The Story of the Costume Drama A Call to Arms (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

The Story of the Costume Drama

A Call to Arms (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

Costume dramas spawned an army of dashing heroes in uniform, but not all fought with the aplomb of Sharpe or Horatio Hornblower. The Monocled Mutineer opened a controversial chapter of WWI and A Piece of Cake's flying stunts rewrote the ...See moreCostume dramas spawned an army of dashing heroes in uniform, but not all fought with the aplomb of Sharpe or Horatio Hornblower. The Monocled Mutineer opened a controversial chapter of WWI and A Piece of Cake's flying stunts rewrote the Battle of Britain. Written by Anonymous See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Keeley Hawes Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bodyguard (2018)
Paul Annett Self Self See fewer	Partners in Crime (1983)
Moira Armstrong Self Self See fewer	Testament of Youth (1979)
Sean Bean Self Self See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Roberta Brown Self Self See fewer	Charlie's Angels (2000)
Richard Carpenter Self Self See fewer	Stanley's Dragon (1994)
Henry Chancellor Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Malcolm Craddock Self Self See fewer	Sharpe (1993)
Michael Grade Self Self See fewer	Kane & Abel (1985)
Andrew Grieve Self Self See fewer	On the Black Hill (1988)
David Haig Self Self See fewer	My Boy Jack (2007)
Christopher Halsted Self - Technical Advisor, Boudica (as Chris Halstead) Self - Technical Advisor, Boudica (as Chris Halstead) See fewer	Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000)
Sarah Hanna Self Self See fewer	The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Dorian Healy Self Self See fewer	Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (1998)
Alex Kingston Self Self See fewer	ER (1994)
Hans Matheson Self Self See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
David McCallum Self Self See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Daragh O'Malley Self Self See fewer	Sharpe's Peril (2008)
Anne Pivcevic Self Self See fewer	Little Dorrit (2008)
Clifford Rose Self Self See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Oliver Tobias Self Self See fewer	The Stud (1978)
James Walton Self Self See fewer	Only Connect (2008)
Timothy West Self Self See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Shirley Williams Self (as Baroness Shirley Williams) Self (as Baroness Shirley Williams) See fewer	Tory! Tory! Tory! (2006)