A Perfect Hero
Overview
Starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox). Based on the 1980 Christopher Matthew book 'The Long-Haired Boy'. Loosley based on the true story of Richard Hillary with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.
First air date
17/05/1991
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Season 1
starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific…
Fiona Gillies
Bunty Morrell
Nigel Havers
Hugh Fleming
James Fox
Angus Meikle
Amanda Elwes
Marjorie
Bernard Hepton
Arthur Fleming
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Iris Fleming
Nicholas Pritchard
Julian Masters
Patrick Ryecart
Tim Holland
Thomas Wheatley
Dickie Bird
Jeffrey Daunton
Medical Orderly
Georgia Allen
Nancy
Fiona Mollison
Susan
Jeff Rawle
Service Policeman
Original Soundtrack
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum
The Bletchley Circle
Dad's Army
Colditz
Gutta på skauen
Island at War
Great SAS Missions
Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession
Buried Secrets of WWII
Rise of the Nazis
The Dirty Dozen
Kaj Munk
Secret Nazi Bases
Dresden
Operation Barbarossa: Into the Heart of Darkness
The World at War
Clash of Wings
SAS Rogue Heroes
Into the Night
F16