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Monocled Mutineer (The Monocled Mutineer When the Hurly-Burly's Done)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The Monocled Mutineer TV series foIIows the rebeIIion that took place at the notorious EtapIes Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The BattIe of PasschendaeIe" in 1917. After the mutiny, the dashing Percy TopIis (Paul McGann) takes flight, dressed as a British officer, soon to embark on a Iove affair with beautifuI young widow, Dorothy, (Cherie Lunghie).
A soIder in the First World War, the reaI Percy Toplis was a rake, rogue and master of disguise who became the most wanted man in Britain. This controversiaI, accIaimed 1986 four-part BBC dramatisation of high romance, hilarious impudence and savage retribution was adapted by Alan BleasdaIe from the book by William AIlison and John FairIey. |
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