An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
11-01-2018
2h 34m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Mike Leigh
Writer:
Mike Leigh
Production:
Thin Man Films, Film4 Productions, BFI, Lipsync Productions
Key Crew
Stunt Coordinator:
Steve Dent
Second Assistant Camera:
Gayle Dickie
Armorer:
Charles Bodycomb
Extras Casting:
Charlie Rotheram
Still Photographer:
Simon Mein
Locations and Languages
Country:
GB
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Rory Kinnear
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Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright, producer, director and political activist, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies. She has since played Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in The Village. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.
Pearce Quigley is a Salford born actor known for his work on films such as Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Danny Boyle's Millions, The House of Mirth and The Way Back. He is also a familiar face on TV, specifically in comedy having appeared in That Peter Kay Thing, Peter Kay's Car Share, Happiness, Rovers, and the detectorists, as well as dramas such as Three Girls, In The Dark, Cutting It, Prime Suspect 3 and Our Friends in the North. He is also a celebrated stage actor, performing at the National Theatre and the Globe.
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Alastair Mackenzie is a Scottish actor. He was born in 1970 in Trinafour, near Perth and educated at Westbourne House School and Glenalmond College in Perthshire.
Mackenzie left home at the age of 18 and moved to London. Though best known as playing the young laird Archie MacDonald in the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen, he also has some theatre and film credits to his name.
He lives in Islington with his wife, Scottish actress Susan Vidler, with whom he has one daughter, Martha, born in February 2000. His brother is director David Mackenzie, with whom he co-founded Sigma Films.
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His father is Sicilian and his mother is Anglo-Irish. He has a younger sister called Claudia Marissa, born in 1992. Prior to winning the Hollyoaks role, he was a student, starting in February 2007, at the Manchester School of Acting. At the same time as filming for Hollyoaks, he was also playing Cam Spencer in web series LOL, which explores sex, drugs and relationships.
Mirallegro appeared in a short film by Plato Films and All-Seeing Eye Productions, called Six Minutes of Freedom, in July 2009, between filming for Hollyoaks. Mirallegro stars as a troubled teenager called Chris who is training to be a boxer. His sister Claudia also makes an appearance. This film was entered into four film festivals.
Six Minutes of Freedom was released for download at Mi Shorts on January 12, 2011, following a successful festival run in the summer of 2010.
On 10 November 2010, Mirallegro appeared as a gay character called Jamie, who suffers bullying (because of his sexuality) in an episode of series 2 of the BBC drama series Moving On. The episode is called "Losing My Religion".
Mirallegro recently appeared as a guest in nine episodes of the regular BBC series Doctors; this was announced on 7 June 2010 in an article by Digital Spy. He appeared in the role of Italian foreign exchange student Giovanni Mannasorri, who arrived in Letherbridge to study at university. His first episode in this role was shown on 24 September.
He finished filming for his role in McQueen the Movie by Bitter Sweet Pictures in the summer of 2010. He played Sam, a young Jewish lad (one of the two main protagonists of the story: Sam and Nick). The film is set in suburbia in the North of England in the 1990s.
From 26 to 28 December 2010, Mirallegro appeared in series 1 of BBC1 1930s period remake of Upstairs Downstairs. He played a young footman called Johnny Proude, who took up a position in service to escape the poverty of the northern mining town where he was born. In the first episode, Proude got into trouble with the police within his first week of service at 165 Eaton Place, and was sent away to a borstal, but returned in the third episode.
On 10 February 2011, the BBC Press Office announced that the series has been re-commissioned for a further six episodes, which would be shown in 2012.
In May 2011, Mirallegro appeared in the BBC's 3-part psychological thriller Exile, playing the teenage version of leading character Tom Ronstadt (played by John Simm). Later that same year, Mirallegro played the role of Sam, a gay heroin addict in the BBC drama The Body Farm. From Sunday 19 February to Sunday 25 March 2012, Mirallegro appeared again as Johnny Proude in Series 2 of BBC's remake of Upstairs Downstairs.[10] The episode which featured Mirallegro's character the most was "All The Things You Are"; which showed Johnny Proude in training to take part in a boxing competition, and gave some hint of his fears about becoming a soldier in World War II.
Mirallegro completed filming in a new film about The Stone Roses called Spike Island, which was released in November 2012.
