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'''''Bravo Two Zero''''' is a 1999 two-hour [[television]] [[miniseries]] (broadcast in two parts between 3 and 4 January in the UK), based on the [[Bravo Two Zero (1993 novel)|book]] of the same name by [[Andy McNab]]. The film covers real life events – from the perspective of [[Andy McNab]], patrol commander of [[Bravo Two Zero]], a British [[Special Air Service|SAS]] patrol, tasked to find [[Iraq]]i [[Scud]] missile launchers during the [[Gulf War]] in 1991. The names of the patrol members killed were changed.
'''''Bravo Two Zero''''' is a 1999 two-hour [[television]] [[miniseries]] (broadcast in two parts between 3 and 4 January in the UK), based on [[Bravo Two Zero (novel)|the 1993 book]] of the same name by [[Andy McNab]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-03-31 |title=McNab best-seller to become film |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4864970.stm |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en-GB |archive-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929013020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4864970.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The film covers real life events – from the perspective of [[Andy McNab]], patrol commander of [[Bravo Two Zero]], a British [[Special Air Service|SAS]] patrol, tasked to find [[Iraq]]i [[Scud]] missile launchers during the [[Gulf War]] in 1991. The names of the patrol members killed were changed.


A previous film about the patrol, ''[[The One That Got Away (1996 film)|The One That Got Away]]'', based on the book of the same name by [[Chris Ryan]], was broadcast in 1996.
''Bravo Two Zero'' was directed by [[Tom Clegg (director)|Tom Clegg]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |date=2016-08-04 |title=Tom Clegg obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/04/tom-clegg-obituary |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007095525/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/04/tom-clegg-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> A previous film about the patrol, ''[[The One That Got Away (1996 film)|The One That Got Away]]'', based on the book of the same name by [[Chris Ryan]], was broadcast in 1996 though it follows the perspective of Corporal Chris Ryan (Colin Armstrong).


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Sean Bean]] as [[Andy McNab]]
* [[Sean Bean]] as [[Andy McNab]]
* Kevin Collins as [[Chris Ryan|Chris]]
* Kevin Collins as [[Chris Ryan|Chris]]
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* Russel Savadier as Iraqi Captain
* Russel Savadier as Iraqi Captain
* Yvonne Van Den Berg as Woman in bar
* Yvonne Van Den Berg as Woman in bar
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0120617|title=Bravo Two Zero}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0120617|title=Bravo Two Zero}}
* {{Amg movie|255463|Bravo Two Zero}}


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Latest revision as of 18:28, 21 December 2024

This article is about the film. For the novel, see Bravo Two Zero (novel). For the actual events, see Bravo Two Zero.

Bravo Two Zero
DVD cover
Based onBravo Two Zero
by Andy McNab
Written byTroy Kennedy-Martin
Directed byTom Clegg
Starring
Theme music composerDavid Ferguson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
ProducerRuth Caleb
CinematographyRod Stewart
EditorEttie M. Feldman
Running time54 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release3 January (1999-01-03) –
4 January 1999 (1999-01-04)

Bravo Two Zero is a 1999 two-hour television miniseries (broadcast in two parts between 3 and 4 January in the UK), based on the 1993 book of the same name by Andy McNab.[1] The film covers real life events – from the perspective of Andy McNab, patrol commander of Bravo Two Zero, a British SAS patrol, tasked to find Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War in 1991. The names of the patrol members killed were changed.

Bravo Two Zero was directed by Tom Clegg.[2] A previous film about the patrol, The One That Got Away, based on the book of the same name by Chris Ryan, was broadcast in 1996 though it follows the perspective of Corporal Chris Ryan (Colin Armstrong).

Cast

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  • Sean Bean as Andy McNab
  • Kevin Collins as Chris
  • Steve Nicolson as "Dinger"
  • Rick Warden as Tony Benotti
  • Richard Graham as Mark Warner
  • Ian Curtis as Baz Brown
  • Jamie Bartlett as Ray Davies
  • Robert Hobbs as Stan Rigby
  • Ron Senior Jr. as Pete
  • Robert Whitehead as Iraqi Colonel
  • Caz Abrahams as White Socks
  • Nick Ashby as Jeral
  • Barry Berk as Cyril
  • Julia Booth as Sally
  • Melissa Carter as Katie
  • Dimitri Cassar as Iraqi officer #1
  • Emma Chambers as Dinger's wife
  • Alison Coles as Jilly
  • George Coutsoudis as Son in taxi
  • Ernst Eloff as Iraqi Farmer
  • Arishaad Erreeff as Shepherd
  • Anthony Fridjohn as Dentist
  • Thomas Hall as Gordon
  • Graham Hopkins as Graham
  • Akram Ibrahim as Prison Governor
  • Brent King as Shepherd boy
  • Maki Kossioris as Father in taxi
  • Dehan Liebenberg as Loadie #1
  • Tim Mahoney as Harry
  • Anna Meininger as Melissa
  • Nissam Moalem as Taxi driver
  • Alistair Prodgers as Bert
  • Nicky Rebello as Interrogator
  • Louise Saint-Claire as Red Cross worker
  • Abdallah Sardi as S60 Commander
  • Russel Savadier as Iraqi Captain
  • Yvonne Van Den Berg as Woman in bar

References

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  1. ^ "McNab best-seller to become film". 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ Hayward, Anthony (4 August 2016). "Tom Clegg obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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