About this programme
Ruth Jones stars as Carry On actress Hattie Jacques in this dramatisation of her secret affair with a younger man in the early 1960s, while still married to actor John Le Mesurier. A love triangle develops between the three and Hattie uses her charm and ingenuity to control escalating family tensions and threats of public exposure - but must ultimately make a decision that puts her at risk of being left on her own. Also starring Robert Bathurst, Aidan Turner and Jeany Spark.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Hattie Jacques
- Ruth Jones
- John Le Mesurier
- Robert Bathurst
- John Schofield
- Aidan Turner
- Joan Malin
- Jeany Spark
- Bruce
- Jay Simpson
- Eric Sykes
- Graham Fellows
- Esma Cannon
- Marcia Warren
- Gerald Thomas
- Stephen Critchlow
- Eammon Andrews
- Lewis Macleod
- Ron
- Brian Pettifer
- Reg
- James Martin
- Robin Le Mesurier
- John Bell
- Kim Le Mesurier
- John Reader
- Young actress
- Susy Kane
Crew
- Director
- Dan Zeff
- Producer
- Richard Osborne
- Producer
- Seb Barwell
- Writer
- Stephen Russell
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