About this programme
Fact-based drama about American physicist Richard Feynman's determination to reveal the truth behind the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. When the craft exploded 73 seconds after lift-off on January 28, leading to the deaths of all seven crew members, it was the most shocking event in the history of US spaceflight, and a presidential commission was immediately convened to investigate what went wrong. Starring William Hurt, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Dennehy, Kevin R McNally and Joanne Whalley.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Richard Feynman
- William Hurt
- Chairman Rogers
- Brian Dennehy
- Gen Kutyna
- Bruce Greenwood
- Gweneth Feynman
- Joanne Whalley
- Larry Mulloy
- Kevin R McNally
- Sally Ride
- Eve Best
- Dr Weiss
- Henry Goodman
Crew
- Director
- James Hawes
- Executive Producer
- Mark Hedgecoe
- Executive Producer
- Rocky Collins
- Producer
- Laurie Borg
- Writer
- Kate Gartside
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