Pinochet In Suburbia (BBC-2 2006, Derek Jacobi, Phyllida Law)

Drama Pinochet In Suburbia tells the story of the time that Chilean military dictator General Augusto Pinochet spent under house arrest in Britain from 1998 to 2000. Also known as Pinochet’s Last Stand.

production details
UK | BBC Two | 1×90 minutes | Broadcast 26 March 2006

Writer, Producer and Director: Richard Curzon Smith

cast
Derek Jacobi as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Phyllida Law as Lucia Pinochet
Peter Capaldi as Andy McEntee
Anna Massey as Baroness Thatcher
Yolanda Vazquez as Nicole Drouilly
Daniel Cerqueira as Victor Jobim
Jessica Hynes as WPC Broughton
Pip Torrens as Michael Caplan
Tim McMullan as Di Parfrey
Susan Wooldridge as Pam Harris
Michael Maloney as Jack Straw
Gethin Anthony as William Straw
Patricia Villa as Cleaner
Alex Blake as Adam
Natasha Williams as Nurse
Richard Rees as Steve
Hugh Ross as Magistrate
Susan Brown as Female Lawyer
Sally Rowe as Second Female Lawyer
Arturo Venegas as Ernesto
Javier Alcina as Tony
John Albasiny as Media Executive
Martin Ball as Jonathan Powell
Vicki Pepperdine as Interviewer
Jane How as Local Resident
Anna Nicholas as Michelle Drouilly

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