This Is David Lander The Rocketing Cost of Defence (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Comedy

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This Is David Lander

The Rocketing Cost of Defence (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Comedy

David Lander reports on a new British weapon system that doesn't work, costs hundreds of millions, sinks the wrong ships and lands in people's back garden.

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Nov 28, 1988 (United Kingdom)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Fry David Lander David Lander See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Mark Arden Arms Dealer Arms Dealer See fewer	Carry on Columbus (1992)
Susan Brown Joan Trescot Joan Trescot See fewer	Game of Thrones (2011)
Bruce Alexander Colin Trescot Colin Trescot See fewer	A Touch of Frost (1992)
Paul Shearer Stephen Burnett Stephen Burnett See fewer	The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
John Boswall Admiral Torrington-Howes Admiral Torrington-Howes See fewer	1984 (1984)
Willie Ross Arthur Dodds Arthur Dodds See fewer	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Cecily Hobbs Miriam Benchley Miriam Benchley See fewer	Robin Hood (1991)
John Burgess Norman Gresham Norman Gresham See fewer	Flash Gordon (1980)