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Chance of a Lifetime

1980

1h 15m

Drama, TV Movie

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Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Gordon, joins the army and is killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland. The younger blames his father for letting Gordon join the army.

Cast

David Daker

Andy Saville

David Buck

Major Ian Anderson

Kenneth MacDonald

School teacher

Rachel Bell

School secretary

Oliver Maguire

Stephen Gallagher

J.G. Devlin

Old Mr. Gallagher

Mollie Maureen

Old Mrs. Gallagher

Rose Hill

Old lady

Martyn Hesford

Gordon Saville

Richard Tolan

Phillip Saville

Madelaine Newton

Jean

Stephen Greenwood

Stephen

Gary Patterson

Colin

Stuart Teale

Headmaster

Christopher Denham

Taxi driver

Tony McHale

Recruiting sergeant

Christopher Reeks

Recruiting sergeant

Max Hafler

Army recruit

Norman Scace

Pathologist

Peter Biddle

Gardener

Joe Belcher

Shift worker

Alison Ambler

Nurse

Michael Fox

Schoolboy

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