“The Revolution Should Have Been Televised”
Manfield, South Yorkshire, 1984. Out-of-work steelworker-turned- radical revolutionary Joe Starkhill and his band of comrades seize the Town Hall and take the Mayor, her driver, a security guard and a civil servant hostage - declaring the start of a socialist revolution in Britain. But when a faulty phone line prevents them from alerting the local newspaper and TV station, and the police write them off as a hoax, it is only when one of the hostages fails to return home for dinner, that the alarm is raised and Inspector John Machin is dispatched to the Town Hall to investigate - but it's not long before the building is surrounded by the press, police and public, turning Starkhill and the Revolutionaries into a media sensation.
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William Fox
Inspector John Machin
Known for
Gunpowder
Steal
Richard Galloway
Comrade Robbie Roy Galloway
Also in
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Simon Glass
Harvey Ascott
Thanasis Manitarellis
Comrade Dean Mavros
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Jacob Glass
Simon Moore
Sergeant Simon Sergeant / Sergeant Steve Sergeant
James Osman
Comrade George Jimi Hamilton
Also in
Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella
Adam Paulden
James Underwood
Comrade Anthony Navarro
Also in
First Mate
David Kendra
News Presenter
Also in
Whoops!
Andre Gwilliam
Civil Servant
Known for
Forgive Us All
Simon Glass Director
Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Glass & Glass Pictures
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
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