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The Last Post

The Last Post

Would you risk your life for a dying empire?

20176.61 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love and war in British-controlled Aden.

Created by Elwen Rowlands
Produced by Margery Bone, Mark Pybus
NetworksBBC One

Top Cast

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Honor Martin

Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore

Lieutenant Ed Laithwaite

Amanda Drew

Amanda Drew

Mary Markham

Ben Miles

Ben Miles

Major Harry Markham

Jeremy Neumark Jones

Jeremy Neumark Jones

Captain Joe Martin

Jessica Raine

Jessica Raine

Alison Laithwaite

Ouidad Elma

Ouidad Elma

Yusra Saeed

Chris Reilly

Chris Reilly

Sergeant Alex Baxter

T

Toby Woolf

George Markham

Kevin Sutton

Kevin Sutton

Corporal Israel Orchover

Themes & Keywords

armyperiod dramamilitary policeyemen1960s

About The Last Post

The Last Post is a drama, war & politics series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of army, period drama, military police, yemen, 1960s. Created by Elwen Rowlands, it stars Jessie Buckley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Amanda Drew. Drama series set in the mid-sixties, in which a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families deal with the challenges of politics, love and war in British-controlled Aden.

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