The Mouse that Roared
Mark McDonnell and Steven McNicoll's dramatisation of Leonard Wibberley's famous comic novel. It is 1956, and the Cold War is at its chilliest. But one European country is blissfully detached from the
struggles of the Super Powers. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick and is just
five miles long and three miles wide. Under the benign rule of Grand
Duchess Gloriana it is a rural idyll almost untouched by the twentieth
century, and happy to remain so. But its economy is entirely dependent
on the export of a famously exquisite wine. So when this vital trade is
threatened by an unscrupulous foreign rival, it's time for action.
Gloriana - a wise head on young shoulders - proposes a solution long
recognised as acceptable to all nations - that is, to declare war on
their much richer enemy, lose, then sit back and wait for the inevitable
billions in post-war aid to roll in. So, led by the valiant Tully
Bascomb, the twenty men-at-arms that make up the army of Grand Fenwick
strap on their chain mail, dust off their longbows, and set sail to wage
a deliberately hopeless war on... the United States of America. The
only problem is that no one has told Tully that he's meant to lose - and
as a result of his remarkable escapades, Gloriana bizarrely finds
herself the most powerful political leader in Europe...
Gloriana ..... Julie Austin
Tully ..... Mark McDonnell
Mountjoy ..... Crawford Logan
Sec. of State ..... Lou Hirsch
Kokintz ..... Simon Tait
Will ..... Jamie Newall
Benter ..... Steven McNicoll
ProducerPatrick Rayner
Leonard Wibberley (1915-1983) was a prolific author and journalist. He wrote over fifty books for children, and several historical novels. But he is best remembered for The Mouse That Roared, first serialised in
the Saturday Evening Post in 1954.
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