The Charge of the Light Brigade
11:11 am - 1:00 pm, Thursday, July 30 on Great! Action (42)
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About this Broadcast
Historical drama set during the Crimean War, in which British military commanders order a disastrous attack on Russian gun positions, causing the needless slaughter of hundreds of cavalrymen. Starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard and Harry Andrews
1968
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Factual
Historical/Period Drama
Movie/Drama
War
Cast & Crew
Trevor Howard
(Actor)
.. Lord Cardigan
David Hemmings
(Actor)
.. Capt Nolan
Vanessa Redgrave
(Actor)
.. Clarissa Codrington
John Gielgud
(Actor)
.. Lord Raglan
Harry Andrews
(Actor)
.. Lord Lucan
Jill Bennett
(Actor)
.. Mrs Duberly
Peter Bowles
(Actor)
.. Paymaster Duberly
Corin Redgrave
(Actor)
.. Capt Featherstonhaugh
TP McKenna
(Actor)
.. William Russel
Tony Richardson
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Trevor Howard
(Actor)
.. Lord Cardigan
Born:
September 29, 1913
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Brief Encounter.
Early-life:
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was born in Kent on September 29, 1913. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He played a number of roles on the West End stage before being called up into the Army Signal Corps in 1940. He was discharged from service in 1943 for mental instability.
Career:
Howard had small roles in the films The Way Ahead (1944) and The Way to the Stars (1945) before his big break in 1945, playing the stoic Dr Alec Harvey in David Lean's Brief Encounter. He went on to have an acclaimed film career, starring in The Third Man (1949), Outcast of the Islands (1951), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), The Key (1958), Sons and Lovers (1960), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and Rawlinson End (1980). He died on January 7, 1988 at the age of 74.
Quote:
'We don't have the Method School of acting in England. We simply read the script, let it seep in, then go put on whiskers - and do it.'
Trivia:
He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Received an Academy Award nomination for Sons and Lovers. He won a Primetime Emmy for The Invincible Mr Disraeli.
David Hemmings
(Actor)
.. Capt Nolan
Vanessa Redgrave
(Actor)
.. Clarissa Codrington
Born:
January 30, 1937
in
London
Best Known For:
Being the most prominent member of the Redgrave theatrical dynasty.
Early-life:
Born on January 30, 1937, in London, while her father Michael was on stage in Hamlet at the Old Vic with Laurence Olivier. Her mother, Rachel Kempson, was also an actor. Her sister Lynn and brother Corin followed them into the profession. Vanessa originally wanted to be a dancer, but was turned down by the Royal Ballet School for being too tall, prompting her to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Career:
Redgrave's first professional job was at Frinton Summer Theatre. She made her West End debut opposite her father in A Touch of the Sun, and starred alongside him in 1958's Behind the Mask, her film debut. She became a face of the 1960s thanks to movies such as Blowup, Isadora and Camelot before winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1977 for Julia. Redgrave has continued to appear on the big screen in productions such as Agatha, Yanks, Wetherby, Howards End, Mission: Impossible, Wilde, Venus, Atonement, Song for Marion and Ralph Fiennes' acclaimed film version of Coriolanus. She's also an activist who works tirelessly for various causes, often creating controversy with her forthright views.
Quote:
'Of course, I am misrepresented very often, but so is everybody who has got something to say.'
John Gielgud
(Actor)
.. Lord Raglan
Harry Andrews
(Actor)
.. Lord Lucan
Jill Bennett
(Actor)
.. Mrs Duberly
Peter Bowles
(Actor)
.. Paymaster Duberly
Born:
October 16, 1936
in
London
Best Known For:
To the Manor Born.
Early-life:
Peter Bowles was born on October 16th, 1936, in London. He moved to Northamptonshire as a child, and lived in a cottage on the estate of a manor house where his father was butler and chauffeur. At six, the family settled in Nottingham, but he spent his summers in Scotland, where his grandfather worked for an estate manager. He claims to have been a show-off from an early age, making his first stage appearance at three during a village fete. He went on to train at Rada, where his contemporaries included Alan Bates, Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney.
Career:
Bowles spent his early years in theatre before making his TV debut in 1959's Last Chronicle of Barsett. He had roles in such classic series as The Avengers, Danger Man and The Prisoner throughout the 1960s. He continued to work steadily in such shows as I, Claudius and Rumpole of the Bailey, but didn't become a star until appearing concurrently in two sitcoms in 1979: the BBC's To the Manor Born and ITV's Only When I Laugh. Since then he's appeared in The Bounder, Lytton's Diary (a series he created), Executive Stress and Perfect Scoundrels. His movies include Blowup and For the Love of Benji. In 2007 he returned along co-star Penelope Keith in a Christmas special of To the Manor Born. He also starred with Keith in 2010 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in The Rivals. In 2011, he had a supporting role in the big-screen romantic comedy Love's Kitchen.
Quote:
'Acting on stage is like algebra: it's a puzzle you have to get right without letting the audience know you are doing so. That's the actor's art.'
Trivia:
In 2010, he published his autobiography, Ask Me If I'm Happy.
Corin Redgrave
(Actor)
.. Capt Featherstonhaugh
TP McKenna
(Actor)
.. William Russel
Tony Richardson
(Director)
