Play for Today Licking Hitler (Season 8, Episode 12)
TV Episode | 61 min | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

Licking Hitler (Season 8, Episode 12)

TV Episode | 61 min | Comedy, Drama

1941 and Anna Seaton (Kate Nelligan) is hired as part of a radio propaganda project, creating disinformation about the Nazi war effort. But tensions between her and writer Archie MacLean (Bill Paterson) threaten to undermine the work.

Director

David Hare

Writer

David Hare

Producer

David Rose

Cinematographers

John Kenway (photography) | Ken Morgan (photography)

Editors

Michael Hall | Mike Hall

Production Designer

Charles Bond

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 10, 1978

Release date

Jan 10, 1978 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

16 wins & 16 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Kate Nelligan Anna Seaton Anna Seaton See fewer	Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Bill Paterson Archie MacLean Archie MacLean See fewer	The Witches (1990)
Hugh Fraser Will Langley Will Langley See fewer	Poirot (1989)
Brenda Fricker Eileen Graham Eileen Graham See fewer	My Left Foot (1989)
Clive Revill John Fennel John Fennel See fewer	Avanti! (1972)
Michael Mellinger Karl Karl See fewer	Goldfinger (1964)
George Herbert Herr Jungke Herr Jungke See fewer	The Crawling Eye (1958)
Patrick Monckton Allardyce Allardyce See fewer	Keeping Mum (2005)
Jonathan Coy Lotterby Lotterby See fewer	The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)