A Perfect Hero
tv show
6 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired May 17, 1991
Overview
Starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox). Based on the 1980 Christopher Matthew book 'The Long-Haired Boy'. Loosley based on the true story of Richard Hillary with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.
Cast
Fiona Gillies
as
Bunty Morrell
Nigel Havers
as
Hugh Fleming
James Fox
as
Angus Meikle
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Amanda Elwes
as
Marjorie
Bernard Hepton
as
Arthur Fleming
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as
Iris Fleming
Nicholas Pritchard
as
Julian Masters
Patrick Ryecart
as
Tim Holland
Thomas Wheatley
as
Dickie Bird
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Jeffrey Daunton
as
Medical Orderly
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Georgia Allen
as
Nancy
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Fiona Mollison
as
Susan