Coup!

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Drama

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'.

Keywords

coup d'etat
equatorial guinea
putsch
sir mark thatcher

Details

Status: Released
Release date: June 30, 2006
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC
Cast: Jared Harris,Robert Bathurst,Lucy Cohu,Rupert Vansittart,Caroline Blakiston,Joe Mason
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer: John Fortune
Producer: Jo Wright
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0783498