
A Perfect Hero
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 Hillar with some aspects adapted from Hillary's 1943 book 'The Last Enemy'.
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Rating
6.3/10
Release Date
1991-05-17
Episodes
6 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast

Fiona Gillies
Bunty Morrell

Nigel Havers
Hugh Fleming

James Fox
Angus Meikle

Amanda Elwes
Marjorie

Bernard Hepton
Arthur Fleming

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Iris Fleming

Nicholas Pritchard
Julian Masters

Patrick Ryecart
Tim Holland

Thomas Wheatley
Dickie Bird

Jeffrey Daunton
Medical Orderly

Georgia Allen
Nancy

Fiona Mollison
Susan
Production Companies

LWT

ITV