Play for Today P.Q. 17 (Season 12, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 49 min | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

P.Q. 17 (Season 12, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 49 min | Comedy, Drama

Richard Briers plays Commander Jack Broome in a real-life story based on Broome's own published memoirs. Plagued by an admiral's order that saw the P.Q. 17 leave merchant ships to their death, Jack must face his own guilt and culpability.

Director

Frank Cox

Writers

Jack Broome (book "Convoy is to Scatter") (as Captain Jack Broome) | Roger Milner

Producer

Innes Lloyd

Cinematographer

Elmer Cossey

Production Designer

John Hurst

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 15, 1981

Release date

Dec 15, 1981 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

16 wins & 16 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
24 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Briers Commander Jack Broome Commander Jack Broome See fewer	Watership Down (1978)
David Waller First Lord A.V. Alexander First Lord A.V. Alexander See fewer	All Passion Spent (1986)
Frederick Treves Admiral Tovey Admiral Tovey See fewer	The Big Pull (1962)
Paul Copley Petty Officer Jordan Petty Officer Jordan See fewer	Downton Abbey (2010)
Simon Heywood Lieutenant Lloyd (as Simon Haywood) Lieutenant Lloyd (as Simon Haywood) See fewer	The Final Option (1982)
Osmund Bullock Lieutenant Beale Lieutenant Beale See fewer	Pride and Prejudice (1980)
Norman McDonald Lieutenant 'Doc' McKendrick Lieutenant 'Doc' McKendrick See fewer	Poirot (1989)
Christopher Villiers Sub. Lieutentant Larkin Sub. Lieutentant Larkin See fewer	Top Secret! (1984)
Patrick Troughton Commodore Londonderry Commodore Londonderry See fewer	The Omen (1976)
Sylvester Morand Commander Richards Commander Richards See fewer	Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Tony Caunter Coxswain Coxswain See fewer	The Big Spender (1965)
Richard Beale Captain Bulteel Captain Bulteel See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
John Horsley Admiral Nicholas Admiral Nicholas See fewer	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
Rowena Cooper Sybil Broome Sybil Broome See fewer	Poirot (1989)
Blain Fairman Lieut. Cmdr. Hollerith U.S.N. Lieut. Cmdr. Hollerith U.S.N. See fewer	Aliens (1986)
Philip Bloomfield Chief Yeoman Blood Chief Yeoman Blood See fewer	The Krays (1990)
Roger Milner Admiral Dunbar Naismith Admiral Dunbar Naismith See fewer	Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Edward Lyon Lieut. Commander Gretton Lieut. Commander Gretton See fewer	Babel (I) (2006)
Nicholas Lumley Squadron Leader Maxwell Squadron Leader Maxwell See fewer	Across the Universe (2007)
Joshua Le Touzel Simon Broome Simon Broome See fewer	Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
Christine Kimberley Muriel Beale Muriel Beale See fewer	The Chef's Apprentice (1989)
Shelley Borkum Philippa Philippa See fewer	Escape (I) (1980)
Georgina Coombs Susan Susan See fewer	The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)
Susie Jenkinson 3rd Officer Wren 3rd Officer Wren See fewer	The Professionals (1977)