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Bert & Dickie
Film / 2012

Bert & Dickie

Directed by David Blair
DramaHistoryTV movie

★ 6.2/10Audience rating

Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it - not only by pushing physical and emotional limits, but also by overcoming their vast professional and personal differences.

The story

Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it - not only by pushing physical and emotional limits, but also by overcoming their vast professional and personal differences.

Cast

Matt SmithBert Bushnell Sam HoareDickie Burnell Geoffrey PalmerCharles Burnell Ron CookAlbert James FrainJack Beresford Clive MerrisonClement Attlee Alexandra MoenRosalind Burnell Douglas HodgeMr. Bushnell Sara VickersMargaret Brian ShelleyOlympic Official Kevin HudsonWheelwright (uncredited)

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