Introduction

The Monocled Mutineer is a British television series made by the BBC in 1986 and shown on BBC1.

The first episode being transmitted on 31 August 1986, intended to head BBC1’s autumn season of drama.

Viewed by about ten million people, the series caused some controversy at the time, as it drove right-wing newspapers to use it as an example of what they saw as a left-wing bias of the BBC.

Outline

Further events of the mutiny and its resolution.

Percy Toplis takes charge of negotiations between the mutineers and Brigadier Thomson. When the mutiny is over, Toplis and the other leaders become marked men. Toplis escapes to England using his talents for disguise, and meets and falls in love with Dorothy.

The Monocled Mutineer Series

You can find a full index of The Monocled Mutineer here.

Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Alan Bleasdale.
• Director(s): Jim O’Brien.
• Producer(s): Richard Broke and Peter Wolfes.
• Writer(s): William Allison, Alan Bleasdale, and John Fairley.
• Music: George Fenton.
• Cinematography: Andrew Dunn, Jeremy Humphries, and Robert Southam.
• Editor(s): John Stothart, Tariq Anwar, and Julian Miller.
• Production: BBC.
• Distributor(s): BBC.
• Original Network: BBC One.
• Release Date: 14 September 1986.
• Running Time: 311 minutes (total running time).
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.