Top billed cast

1. 

   Ruth Jones

   Hattie Jacques

2. 

   Robert Bathurst

   John Le Mesurier

3. 

   Aidan Turner

   John Schofield

4. 

   Jeany Spark

   Joan Malin

5. 

   Graham Fellows

   Eric Sykes

6. 

   Marcia Warren

   Esma Cannon

7. 

   Stephen Critchlow

   Gerald Thomas

8. 

   Lewis Macleod

   Eamonn Andrews

9. 

   John Bell

   Robin Le Mesurier

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-09

Ruth Jones is on good form here as the British screen legend Hattie Jacques but I really couldn’t help but feel that the character she presented was a far cry for the amiable one we saw on screen and television in the 1960s. Perhaps that is because she was married to comedy actor John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst), had two children and after beginning an affair with John Schofield (Aiden Turner) proceeded to relegate her husband to an attic room whilst she moved her lover into her bed. I just didn’t like her very much from here on in. Turner also delivers quite well as his swarthy Schofiel...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on true story