The Cruel Necessity

"A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints."

Patrick Wymark

as Oliver Cromwell

David William

as King Charles I

Robin Wentworth

as Bradshawe

Hilary Hardiman

as Mrs Bradshawe

Noel Johnson

as Sir Thomas Herbert

Julian Glover

as Colonel Tomlinson

Patrick Garland

as Henry Ireton

James Ottaway

as Whalley

Joby Blanshard

as Downes

John Barcroft

as Marten

John Ringham

as Ingoldsby

Timothy Palmer

as Prince Henry

Maurice Colbourne

as Bishop Juxon

Jerome Willis

as The Lord General Fairfax

Alan Rowe

as Solicitor-General Cook

Julian Battersby

as Trooper

Ralph Broome

as Trooper

John Murray Scott

as A Crier

Peter Dews

Director

David Lytton

Writer

Peter Dews

Producer