The Prince of Hearts
(TV 1998)
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The Prince of Hearts
(TV 1998)
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Barry Grimes
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Gavin Richards | ... |
Chief Superintendent
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| Peter Lovstrom | ... |
Police Driver
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| Tara Fitzgerald | ... |
Grace
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Terence Rigby | ... |
Mr. Garter
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Terence Budd | ... |
Sandy
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| Rupert Penry-Jones | ... |
The Prince
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Christopher Staines | ... |
Adams
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Graeme Garden | ... |
The Master
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Mark Gough | ... |
Hargreaves
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| Jacqueline King | ... |
The Master's Wife
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Stephen Moore | ... |
Dr. Rymans
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Danielle Tilley | ... |
Serena
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| Judy Cornwell | ... |
Mrs. Quigley
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Katherine Porter | ... |
Blue Stocking
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The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry, his new bodyguard, has no time for the royal family and left school at fifteen. He certainly didn't volunteer for this job, and is damned if he's going to enjoy it. Yet he can't help liking the hopelessly unworldly young prince, at least, until they both set their eyes on the new American student! Written by Anonymous
This proved to be a mostly pleasant, if somewhat episodic romp by two "outsiders" in the old-boy network of Cambridge University, one attracting ridicule because he is the ill-educated(but street-smart)bodyguard-cum-nursemaid of a Royal Prince, one the nerdy Royal Prince, himself. The two heroes triumph over all, of course, each "finding" himself in the conventional way, and they each wind up with Their Own True Love, meanwhile, the two actors play off each other most amusingly The humour is throwaway, but unexpected, and effective in eliciting constant guffaws from this, normally, staid viewer. The only fault I found with this highly enjoyable movie, was its occasional soppy moments, and a mean-spirited anti Royal tone throughout. The writer and director must be even more Republican than I.