The life and times of the parents of the hailed British graphic novelist, Raymond Briggs.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Pam Ferris | ... | Mrs. Bennett / Aunty Betty (voice) | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Ernest Briggs (voice) | |
| Brenda Blethyn | ... | Ethel Briggs (voice) | |
| Luke Treadaway | ... | Raymond Briggs (voice) | |
| Roger Allam | ... | Middle Aged Doctor (voice) | |
| Harry Collett | ... | Young Raymond (voice) | |
| Virginia McKenna | ... | Lady of the House (voice) | |
| Peter Wight | ... | Detective Sergeant Burnley (voice) | |
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June Brown | ... | Ernest's Step Mother (voice) |
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Simon Day | ... | Alf (voice) |
| Gillian Hanna | ... | Midwife / Aunty Flo (voice) | |
| Alex Jordan | ... | Best Man / Fireman / Train Guard / Doctor (voice) | |
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Duncan Wisbey | ... | Wedding Photographer / Radio Announcer / BBC Newsreader / Newspaper Seller / Tailor / Arthur (voice) |
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Macready Massey | ... | Teen-age Raymond |
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Karyn Claydon | ... | Jean (Raymond's wife) (voice) |
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In 1928 London milk-man Ernest Briggs courts and marries house-maid Ethel, their son Raymond being born in 1934. When World War II breaks out Ethel tearfully allows him to be evacuated to aunts in Dorset whilst Ernest joins the fire service, shocked by the carnage he sees. As hostilities end they celebrate Raymond's return and entry to grammar school and the birth of the welfare state though Ethel is mistrustful of socialism and progress in general. Raymond himself progresses from National Service to art college and a teaching post, worrying his mother by marrying schizophrenic Jean. However father and son console each other as Ethel slips away but before long Raymond is mourning his father too though both Ethel and Ernest will forever be immortalized by Raymond's touching account of their lives. Written by don @ minifie-1
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Ernest Briggs: Well, why didn't ya?
Ethel Briggs: Because I didn't love him.
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As a wartime evacuee, the young Raymond is seen sketching a snowman based on a Christmas cake figurine. In 1978 'The Snowman' would become Briggs's most famous and successful book. See more »Quotes
Ethel Briggs: I could have married a deep-sea diver.Ernest Briggs: Well, why didn't ya?
Ethel Briggs: Because I didn't love him.
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Ethel & Ernest is a tribute by author Raymond Briggs to his working class parents. Both meet in 1928, Ethel who is older, is a maid to a wealthy family. Ernest, a milkman who is 5 years her junior waves at her every day and then one day brings her flowers and asks her out.
Ernest is a Labour supporter, Ethel believe that the toffs are born to rule and is a Conservative. They get married and Ernest saves enough money to put down a deposit for a house and get a mortgage. Eventually little Raymond arrives but they could not have anymore children. When war breaks out Raymond is sent to the country where he would be away from the bombing raids.
After the war, Ernest cheers on the creation of the welfare state but ongoing rationing places a strain. As Raymond gets older, he does his bit in National Service and later goes to art school and insists on having long hair.
The film becomes more episodic as we go through the swinging sixties and eventually to their old age. Ernest, ever the optimist, although it dawns on him that as a manual worker, he was always relatively low paid (he finds out that Raymond could earn just as much as him by working one day in art school) but he did manage to buy a house in London and eventually purchased a car.
A charming animated film of two people in love and coping with events but also a social history of the twentieth century. Lovely voice work from Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent.