The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly (played by Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance is an English actor, theatre director and playwright.As an actor, Rylance found success on stage and screen. For his work in theatre he has won Olivier and Tony Awards among others, and a BAFTA TV Award...

) and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom. It was written and directed by Peter Kosminsky

Peter Kosminsky

Peter Kosminsky is a British writer, director and producer. He has directed Hollywood movies such as White Oleander and television films like Warriors, The Government Inspector and The Promise.- Biography :...

, and won three BAFTAs - Best Actor for Rylance, Best Single Drama and Best Writer (as well as being nominated for the BAFTA for Best Original Television Music for Jocelyn Pook

Jocelyn Pook

Jocelyn Pook is a British composer, pianist and viola player.- Biography :Jocelyn Pook’s distinctive style is a product of her diverse experiences in classical, commercial, and so-called world music...

, and winning a RTS Television Award for Best Single Drama).

Cast

• Mark Rylance
  Mark Rylance
  Mark Rylance is an English actor, theatre director and playwright.As an actor, Rylance found success on stage and screen. For his work in theatre he has won Olivier and Tony Awards among others, and a BAFTA TV Award...
  
   - Dr. David Kelly
• Jonathan Cake - Alastair Campbell
  Alastair Campbell
  Alastair John Campbell is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Director of Communications and Strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003, having first started working for Blair in 1994...
  
  
• Emma Fielding
  Emma Fielding
  Emma Georgina Annalies Fielding is an English actress.-Biography:The lapsed Roman Catholic daughter of a British Army soldier, Fielding spent much of her childhood in Malaysia and Nigeria, and a period in Malvern above her grandparents' betting shop...
  
   - Susan Watts
  Susan Watts
  Susan Janet Watts is the science editor of the BBC's Newsnight programme, joining the programme in January 1995.-Early life:She went to Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Girls' School. She has a BSc in Physics from Imperial College London....
  
  
• Daniel Ryan
  Daniel Ryan (actor)
  Daniel Ryan is an English actor and writer.He is known for starring as Darren Alexander in the BBC drama comedy Linda Green, Andrew Gilligan in The Government Inspector, Andy Coulson in Steel River Blues and Kenny Reed in The Whistleblowers...
  
   - Andrew Gilligan
  Andrew Gilligan
  Andrew Paul Gilligan is a British journalist best known for a 2003 report on BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme in which he said a British government briefing paper on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction had been 'sexed up', a claim that ultimately led to a public inquiry that criticised Gilligan...
  
  
• Geraldine Alexander - Janice Kelly
• Georgina Rylance
  Georgina Rylance
  Georgina Elizabeth Rylance , English actress, best known for Dinotopia.-Early life:Rylance is the daughter of Judge John Rylance QC, a circuit judge....
  
   - Rachel Kelly
• James Larkin
  James Larkin (actor)
  James Larkin is an English actor, most notable for his portrayal of the character Dylan in EastEnders and as Tony Blair in the 2005 The Government Inspector. He has also written Int...
  
   - Tony Blair
  Tony Blair
  Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
  
  
• Julian Wadham
  Julian Wadham
  -Career:He has appeared on television as both Charles II and George V...
  
   - Jonathan Powell
• Pip Torrens
  Pip Torrens
  Pip Torrens is an English actor.He was born in Bromley, Kent, England. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge...
  
   - John Scarlett
  John Scarlett
  Sir John McLeod Scarlett, KCMG, OBE was Director General of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 2004 to 2009...
  
  
• Philip Bowen
  Philip Bowen
  Philip Bowen is a British actor who has appeared in a number of British film and television roles including in Agatha Christie's Poirot, Kavanagh QC and Soldier Soldier. He was born in Liverpool, Merseyside in 1949.-References:...
  
   - Sir Kevin Tebbit
  Kevin Tebbit
  Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit, KCB CMG ) is a former British civil servant.-Career:He was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys and St John's College, Cambridge. From January to July 1998, Tebbit was director of GCHQ...
  
  
• Barnaby Kay
  Barnaby Kay
  Barnaby Kay is a British actor noted for his roles in television, stage and film, and as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Kay is the son of the actor Richard Kay , and the grandson of entertainer Arthur Kay...
  
   - Tom Kelly
• Tom Beard - Godric Smith
• Darren Morfitt
  Darren Morfitt
  Darren Morfitt is an actor who has appeared in 55 Degrees North, Grafters, Red Cap, Warriors, Making Waves, The Government Inspector and the cult werewolf movie Dog Soldiers. Most recently he starred as Jesus in the Manchester Passion and in the science fiction action film Doomsday as Dr...
  
   - Daniel Pruce
• Martin Maynard - Paul Hammill
• Geoffrey Freshwater
  Geoffrey Freshwater
  Geoffrey Freshwater is an English actor. His television appearances include The Government Inspector and the recurring character of Sgt Eric Rivers in 5 episodes of Foyle's War, and he is also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in their 2007-08 This England cycle of Shakespeare's...
  
   - Andrew MacKinlay
  Andrew MacKinlay
  Andrew Stuart MacKinlay is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Thurrock from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...