Overview
Starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox). Based on the 1980 Christopher Matthew book 'The Long-Haired Boy'. Loosley based on the true story of Richard Hillary with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.
Cast
Fiona Gillies
6 episodes
Nigel Havers
6 episodes
James Fox
6 episodes
Amanda Elwes
6 episodes
Bernard Hepton
6 episodes
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
6 episodes
Nicholas Pritchard
6 episodes
Patrick Ryecart
6 episodes
Thomas Wheatley
6 episodes
Jeffrey Daunton
6 episodes
Georgia Allen
6 episodes
Fiona Mollison
6 episodes
Jeff Rawle
6 episodes
Media
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