All the King's Men (TV programme)
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| All the King's Men | |
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| Directed by | Julian Jarrold |
| Produced by | Gareth Neame |
| Written by | Alma Cullen |
| Starring | David Jason, Maggie Smith, David Troughton |
| Music by | Adrian Johnston |
| Cinematography | David Odd |
| Editing by | Chris Gill |
| Distributed by | BBC |
| Release date(s) | UK |
| Running time | 110 min |
| Country | UK / USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
- For film adaptations of the American novel, see All the King's Men.
All the King's Men is a feature-length World War I drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film is based on a book by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery. It derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.
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[edit] Plot
It is based on the story of the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment which included men from the King's estate at Sandringham House. The battalion suffered heavy losses in action at Gallipoli on 12 August 1915 and a myth grew up later that the unit had advanced into a mist and simply disappeared.[1] The film dramatises these events, the origins of the myth back home, and a royal investigator sent after the war to find the truth about the unit's fate. This fate is depicted as being taken prisoner by the Turkish Army and then massacred, for which the drama was criticised.[2]
[edit] Production
Filming occurred at Sandringham, on the North Norfolk Railway and elsewhere in Norfolk, with Andalucia in Spain serving as Gallipoli.
[edit] Reception
David Jason won Best Actor in the TV Quick Awards for his performance.[3]
The rendition of the Norfolk dialect in the film was one of the instances that led to the creation of the Friends of the Norfolk Dialect to preserve and promote the proper recreation of it.[4]
[edit] Cast
[edit] Principals
- David Jason - Captain Frank Beck, the Sandringham estate manager
- David Troughton - George V
- Maggie Smith - Queen Alexandra
[edit] Other
- William Ash - Sgt. Ted Grimes
- Sonya Walger - Lady Frances
- Stuart Bunce - 2nd Lt. Frederick Radley
- James Murray - Pvt. Will Needham
- Ed Waters - Cpl. Herbert Batterbee
- Tom Burke - Pvt. Chad Batterbee
- Ben Crompton - Pvt. Davy Croft
- Eamon Boland - Arthur Beck
- Jo Stone-Fewings - Lt. Alec Beck
- James Hillier - 2nd Lt. Evelyn Beck
- Emma Cunniffe - Peggy Batterbee
- Adam Kotz - Oswald Yeoman
- Patrick Malahide - Capt. Claude Howlett
- Gaye Brown - Queen Mary
- Phyllis Logan - Mary Beck
- Ian McDiarmid - Revd. Pierrepoint Edwards
- Danny Worters - Pvt. George Dacre
- Laurence Dobiesz - Luke Grimes
- Roland Oliver - Mr. Adams
- Jamie Beddard - Roland Adams
- Patrick Burke - Publican
- Francis Magee - Able seaman
- William Hoyland - Lt. Col. Proctor Beauchamp
- Jenny Dewsbury and Steve Davidson - Sandringham villagers
- Nicholas Haverson - Private at station
- Chris Fox - Corporal at station
- Darren Tighe - Cpl. Lloyd
- Roger Morlidge - Private in pub
- Daisy Gough - Princess Mary
- Heather Tobias - Mrs. Batterbee
- Jasper Jacob - German doctor
- Oliver Haden - Kamal Demiriz
- Ben Shockley - Neil Marklew
[edit] Crew
- Gareth Neame - producer
- Ruth Maturuas - associate producer
- Nigel McCrery - co-producer
- Rebecca Eaton, Hilary Salmon, Jane Tranter - executive producers
- Original Music by Adrian Johnston
- Cinematography by David Odd
- Film Editing by Chris Gill
- Casting by Maureen Duff and Gail Stevens
