''Hattie'' is a television film about the life of British comic actress
Hattie Jacques, played by
Ruth Jones, her marriage to
John Le Mesurier (
Robert Bathurst) and her affair with their lodger John Schofield (
Aidan Turner).
First broadcast in January 2011, it became the most watched programme on
BBC Four
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The Curse of Steptoe
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'', which had held the record since 2008.
Jacques' son Robin Le Mesurier later described Jones' performance as "(having) captured my mother perfectly".
Cast
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Ruth Jones as
Hattie Jacques
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Robert Bathurst as
John Le Mesurier
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Aidan Turner as John Schofield
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Jeany Spark
Jeannette "Jeany" Spark (born 7 November 1982) is an English actress, known for portraying Linda Wallander in the British television series ''Wallander''. The actress has also had significant roles in the comedy series '' Man Down'' and the drama ...
as
Joan Malin
* Jay Simpson as Bruce
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Graham Fellows
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Jilted ...
as
Eric Sykes
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Marcia Warren as
Esma Cannon
Esma Ellen Charlotte Littmann (née Cannon) (27 December 1905 – 18 October 1972), credited as Esme or Esma Cannon, was a diminutive () Australian-born character actress and comedian, who moved to Britain in the early 1930s. Although she freque ...
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Stephen Critchlow
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as
Gerald Thomas
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Susy Kane as Young Actress
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Lewis MacLeod as
Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews, (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1960 to 1964 he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority (now the RTÉ A ...
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Brian Pettifer Brian Pettifer (born 1953) is a British actor who has appeared in many television shows, and also on stage and in film. He is the younger brother of folk musician Linda Thompson.
Biography
He intended to become a photographer, but pursued a career ...
as Ron
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James Martin as Reg
References
External links
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*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8685253.stm
2011 television films
2011 films
2011 biographical drama films
Films about adultery in the United Kingdom
BBC television dramas
Biographical films about actors
British biographical drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s British films
British drama television films
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