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Coup!

Jun 30, 2006

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Simon Mann

Jared Harris

Mark Thatcher

Robert Bathurst

Amanda Mann

Lucy Cohu

Roddy Hamilton

Rupert Vansittart

Margaret Thatcher

Caroline Blakiston

Sandy Mann

Joe Mason

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