In the Bleak Midwinter

The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.

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.

• Release date
• September 29, 1995
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Kenneth Branagh

Cast

Michael Maloney Joe Richard Briers Henry Joan Collins Margaretta Nicholas Farrell Tom Newman Julia Sawalha Nina Celia Imrie Fadge John Sessions Terry Du Bois Jennifer Saunders Nancy