Kort na haar aanstelling krijgt Margaret Thatcher al te maken met een zeer moeilijke kwestie: de Falkland eilanden. Argentinië, dat een voormalig bondgenoot van het Verenigd Koninkrijk was, bezette de Falkland eilanden in 1981. Kort daarop verklaarde Thatcher de oorlog aan Argentinië. Na een periode van afwachten, waarin getracht werd het conflict vreedzaam op te lossen, besloten de Britten over te gaan op minder vriendelijke maatregelen. In maart en april 1982 vochten Britse troepen op de eilanden, waarna het spoedig weer Brits grondbezit werd.
Nee, helaas is The Falklands Play nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Rebecca Ferrand | Line Producer |
| Production | Richard Fell | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Michael Samuels | Director |
| Writing | Ian Curteis | Writer |
| Production | Jeremy Howe | Producer |
| Art | Sandy Garfield | Property Buyer |
| Camera | Chris Pearce | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Colin Bradbury | Property Master |
| Sound | Alan Cridford | Boom Operator |
| Production | Vanessa Stoddart | Production Accountant |
| Sound | James Loosemore | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Steve Rees | Camera Operator |
| Art | Melanie Allen | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristy Herring | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Holly Watson | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kirsty Herring | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Chuck Douglas | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Mark Isaac | Cinematography |
| Editing | Martin Sharpe | Editor |
| Editing | Lesley MacKinnon | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Jenny Bowman | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Mario Mooney | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sallie Adams | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Tammy Kempinski | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Mark Issac | Camera Operator |
| Art | Madelaine Leech | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jason Hopfner | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Gavin Walters | Gaffer |
| Production | Nicola Pinn | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Kevin Rudge | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jane Bevans | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Carrie Hilton | Casting |
| Crew | Rory Taylor | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jayne Gregory | Costume Design |
| Production | Sacha Whitmarsh | Production Manager |
| Directing | Paul Elkins | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Graham Cussell | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allison Wyldeck | Costume Supervisor |
| Editing | Dominic Aarons | Colorist |
| Camera | Rory Taylor | Director of Photography |