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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Great Blunders of WWII
Hitler's Last Stand
World War II: The Price Of Empire
WWII in the Pacific
The Gallant Men
V tieni vlkov
Faraway Downs
Jaro 45
Coming Home
The Diary of Anne Frank
Wang Dahua Revolutionary Career
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Dad's Army
Convoy: War for the Atlantic
Island at War
Brug, De
The Real Dad's Army
Colditz
Kingdom of Yugoslavia in World War II
Dig WW2 with Dan Snow