The Valour and the Horror
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 3
Mini-series investigating three significant Canadian battles in World War II.
Episodes(3)
1. A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong
The Japanese attacked Hong Kong from the north in 1941 and Hong Kong fell. It was manned by Canadian troops with virtually no training.
Air Date : 1992-01-12
2. Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command
About the Canadian pilots in the British Royal Air Force Bomber Squadrons during World War II.
Air Date : 1992-01-19
3. In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
On the section speaking of the black watch getting massacred, they show the black watch carrying m16s into battle. The m16 was not invented until 1959.
Air Date : 1992-01-26
Cast
Terence McKenna
(Narrator (voice))
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
(Self (archive footage))
Andrew Tarbet
(John Payne)
Jean-Michel Henry
(Armand Bourbonniere)
Randy Hughson
(Laurie Mackay)
David Hewlett
(Walter Jenkins)
Keibo Oiwa
(Japanese officer)
Greg Spottiswood
(John Stroud)
Paul-Augustin Querton
(Roger Cyr)
Brooke Johnson
(Kay Christie)
Martin Julien
(Les Canivet)
Andrew Miller
(Ike Friesen)
Jeremy Ratchford
(Fred Reich)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
(Self (archive footage))
Graeme Campbell
(Sir Arthur Harris)
Gilbert Turp
(Joseph Martin Favreau)
Nicholas Shields
(Jim Moffat)
Janne Mortil
(Mary Moore 'Bubbles')
Hamish McEwan
(R.G. Dale)
Andrew Gillies
(Freeman Dyson)
Mark Burgess
(Marvin Flemming)
Patric Creeman
(George Laird)
Duncan Ollerenshaw
(Joseph Corbally)
J. H. Wyman
(Lloyd Smith)
Glen Peloso
(John Stainton)
Billy Parrott
(William Paul Soeder)
Alex Guard
(Pat Clapman)
Jonathan Wilson
(James Morrison)
David Kirby
(Piano Player)
Winston Churchill
(Self (voice) (archive audio))
Adolf Hitler
(Self (archive footage))
King George VI of the United Kingdom
(Self (archive footage))
Simon Bradbury
(Edward Ashford)
Gerry Quigley
(Viril Bartlett)
Julian Richings
(John Crocker)
Stephen Russell
(Dan Cunningham)
Colin O'Meara
(Bruce Ducal)
Stewart Arnott
(Harry Foster)
Neil Munro
(Rod Keller)
Wayne Robson
(Donald Pearce)
Nigel Bennett
(Kurt Meyer)
Adrian Hough
(German Officer)
Nicholas Campbell
(Guy Simonds)
Patrick Goyette
(Joseph Le Boutillier)
Kurt Meyer
(Self (archive footage))
Bernard L. Montgomery
(Self (archive footage))