Hattie

TV Movie
20112011
1h 25m

Robert Bathurst, Ruth Jones, and Aidan Turner in Hattie (2011)

Married comic actors Hattie Jacques and John LeMesurier seem the perfect couple, with their two young sons and the legendary Christmas dinners they host for their friends. However, in 1963, ... Read allMarried comic actors Hattie Jacques and John LeMesurier seem the perfect couple, with their two young sons and the legendary Christmas dinners they host for their friends. However, in 1963, after a charity fund raiser for leukaemia, Hattie meets the young and handsome John Schofi... Read allMarried comic actors Hattie Jacques and John LeMesurier seem the perfect couple, with their two young sons and the legendary Christmas dinners they host for their friends. However, in 1963, after a charity fund raiser for leukaemia, Hattie meets the young and handsome John Schofield, whose son died of the disease. He tells her that she is lovely and boosts her confide... Read all

Director
- Dan Zeff
Writers
- Stephen Russell
- Andy Merriman(book "Hattie: The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques")
Stars

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Aidan Turner in Hattie (2011)

As John Le Mesurier in "Hattie", BBC

Susy Kane in "Hattie"

Robert Bathurst, Ruth Jones, and Aidan Turner in Hattie (2011)

Director
- Dan Zeff
Writers
- Stephen Russell
- Andy Merriman(book "Hattie: The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques")
All cast & crew
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Married comic actors Hattie Jacques and John LeMesurier seem the perfect couple, with their two young sons and the legendary Christmas dinners they host for their friends. However, in 1963, after a charity fund raiser for leukaemia, Hattie meets the young and handsome John Schofield, whose son died of the disease. He tells her that she is lovely and boosts her confidence about her plumpness. When he splits with his wife, John LeMesurier suggests he becomes the family's lodger but he becomes Hattie's lover, jealously so, angry that he cannot be part of her 'This Is Your Life' TV tribute. The gentlemanly LeMesurier moves into the spare room, all the while remaining good friends with Hattie, who encourages him to date family friend Joan Malin, whom he will eventually marry. To preserve Hattie's public reputation, her husband accepts blame in the divorce court and will remain on good terms with her for the rest of her life. Two years later, Schofield deserts Hattie for an Italian heiress. She will never remarry, seeking the company of younger men and succumbing to illness propounded by her size, leading to her death from a heart attack at the early age of fifty-eight. —don @ minifie-1

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Genre
- Drama
Parents guide

Trivia
Robert Bathurst, who played John Le Mesurier, subsequently went on to play the character of Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019), a series of remakes of the three missing episodes of Dad's Army (1968). In the original series, Sergeant Wilson was played by John Le Mesurier.

Goofs
Scenes are included showing filming of Carry on Cabby (1963), including a clapper board with that title. However, this movie was produced as "Call Me a Cab". The title was changed after production was completed.

Quotes
[Hattie meets John Schofield for the first time when he drives up in a red E-Type Jaguar sports car]
John Schofield: Are you all right here, or do you need to sit in the back like the Queen?
Hattie Jacques: [coyly] I'd need six months' notice to squeeze my behind in there.

Crazy credits
Prologue: "This film is based on a true story. Some events have been created or changed."

Connections
Referenced in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2011)

Soundtracks
Carry on Cabby
Composed by Eric Rogers

Top review

5/10

Not as good as I was hoping...

I just finished watching Hattie which is apparently a bio-pic about Hattie Jacques.

Now, the movie was average. But what annoys me with these bio-pics is they are supposed to be the life stories of the people they are filming about, but in most cases there is so much crap added that just isn't true.

But being a fan of the Carry On movies, I had to see it. I have seen the Kenneth Williams bio-pic and Cor Blimey! which were both quite good... but this just wasn't as good.

This movie was not really about her life, just about her affair with her much younger house mate. She still loves her husband and doesn't want him to move out even though he knows about the affair.

It is very uncomfortable to watch some scenes as it is quite sad to see her husband being treated the way he does. He seemed like a nice guy and just didn't want to lose his wife so was willing to share her!

There are a few scenes in the film that were re-created on the Carry On Cabby set, which was interesting to see and fun to watch. But all in all I was disappointed in the movie. I was hoping we would know more about Hattie and more about her life instead of just her sexual life.

I give this film 5 out of 10...

Not a bad movie, but not what I wanted a film to be. It really didn't have to be about Hattie Jacques, it could have been about anyone.

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richieandsam
Nov 7, 2012

Release date
- January 19, 2011 (United Kingdom)
Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Language
- English
Also known as
- Slawa Hattie Jacques
Filming locations
- Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Production company
- Angel Eye Film & Television
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Runtime
1 hour 25 minutes
Color
- Color
- Black and White
Sound mix
- Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1

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