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The Absence of War

"Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election."

Cast

137924

John Thaw

as George Jones

85628

Richard Pasco

as Malcolm Pryce

108294

Nicholas Day

as Charles Kendrick

742

Michael Byrne

as Bryden Thomas

1220115

Saskia Wickham

as Mary Housego

8228

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

as Gwenda Aaron

45588

Clare Higgins

as Lindsay Fontaine

1229473

Paul Moriarty

as Andrew Buchan

73673

Alastair Galbraith

as Bruce

2247

George Harris

as Colin Fontaine

4692618

Aorja Harris

as Lindsay's Child

4692619

Elior Harris

as Lindsay's Child

31923

Oliver Ford Davies

as Oliver Dix

47943

Stephen Boxer

as Newscaster

4692620

Jon Silverman

as Political Correspondent

53389

Tyrone Huggins

as Trevor Avery

1831049

Judith Coke

as Carole Kendrick

126363

Martin Jarvis

as Linus Frank

1547147

Judy Damas

as Waitress

2496294

Mark Chapman

as Naval Officer

Crew

36693

Richard Eyre

Director

8403

David Hare

Writer

8846

Andrew Dunn

Director of Photography

39023

Richard Hartley

Original Music Composer