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The Imitation Game (Original title)
Dates: 1980 (Copyright), 24 April 1980 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Synopsis: About a young middle-class woman who joins the ATS during the Second World War.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Auxiliary Territorial Service

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 24 April 1980Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:35-23:10Slot duration: 95 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 12 May 1993not specified
Date: 12 May 1993Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:30Slot duration: 90 minsNetwork

Credits (27)
Produced by: Richard Eyre, ©: BBC, Producer: Tim Ironside-Wood, Production Unit Manager: Geoffrey Paget, Assistant Floor Manager: Jacmel Dent, Production Assistant: Christopher Cameron, Graphic Designer: Joanna Ball, Director's Assistant: Irene East, Assistant Director: Janet Tharby, [Written] By: Ian McEwan, Film Recordist: Dennis Panchen, Military adviser: Brian Bridges, Lighting Cameraman: Peter Bartlett, Camera Crew: Denny Rogers, Camera Crew: John Adderley, Ian Punter, Thanks to: Fisher Dilke, Film Editor: David Martin, Designer: Geoff Powell, Make-up: Pauline Cox, Dubbing Mixer: Alan Dykes, Thanks to: Peter Calvocoress, Thanks to: Angus Calder, Thanks to: Helen Rance, Thanks to: Dorothy Patton, Kathy Sykes
Cast (26)
Harriet Walter (Cathy Raine), Lorna Charles (Anna Raine), Bernard Gallagher (Mr Raine), Gillian Martell (Mrs Raine), Simon Chandler (Tony), Nicholas Le Prevost (Turner), Brenda Blethyn (Mary), Patricia Routledge (ATS officer), Geoffrey Chater (colonel in cell), Kristine Howarth (Tony's mother), Keith Marsh (factory clerk), Carol MacReady (ATS sergeant), Annie Hayes (1st recruit), Jean Leppard (2nd recruit), Sue Greenwood (ATS lance corporal), Penny Smith (ATS girl), Belinda Lang (girl in bath), Daniel Webb (despatch rider), Peter Schofield (publican), Tim Seely (major), Rhys McConnochie (technical officer), Matthew Scurfield (Matthews), Kevin Elyot (Clark), John Grillo (Smith), Alister Cameron, Andrew Seear (officer in mess)