He is appearing in E4's new teenage comedy My Mad Fat Diary, which began airing from 14 January 2013. He plays the role of Finn.
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Dorothy Caroline Atkinson (born 1966) is an English actress and singer. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh, including Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing, and Mr. Turner, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and for which she was nominated for the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. An April 2021 announcement stated that Atkinson would be joining the cast of the second season of All Creatures Great and Small as Diana Brompton.
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He appeared in both seasons of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's television series Extras as camp scriptwriter Damon Beesley and in The Thick of It television series specials as Nick Hanway. Savage's film credits include a major role as the Victorian actor in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, George Grossmith, in the Mike Leigh film Topsy-Turvy, and also in Another Year as angry son-in-law Carl. He recently appeared in a small cameo as the performer Dan Leno in a BBC drama about music hall star Marie Lloyd & in the final Masterpiece Mystery Foyle's War.
His theatre credits include For King and Country (2009), A Respectable Wedding at the Young Vic (2007), Rupert Goold's Faustus (2004), an RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002), Svejk at the Gate Theatre, London (1999), and Two (1997).
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David Bamber is an English actor who has worked in television and theatre. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Bamber was born in Walkden, Lancashire, England. He studied drama at Bristol University, continuing his training at RADA where he won the Gold Medal in 1979.
Bamber's early television work includes appearances in the BBC series "The Professionals" and "The Gentle Touch". He also starred in the BBC adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's novel "The Buddha of Suburbia".
In 1995, Bamber won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the play "My Night with Reg". He has also appeared in numerous other stage productions, including "The Crucible", "The Importance of Being Earnest", and "The Mousetrap".
Bamber's film credits include "The Bourne Identity", "Miss Potter", and "Valkyrie". He has also appeared in several television movies, including "The Lost Prince" and "The Sinking of the Titanic".
Bamber is married to the actress Julia Swift. They have two sons, Theo and Ethan.
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She is best known for her regular roles as Melanie in the BBC comedy series Early Doors and Susie Ward in Heartbeat.
Born in Rochdale, she went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, before taking her first role in an episode of Eastenders.
Other film and television work has included Holby City, Shameless and as Yvonne O'Neill in The Street.
Bottomley recently appeared in the eighth episode of the second series of Torchwood, "A Day in the Death". She appears in comedy series Massive on BBC Three and the BBC One drama Hope Springs and also a BBC drama: Land Girls.
She has starred in a 2009 film, entitled Hush.
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Julie was born in Accrington, Lancashire in February 1970. A woman with a strong social conscience, she originally wanted to be a social worker. She was an amateur actress with the Oswaldtwistle Players and studied A-level Theatre Studies at Accrington and Rossendale College. Fate took a turn when she took an audition for drama school to be with her friends. It landed her a place at LAMDA, where she studied from 1988-1991. After graduating she set up her own theatre company, Arts Threshold, with a group of friends in Paddington, taking time out for TV roles in The Bill, the Catherine Cookson drama The Dwelling Place, a care home worker in Victoria Wood's comedy film Pat and Margaret and, just prior to Coronation Street, as an animal rights protestor in Dalziel & Pascoe. She was spotted by the casting crew for "Coronation Street" whilst playing in "Much Ado About Nothing" in the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, playing the dual roles of a maid and a night watchman!
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Brian Fletcher is a British actor whose film credits include Mike Leigh's Peterloo. His television credits include Jeff Pope and Danny Baker's series Cradle to Grave on BBC2, BBC1's Ordinary Lies and Home Fires on ITV1. He played a lead in The Passing Bells on BBC1 and appeared in the acclaimed Three Girls, also on BBC1.
Patrick Kennedy (born 28 August 1977) is an English actor. He is an Oxford graduate. His largest role to date is in the BBC's Bleak House as Richard Carstone. He again appeared in a BBC drama having been chosen for a role in the 2008 re-make of The 39 Steps and also appeared in the BBC drama Einstein and Eddington.
He has also appeared in Cambridge Spies and had minor roles in Spooks, Mrs Henderson Presents, A Good Year and Munich. He appeared in Joe Wright's film of Ian McEwan's Atonement in 2007. He is due to star in the upcoming movie War Horse as Lt. Waverley, alongside Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Tom Hiddleston, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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