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Breakout (1997 film)
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Breakout is a British television drama film written by Michael Stewart, first broadcast on BBC1 on 22 April 1997.[1] Directed by Moira Armstrong, the film starred Neil Dudgeon and Samantha Bond as scientists Neil McFarlane and Lisa Temple, who join to investigate a mysterious death. The film was writer Michael Stewart's second science-based TV project, following ITV's Bliss, which premiered in 1995. According to BFI records, the original working title for the film was "The Lab".[2]
The film co-starred Dermot Crowley, Jasper Britton and Janet Dale; with Carolyn Pickles, Hugh Bonneville, Joe Swash and Benedict Wong also amongst the additional cast members. BBC Genome Project records list the original description for the film as; "When a rare illness strikes down three people near a scientific research site, doctors battle against time to discover if a genetically-engineered pesticide, designed only to affect insects, has jumped the species gap during field tests." The film has never been released on VHS or DVD.
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Cast
- Neil Dudgeon as Dr. Neil McFarlane
- Samantha Bond as Dr. Lisa Temple
- Dermot Crowley as Dr. Bill Galton
- Jasper Britton as Lenny Johnson
- Janet Dale as Gwenda Irwing
- Nigel Clauzel as Alex James
- Marius Stanescu as Stefan Popescu
- Peter Jeffrey as Professor Bannerman
- William Chubb as Det. Insp. Matthews
- Toby Salaman as Dr. John Underwood
- Carolyn Pickles as Diane Cresswell
- Garry Cooper as Andy Cresswell
- Joe Swash as Jason Cresswell
- Lisa Kelly as Heather Collins
- Hilary Lyon as Phillippa McFarlane
- Hugh Bonneville as Peter Schneider
- Benedict Wong as Jerry Kane
- Vanessa Earl as Suzanne Drake
- Kathleen Bidmead as Olga Livingstone
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