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Fortunes of War Episode 6 (Original title)
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 15 November 1987 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: James Cellan Jones

Production company billing: ©BBC MCMLXXXVII
Synopsis: Autumn 1942. Guy returned from Alexandria to take charge of the Institute in Cairo but Harriet felt she could play not part in his ambitious plans for reorganisation.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 15 November 1987Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:05-22:05Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 21 November 1987Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:20-22:20Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork
Date: 25 August 1989Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:30-22:30Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork
Date: 15 November 1987not specified

Credits (36)
Production Company: BBC, In Association with: WGBH (Boston), Primetime Television, Produced by: Betty Willingale, Associate Producer: Richard Cox, Production Manager: Marion Mcdougall, Production Manager: Jeremy Woolf, Assistant Floor Manager: Diana Barton, Dave Newcombe, Production Assistant: Frances Alcock, Production Assistant: Gillian Wood, Egyptian Production Team: Misr International Films, Egyptian Production Team: Hossam Ali, Egyptian Production Team: Ahmed Mehrez, Zaki Abdel Wahab, Script Editor: Suzan Harrison, Screenplay: Alan Plater, By: Olivia Manning, Photography: David Feig, Grip: Steve Phillips, Grip: Terance Childs, Visual Effects Designer: Stuart Brisdon, Film Editor: Tariq Anwar, Design: Tim Harvey, Martin Childs, Property Buyer: Judy Ducker, Celia Bobak, Costume Design: Christine Rawlins, Make-up Design: Elizabeth Rowell, Music Composed and Conducted by: Richard Holmes, Sound Recordist: Terry Elms, Dubbing Editor: Kim Houldin, Dubbing Mixer: Ken Hains, Stunt Arranger: Gareth Milne, Military Adviser: Stephen Badsey
Cast (20)
Emma Thompson (Harriet Pringle), Kenneth Branagh (Guy Pringle), Charles Kay (Dobson), Rupert Graves (Simon Boulderstone), Alan Bennett (Lord Pinkrose), Robert Stephens (Castlebar), Diana Hardcastle (Edwina Little), Ciaran Madden (Angela Hooper), Greg Hicks (Aidan Pratt), Sam Dastor (Dr Shafik), Patricia Quinn (Mona Castlebar), Anthony Calf (Corporal Arnold), Jeremy Sinden (Lord Lisdoonvarna), Claire Oberman (Mortimer), Erin Donovan (Phil), George Savides (Hertz), Nicky Margolis (Allian), Abdullah Mahmoud (student), Salah Hamdi (hotel clerk), Nigel Leach (ambulance soldier)