Gentlemen's Relish (2001)
Gentlemen's Relish (2001)
The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.

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Billy Connolly Billy Connolly As: Kingdom Swann
Sarah Lancashire Sarah Lancashire As: Violtet Askey
Douglas Henshall Douglas Henshall As: Cromwell Marsh
Simon Chandler Simon Chandler As: Prestwick
Jamie Bradley Jamie Bradley As: Stanley Gaunt
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The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.


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Certification: 12

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Genres: Comedy, Romance

Language: English

Release Date: 01 January 2001

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Runtime: 90m

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Company: BBC Film

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Cast

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Kingdom Swann

Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire

Violtet Askey

Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Cromwell Marsh

Simon Chandler

Simon Chandler

Prestwick

Jamie Bradley

Jamie Bradley

Stanley Gaunt

Dominic Mafham

Dominic Mafham

Lord Thornycroft

Emma Stansfield

Emma Stansfield

Maria Rossetti

Tony Maudsley

Tony Maudsley

Job Agency Manager

Nick Stringer

Nick Stringer

Edward Shelburne

Chris Middleton

Chris Middleton

Lanky Parsons

Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson

Sarah Rossetti

Katie Blake

Katie Blake

Charlotte Crisp

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