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Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire

★ 8.00h 47mDocumentaryWar & Politics

The dramatic inside story of 6 November 1956, the final day of the Suez Crisis. A day that changed Britain forever. Exactly as it happened - hour by hour, minute by minute.

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Director

Chris Holt

Status

Returning Series

Budget

N/A

Availability

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CAST

Faces behind the story

Saskia Reeves

Narrator (voice)

Alan McKenna

Anthony Eden

Tez Ilyas

Gamal Abdel Nasser

John Statham

Dwight D. Eisenhower

James Merganser

Harold Macmillan

Steve Smith

Guy Mollet

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