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  • End of Empire The Beginning of the End (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | Documentary

End of Empire

The Beginning of the End (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

How the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II became a symbol of the British Empire's decline.
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Updated Apr 15, 1985

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1985 (United Kingdom)

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30 cast members
Name Known for
Robin Ellis
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Julian Amery
Self - Conservative MP Self - Conservative MP   See fewer
Sisir Kumar Bose
Self - Indian nationalist (as Sisir Bose) Self - Indian nationalist (as Sisir Bose)   See fewer
Lord Brockway
Self - Labour peer Self - Labour peer   See fewer
Elizabeth Choy
Self - Singapore resident Self - Singapore resident   See fewer
John Collins
Self - Royal Australian Navy, 1913-55 (as Sir Admiral John Collins) Self - Royal Australian Navy, 1913-55 (as Sir Admiral John Collins)   See fewer
Phyllis Collins
Self (as Lady Phyllis Collins) Self (as Lady Phyllis Collins)   See fewer
Gerald De Cruz
Self - Singapore resident Self - Singapore resident   See fewer
Royer Dick
Self - Royal Navy, 1910-55 Self - Royal Navy, 1910-55   See fewer
Alec Douglas-Home
Self (as Lord Home) Self (as Lord Home)   See fewer
Hiruki Iki
Self - Commander Japanese Fleet Air Arm, 1941-2 Self - Commander Japanese Fleet Air Arm, 1941-2   See fewer
Ian Jacob
Self (as General Sir Ian Jacob) Self (as General Sir Ian Jacob)   See fewer
C.L.R. James
Self - Trinidadian writer Self - Trinidadian writer   See fewer
Tan Chee Koo
Self - Medical student Singapore 1938-42 Self - Medical student Singapore 1938-42   See fewer
Henry Leach
Self - First Sea Lord 1979-82 (as Admiral Sir Henry Leach) Self - First Sea Lord 1979-82 (as Admiral Sir Henry Leach)   See fewer
David Marshall
Self - Lawyer (later Chief Minister, Singapore) Self - Lawyer (later Chief Minister, Singapore)   See fewer
Colin McMullen
Self - Gunnery Officer HMS 'Prince of Whales' (as Officer Colin McMullen) Self - Gunnery Officer HMS 'Prince of Whales' (as Officer Colin McMullen)   See fewer
Louis Mountbatten
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Devan Nair
Self - Schoolboy Singapore 1928-41 Self - Schoolboy Singapore 1928-41   See fewer
R.A.W. Pool
Self - Lieutenant HMS 'Repulse' (as Commander R.A.W. Pool) Self - Lieutenant HMS 'Repulse' (as Commander R.A.W. Pool)   See fewer
W.F. Salmon
Self - Staff Officer to General Percival 1942 Self - Staff Officer to General Percival 1942   See fewer
Katsusaku Takahashi
Self - Commander Japanese Fleet Air Arm, 1941-2 Self - Commander Japanese Fleet Air Arm, 1941-2   See fewer
Neville Chamberlain
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Noël Coward
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Duke of Windsor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Edward Elgar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
King George V
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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