly and a white plume on the right side of their bearskins. This would indicate that they were Grenadier Guards. As such, surely the plume should be on the left side of the bearskin.

Quotes
[an RAF doctor is giving Robert yet more tests]
Squadron Leader Wentworth: Your father gave me a lesson in military etiquette. I shall give you one. I am called "Sir".
Robert Lawrence: What are you? Squadron Leader? In the Household Division we don't call your rank "Sir".
Squadron Leader Wentworth: Well you can start now, Lawrence.
Robert Lawrence: You're in the Royal Air Force. Are you a flyer?
Squadron Leader Wentworth: No I'm not. I'm a doctor.
Robert Lawrence: [snarls] Well listen, Doctor. Just test this fist. It's just about to give you your first fucking flying lesson!