The Monocled Mutineer (1986– )

Stars:

Paul McGann, Bill Fellows, Matthew Marsh

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Paul McGann	...	Percy Toplis (4 episodes, 1986)
Bill Fellows	...	Geordie (3 episodes, 1986)
Matthew Marsh	...	Charles Strange (3 episodes, 1986)
Anthony Calf	...	Guinness (3 episodes, 1986)
Jane Wood	...	Annie Webster (2 episodes, 1986)
Ron Donachie	...	Strachan (2 episodes, 1986)
Timothy West	...	Thomson (2 episodes, 1986)
Dave Hill	...	Frank Webster (2 episodes, 1986)
Penelope Wilton	...	Lady Angela Forbes (2 episodes, 1986)
Jerome Flynn	...	Franny (2 episodes, 1986)
Cherie Lunghi	...	Dorothy (2 episodes, 1986)
David Allister	...	General Asser (2 episodes, 1986)
Geoff Morrell	...	Aussie Gas Mask (2 episodes, 1986)
Louis Mellis	...	Scots Gas Mask (2 episodes, 1986)
Philip McGough	...	Edwin Woodhall (2 episodes, 1986)
Patrick Doyle	...	Gilzean (2 episodes, 1986)
Aran Bell	...	Fellows (2 episodes, 1986)
Billy Clarke		(2 episodes, 1986)
Terry Cundall	...	Bertram (2 episodes, 1986)
Peter Hutchinson	...	Norman (2 episodes, 1986)
Ted Richards	...	PC Fulton (2 episodes, 1986)
Richard Ireson	...	Inspector Ritchie (2 episodes, 1986)
David Miller	...	Spruce (2 episodes, 1986)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

mutiny | lincoln | british soldier | impersonator | world war one | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 1986 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

310 min 75 min (3 episodes) 310 min (DVD) 90 min (1 Episode)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Percy Toplis was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, on August 22nd 1896 and died, shot dead while on the run, on June 6th 1920. Accused of murder (1920), he was to be the first person in modern English history to be found guilty in his absence by inquest. he had his tongue cut out before burial, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Penrith's Beacon Edge Cemetery on June the 9th.

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Connections

Featured in The Story of the Costume Drama: The Stars (2008)

User Reviews

BBC was not banned from repeating this

The BBC was not banned from repeating MM. If that was the case then why did the BBC license the series for release on video? The reason that MM hasn't been repeated is that it was historically a bunch of hokum. Don't get me wrong - entertaining hokum, I loved it when it was on TV and I bought it as soon as it came out. The historical adviser who worked with Bleasdale on the script was so incensed at the historical inaccuracies that he demanded his name be removed from the credits.

There were disturbances at Etaples but nothing on the scale of the riot depicted in MM. Percy Toplis was not at Etaples at the time of these disturbances (he was in Mesopotamia-Iraq), in fact he was never in Etaples.

That notwithstanding, the acting is excellent as is the script on purely entertainment grounds. Just don't leave watching this series with the idea that you've learnt something about the British Army in World War One - you have not.