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  • Dispatches The Arthur Legend (Season 5, Episode 20)
  • TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, News

Dispatches

The Arthur Legend (Season 5, Episode 20)
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, News
Director Ken Loach and reporter-producer Lorraine Heggessey defend miners' leader Arthur Scargill against allegations made by the Daily Mirror and ITV's The Cook Report (1987-98), including financial misconduct during the 1984-85 miners' ...See moreDirector Ken Loach and reporter-producer Lorraine Heggessey defend miners' leader Arthur Scargill against allegations made by the Daily Mirror and ITV's The Cook Report (1987-98), including financial misconduct during the 1984-85 miners' strike. Written by Anon See less
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Director
Ken Loach
Editor
Jonathan Morris
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 22, 1991
Release date
May 22, 1991 (United Kingdom)
Awards
Series awards
15 wins & 14 nominations

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19 cast members
Name Known for
Lorraine Heggessey
Self - Reporter Self - Reporter   See fewer
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Eitan Arbel
Self - Israeli Cameraman (as Eytan Arbel) Self - Israeli Cameraman (as Eytan Arbel)   See fewer
Akyvernites politeies (1985)
Aleksander Belousov
Self - Former General Secretary, Coal Industry Workers' Union Self - Former General Secretary, Coal Industry Workers' Union   See fewer
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Ken Capstick
Self - Vice-Chairman, NUM Yorkshire Self - Vice-Chairman, NUM Yorkshire   See fewer
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Roger Cook
Self Self   See fewer
Checkpoint (1984)
Yuri Dashko
Self - Independent Minders Union Self - Independent Minders Union   See fewer
Dispatches (1987)
David Ellen
Self - Former Head, Document Section, Metropolitan Police Self - Former Head, Document Section, Metropolitan Police   See fewer
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Billy Etherington
Self - Vice-Chairman, NUM North East Self - Vice-Chairman, NUM North East   See fewer
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Geoffrey Goodman
Self - Former Industrial Editor, Daily Mirror Self - Former Industrial Editor, Daily Mirror   See fewer
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Oleg Gordievsky
Self - Former KGB Colonel (as Oleg Gordievski) Self - Former KGB Colonel (as Oleg Gordievski)   See fewer
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Andrei Isayev
Self - Editor, Information Agency of Workers and Trade Union Movement Self - Editor, Information Agency of Workers and Trade Union Movement   See fewer
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Andrew Jennings
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
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Nicholas Jones
Self - BBC Political Correspondent Self - BBC Political Correspondent   See fewer
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Jean McCrindle
Self - Sheffield Women's Action Group Self - Sheffield Women's Action Group   See fewer
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Peter McNestry
Self - NACODS Self - NACODS   See fewer
Dispatches (1987)
Terry Pattinson
Self - Industrial Editor, Daily Mirror Self - Industrial Editor, Daily Mirror   See fewer
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Henry Richardson
Self - General Secretary, NUM Nottinghamshire Self - General Secretary, NUM Nottinghamshire   See fewer
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Arthur Scargill
Self - President, National Union of Mineworkers Self - President, National Union of Mineworkers   See fewer
I've Got a Secret (1984)
Roger Windsor
Self Self   See fewer
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