TV
Challenger, The (BBC-2 2013, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley)
Drama based on the true story of famed physicist Richard Feynman’s investigations into the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster when the craft blew up just over a minute after take off killing everyone on board and in front of a global audience watching on live television.
production details
UK / BBC Two / 1×90 minute episode / Broadcast 2013
Writer: Kate Gartside
Producer: Laurie Borg
Executive Producers: Mark Hedgecoe, Rocky Collins
Director: James Hawes
cast
William Hurt as Richard Feynman
Brian Dennehy as Chairman Rogers
Bruce Greenwood as Gen Kutyna
Joanne Whalley as Gweneth Feynman
Kevin R McNally as Larry Mulloy
Eve Best as Sally Ride
Henry Goodman as Dr Weiss