Joe Maddison's War (2010)

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UK

Television Film

Director: Patrick Collerton

Writer: Alan Plater

Cinematographer: Chris Seager

Composer: Kevin Sargent

Cast: Kevin Whately, Robson Green, Melanie Hill, Sammy Dobson, James Atherton, Angela Lonsdale, James Baxter, Trevor Fox, Derek Jacobi

When his wife leaves him (suddenly and without warning), middle-aged Tyneside ship builder Joe Maddison, a veteran of The First World War, joins The Home Guard, finds love anew, doesn’t become disillusioned with socialism, kicks religion into touch, and generally learns to live again, in Alan Plater’s gentle, funny, and unfortunately final teleplay. Iain.Stott