In the Bleak Midwinter
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister’s local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a ‘profit sharing’ basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect – and does not get – the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
Director:Kenneth Branagh
Stars:Celia Imrie, Gerard Horan, Jennifer Saunders, Joan Collins, John Sessions, Julia Sawalha, Mark Hadfield, Michael Maloney, Nicholas Farrell, Richard Briers
Country:United Kingdom
Year:1995