| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Winona Ryder | ... | Melanie Fall | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Curtis Pelissier | |
| Bill Nighy | ... | Johnny Worricker | |
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Hansel Piper | ... | Aldous Helier |
| Dylan Baker | ... | Gary Bethwaite | |
| James Naughton | ... | Frank Church | |
| Zach Grenier | ... | Dido Parsons | |
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Julie Hewlett | ... | Natalie Helier |
| Helena Bonham Carter | ... | Margot Tyrrell | |
| Rupert Graves | ... | Stirling Rogers | |
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Sally Greenwood | ... | Singer |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | Rollo Maverley | |
| Malik Yoba | ... | Jim Carroll | |
| Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | ... | Colin Maitlis | |
| Meredith Eaton | ... | Clare Clovis | |
Johnny Worricker is hiding out from his work at MI5 on the tax-exile islands, Turks & Caicos. But an encounter with a CIA agent forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, then it's their financial PR who seems to know more than she's letting on. But will she help Johnny come to an understanding of what these men do and why they're here? Written by DemonMeister
David Hare's 'Turcs and Caicos' is a low key drama about international intelligence, dodgy businessmen and corrupt politicians. Bill Nighy plays a renegade gentleman spy who is strangely irresistible to women half his age; Helena Bonham Cater, meanwhile, is simply too glamorous to be serious in her role. Almost all of the key plot developments occur off-screen, and, as with most of Hare's work, there's a lot of talking around the subject that never quite gets to the point. What saves it is the quality of that talk: it's theatrical, but there's a beautiful rhythm to it. To compare it to the work of another playwright named David, namely David Mamet, the dialogue is a lot less stylised, but easier on the ear, almost poetic in places. And this is enough to make the piece stand out from the vast majority of contemporary drama.