Release Date

17 May, 1991

Total Episode/Season

6/1

Synopsis

Starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox). Based on the 1980 Christopher Matthew book 'The Long-Haired Boy'. Loosley based on the true story of Richard Hillar with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.

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Season 1

17 May, 1991

starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox).

Actors

Fiona Gillies

Nigel Havers

James Fox

Amanda Elwes

Bernard Hepton

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Nicholas Pritchard

Patrick Ryecart

Thomas Wheatley

Jeffrey Daunton

Georgia Allen

Fiona Mollison

Jeff Rawle

Crew