Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Palin

   Gilbert Chilvers

2. 

   Maggie Smith

   Joyce Chilvers

3. 

   Denholm Elliott

   Dr. Swaby

4. 

   Richard Griffiths

   Allardyce

5. 

   Tony Haygarth

   Sutcliff

6. 

   John Normington

   Lockwood

7. 

   Bill Paterson

   Wormold

8. 

   Liz Smith

   Mother

9. 

   Alison Steadman

   Mrs. Allardyce

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-06

The forthcoming wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip is a cause for celebration in post war Britain, but it isn’t going to affect rationing that still only allows one person one rasher of bacon per week. The folks of a small Yorkshire town have their own cunning plan. Secreted in the middle of the woods, they have a pig. Despite the best efforts of the ferret-like detective “Wormold” (Bill Paterson), they are fattening it up with whatever they can find - including some ingredients that we’d sooner not have known about, ready for the big day. Unbeknownst to them, though, loca...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• northern england
• pig
• satire
• yorkshire
• rural area
• working class
• post war
• food rationing
• 1940s