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The Day Britain Stopped is a dramatic pseudo-documentary produced by Wall to Wall Media for the BBC. It depicts a fictional disaster on December 19, 2003, in which a train strike is the first in a chain of events that lead to a fatal meltdown of Britain's transport system. Directed by Gabriel Range, who wrote the script with producer Simon Finch, the film first aired on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, on BBC Two.
Original Release
05/13/2003
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
| Eric Carte | Tom Walker, MP (Transport Minister) |
| Andrew Shield | Inspector Clive Turner (Surrey Police Roads Division) |
| Steve North | Julian Galt |
| Angelo Andreou | Tomas Galt (air crash victim) |
| Emma Pinto | Ana Galt (air crash victim) |
| Olivia MacDonald | Marina Galt (air crash victim) |
| Prue Clarke | Pauline Watkins (mother of car-crash victim) |
| Jonathan Linsley | PC Tony Foster (Surrey Police Roads Division) |
| Anna Rajan | Radio 5 Traffic Reporter |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
| Eric Carte | Tom Walker, MP (Transport Minister) |
| Andrew Shield | Inspector Clive Turner (Surrey Police Roads Division) |
| Steve North | Julian Galt |
| Angelo Andreou | Tomas Galt (air crash victim) |
| Emma Pinto | Ana Galt (air crash victim) |
| Olivia MacDonald | Marina Galt (air crash victim) |
| Prue Clarke | Pauline Watkins (mother of car-crash victim) |
| Jonathan Linsley | PC Tony Foster (Surrey Police Roads Division) |
| Anna Rajan | Radio 5 Traffic Reporter |
| AG. Longhurst | Steve Thomas (Tanker Driver) |
| David Holt | Dominic Steel (Safety Compliance Manager, Heathrow) |
| Joanna Griffiths | Nicola Evans (Approach Controller, West Drayton Air Traffic Control) |
| Alison Skot | Air Traffic Controller |
| Daniel Copeland | Matt Ogden (Supervisor, Heathrow Control Tower) |
| Nancy McClean | Jane Newell (Pilot's widow) |
| Rebekah Janes | Concerned Woman |
| Satnam Bhogal | Inesh Gunwadena (Senior Paramedic, London Ambulance Service) |
| Tim Crouch | Daniel Boyd (Aviation Safety Consultant) |
| Tony Blair | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Alex Graham | Executive Producer |
| Peter Horrocks | Executive Producer |
| Leanne Klein | Executive Producer |
| Simon Finch | Producer |
| Steve Grogan | Producer |
| Donall McCusker | Producer |
| Matilda Mitchell | Producer |
