Joe Maddison's War
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Joe Maddison's War | |
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Directed by | Patrick Collerton |
Written by | Alan Plater |
Produced by | Michele Buck Howard Ella Damien Timmer |
Cinematography | Chris Seager |
Edited by | Michael Harrowes |
Music by | Kevin Sargent |
Production company | |
Distributed by | ITV |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Joe Maddison's War is a 2010 television film written by Alan Plater about strained family and social relations in wartime. Directed by Patrick Collerton and filmed partly on location in South Shields, it presents a view of World War II through the eyes of shipyard worker and World War I veteran Joe Maddison (played by Kevin Whately) who serves in the Home Guard during the Blitz while his son and son-in-law are enlisted for oversea service.[1]
Cast (main)
- Kevin Whately as Joe Maddison
- Sammy Dobson as Sheila Maddison
- Angela Lonsdale as Polly Maddison
- James Baxter as Alan Maddison
- John Woodvine as Father Connolly
- James Atherton as Tommy Cowell
- Robson Green as Harry Crawford
- Melanie Hill as Selina Rutherford
- Trevor Fox as Eddie Turnbull
- Nick Versteeg as Billy Nicholson
- Derek Jacobi as Major Simpson
- Jackie Phillips as Lily Parkinson
- Madelaine Newton as Jenny Barlow
- Charlie Richmond as Sergeant Bull
References
- ^ "TV ratings - 19 September: Joe Maddison's War recruits more than 6m viewers". the Guardian. 20 September 2010.
External links
- Joe Maddison's War at IMDb
- Sweeting, Adam: Writer Alan Plater on Joe Maddison's War at The Daily Telegraph, 15 October 2010
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