Summary
Reveals how the home life of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacque was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.8
Audience score54%
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −24 min on the typical 109
typical 10985Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
2011
January 19, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
TV MovieDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
13 of 13
Ruth JonesHattie Jacques
Robert BathurstJohn Le Mesurier
Aidan TurnerJohn Schofield
Jeany SparkJoan Malin
Graham FellowsEric Sykes
Marcia WarrenEsma Cannon- SCStephen CritchlowGerald Thomas
Lewis MacleodEamonn Andrews
John BellRobin Le Mesurier- JRJohn ReaderKim Le Mesurier
Jay SimpsonBruce
Brian PettiferRon
Susy KaneYoung Actress
Directing · 1
- Dan Zeff Director
Writing · 2
- Stephen Russell Writer
- Andy Merriman Book
Production · 5
- Richard Osborne Producer
- Seb Barwell Producer
- Marilyn Johnson Casting
- Ellie Collyer-Bristow Casting
- Wendy Griffin Line Producer
Camera · 2
- Ian Moss Director of Photography
- Tim Critchell Key Grip
Editing · 1
- Lois Bygrave Editor
Sound · 6
- Stephen McKeon Original Music Composer
- Jonathan Smith Sound Effects Editor
- Brian Milliken Sound Recordist
- Chris Treble ADR & Dubbing
- Kian McClure Boom Operator
- Martin Ireland Boom Operator
Art · 2
- Jim Elliott Property Master
- Moley Campbell Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Claire Finlay-Thompson Costume Design
- Nicole Stafford Hairstylist
- Vivienne Simpson Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
- Jan Haydn Rowles Dialect Coach
- Neil Swain Dialect Coach
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