The Last Post: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the mid-Sixties in the shimmering heat of Aden, Yemen, The Last Post centres on a unit of Royal Military Police officers and their families. Their job is two-fold: half soldiers and half policemen who face constant insurgency and threat. Danger is everywhere. Hand grenades, mines and sniper attacks are a constant threat.

As the insurgency takes a real hold and casualties mount it becomes harder for everyone not to start to ask the big questions. What are we doing here? Is it right? As the old established order of the Fifties comes apart who will survive and who will flounder?

Series details

• Title: The Last Post
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, War, History
• Premiere date: 2017-10-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-11-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 23560
• IMDb ID: tt5133742
• TVDB ID: 334984

Cast and credited roles

• Jessie Buckley — Honor Martin
• Amanda Drew — Mary Markham
• Ben Miles — Major Harry Markham
• Stephen Campbell Moore — Lieutenant Ed Laithwaite
• Jessica Raine — Alison Laithwaite
• Jeremy Neumark Jones — Captain Joe Martin
• Tom Glynn-Carney — Lance Corporal Tony Armstrong
• Chris Reilly — Sergeant Alex Baxter
• Louis Greatorex — Lance Corporal Paul Stoneham
• Kevin Sutton — Corporal Israel Orchover
• Ouidad Elma — Yusra Saeed
• Essie Davis — Martha Franklin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-10-01; final listed air date 2017-11-05; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Last Post on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.