Colin Firth is fantastic playing Lt. Robert Lawrence, who really did get shot in the head in the Falklands and through anger and care made it to the other side. It's a great screenplay by Charles Wood, who has written other things about military life including the anti-war Charge of the Light Brigade. (Is that all? Maybe he's less interested in the military than I thought.) It's in flashback so we can see how Lawrence is now and flicks back to the war and his recovery. He's not a particularly likeable character; nor is his pal Paul Rhys; in fact the woman they visit (not quite sure who she was ) describes them as 'angry killers'.
The various voices heard - officers, soldiers, friends, family, carers, the media - are well caught.
His father is David Calder - I knew I knew him. Lots on TV, notably as Bramwell. Mother is Barbara Leigh-Hunt from Frenzy.
Photographed by Andrew Dunn. Edited by Ken Pearce, music by Richard Hartley. Something of a controversy on its release as a 'Sunday Premiere' on the BBC. Won Baftas for Best Single Drama, for Dunn, and Shaunna Harrison for make-up.
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