Danny Boy

6.8

90 minutes

5/12/2021

Overview

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.

Cast List

Anthony Boyle
as Brian Wood
Toby Jones
as Phil Shiner
Leah McNamara
as Lucy Wood
Alex Ferns
as Gavin Wood
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
as Patrick O'Connor
Sarah Niles
as Stella Marshall
Kiran Sonia Sawar
as Deena Aayari
Emma Lowndes
as Sgt Gail Lennox
Oaklee Pendergast
as Young Brian
Pauline Turner
as Margaret Wood
Tommy Finnegan
as Bailey Wood
Spike Leighton
as Rushforth
Joel Morris
as Falconer
Matt Beauman-Jones
as High Ranking Military Officer
Nima Taleghani
as Mazin
Paul Blackwell
as Police
Layo-Christina Akinlude
as Ellen Chambers
Rachid Sabitri
as Hussein
Emmanuel Imani
as Spud Tatawaqa