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Chance of a Lifetime
Film / 1980

Chance of a Lifetime

Directed by Giles Foster
DramaTV movie

★ 10.0/10Audience rating

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.

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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 DakerAndy Saville Martyn HesfordGordon Saville Richard TolanPhillip Saville Madelaine NewtonJean David BuckMajor Ian Anderson Kenneth MacDonaldSchool teacher Rachel BellSchool secretary Stephen GreenwoodStephen Gary PattersonColin Stuart TealeHeadmaster Oliver MaguireStephen Gallagher J.G. DevlinOld Mr. Gallagher
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Mollie MaureenOld Mrs. Gallagher Christopher DenhamTaxi driver Tony McHaleRecruiting sergeant Christopher ReeksRecruiting sergeant Max HaflerArmy recruit Norman ScacePathologist Peter BiddleGardener Joe BelcherShift worker Rose HillOld lady Alison AmblerNurse Michael FoxSchoolboy

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