Slip-Up

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Slip-Up
GenreDrama
Written by Keith Waterhouse
Anthony Delano
Directed by James Cellan Jones
Starring Jeremy Kemp
George Costigan
Larry Lamb
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Graham Benson
Running time95 minutes
Production company BBC
Release
Original network BBC 1
Original release30 December 1986 (1986-12-30)

Slip-Up is a 1986 British television film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Jeremy Kemp, George Costigan and Larry Lamb. [1] the film recounts the unsuccessful attempts of Jack Slipper to extradite the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs from Brazil.

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