A Perfect Hero
TV series
A Perfect Hero
1991, English.
Starring Nigel Havers as a recovering WWII pilot trying to adapt to life after being shot down. After suffering horrific facial burns when the bomber he is piloting is shot down, Hugh Fleming (Havers)'s once promising future lies in ruins. Abandoned by his girlfriend, and forced to sit out the war while his former colleagues fight on, Fleming's only hope lies with an offer of help from renowned plastic surgeon Angus Meikle (James Fox). Based on the 1980 Christopher Matthew book 'The Long-Haired Boy'. Loosley based on the true story of Richard Hillary with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 1991
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Latest episode
S1 E6: Episode 6
Aired 21 June 1991
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Fiona GilliesBunty Morrell · 6 ep
- Nigel HaversHugh Fleming · 6 ep
- James FoxAngus Meikle · 6 ep
- Amanda ElwesMarjorie · 6 ep
- Bernard HeptonArthur Fleming · 6 ep
- Barbara Leigh-HuntIris Fleming · 6 ep
- Nicholas PritchardJulian Masters · 6 ep
- Patrick RyecartTim Holland · 6 ep
- Thomas WheatleyDickie Bird · 6 ep
- Jeffrey DauntonMedical Orderly · 6 ep
- Georgia AllenNancy · 6 ep
- Fiona MollisonSusan · 6 ep
Details
- First aired
- 17 May 1991
- Last aired
- 21 June 1991
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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A Perfect Hero has 1 season and 6 episodes.
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