In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner’s 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by ‘The Air Force.’ Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
Length 91 minutes
Peter Firth | Dominic Jephcott | Richard Briers | Richard Johnson | Jill Bennett | Natalie Ogle | Mary MacLeod | Mary Peach | Derek Martin | Sheila Reid | Vass Anderson | Phil Rose | Michael Percival | John Sharp | Stephen Riddle | Norman Scace | Phillip Manikum | Anthony Langdon | Peter Carlisle | Joe Ritchie | Geoffrey Chater