Mo
| Release Date: | Jan 2010 |
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| Genre: | Biography / Drama |
| Cast: | Julie Walters (Mo Mowlam), Emma Cambridge (Ellen), David Haig (Jon Norton), Lucy Boynton (Henrietta Norton), Tony Maudsley (Peter Kilfoyle), Gary Lewis (Adam Ingram), Rebekah Staton (Kate), Steven Mackintosh (Peter Mandelson), Stella Gonet (Dr Susi Strang), Toby Jones (Dr Mark Glaser), Cathy White (Radiographer), Katie Cecil (Jo), Helena Bereen (Elderly Woman), Adrian Dunbar (David Trimble), Billy Clarke (Harold Gracey), Drew Thompson (Paramilitary Thug), Stephen Don (Brendan MacCionnaith), Ellie Haddington (Jean), Kerry Shale (Bill Clinton), Terence Harvey (Dr Campbell-Grey), Ivan Little (Himself), John Lynch (Gerry Adams), Eoin McCarthy (Martin McGuinness), Harry Ditson (Senator George Mitchell), Ian Beattie (Michael Stone), Marc O'Shea (Johnny Adair), Deborah Wiseman (Centre Manager), Gary Henry (Kevin), Logan Bruce (Labour Conference Delegate (uncredited)) |
When the Blair government takes office in 1997 the difficult job of Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, trying to broker peace between sectarian factions, goes to Dr. Marjorie Mowlam, known as 'Mo'. With her no nonsense attitude, rough language and liking for a drunk - not to mention the odd flasher's moment - she is equal to any man and totally committed to her role. However she has cancer. The chemotherapy gives her hair loss and she plays on this to defuse situations with humour. Unfortunately the cancer is malignant and will kill her within a few years but Mo keeps this fact quiet in order to see through her Northern Irish task.