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Director:
Douglas Mackinnon
Writers:
Martyn Auty (additional scenes)
Miles Gibson (novel)
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Release Date:
1 January 2001 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
Kingdom Swann is a talented but rather naive Scottish artist who lives in Edwardian London with his housekeeper... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Billy Connolly ... Kingdom Swann
Sarah Lancashire ... Violet Askey
Douglas Henshall ... Cromwell Marsh
Katie Blake ... Charlotte Crisp
Liz Ewing ... Alice Hancock
Emily Hillier ... Ethel Spooner
Nick Stringer ... Edward Shelburne
Teresa Banham ... Jane Davidson
John Warnaby ... Gordon Simms
Simon Chandler ... Prestwick
Jamie Bradley ... Stanley Gaunt

Dominic Mafham ... Lord Thornycroft
Chris Middleton ... Lanky Parsons

Tony Bluto ... Market stall holder
Rebecca Johnson ... Sarah Rossetti
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 | UK:12
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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I couldn't help myself enjoy this, 2 August 2001
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Author: (lisarull@yahoo.com) from Nottingham, England

Okay, fair cop, I confess that with Douglas Henshall in the cast list I would have watched this regardless. But what a way to begin the New Year (it premiered on BBC1 on New Year's Day 2001). It's a charming tale and beautifully presented. The costumes are lush and the setting is just right. Billy Connolly's relationship with Sarah Lancashire is so tenderly played that it captures your heart. She's come a long way since her soap opera days on "Coronation Street".

It has a sparkling script and each of the main characters has their own star moments. Why Henshall thinks he's playing Michael Caine is beyond my comprehension, but for all the incongruity of hearing Cockney geezer-speak coming from his Glaswegian born and bred mouth it is still a charming performance. The piece has adult content, but much of the script and performances are pure nostalgia with nudge-wink humour and old-fashioned romance. As someone who mostly loathes slapstick it's a joy to find farce so well presented. Even the minor characters (caricatures) fit the storyline well.

If granny has a rather ribald humour you might find that you can take her back in time with such a gentle-humoured drama. It wouldn't win any prizes for radical experimentation or high-quality anything, but it is a light and frothy way to fill any evening.

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