Gentlemen's Relish
Gentlemen's Relish

Gentlemen's Relish

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2001
1h 30m
4.4(7 votes)
Comedy
Romance

Overview

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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BBC Film
Icon Productions

Cast & Crew

12 members
Acting

Billy Connolly

Kingdom Swann

Billy Connolly
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Sarah Lancashire

Violtet Askey

Sarah Lancashire
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Douglas Henshall

Cromwell Marsh

Douglas Henshall
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Simon Chandler

Prestwick

Simon Chandler
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Jamie Bradley

Stanley Gaunt

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Dominic Mafham

Lord Thornycroft

Dominic Mafham
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Emma Stansfield

Maria Rossetti

Emma Stansfield
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Tony Maudsley

Job Agency Manager

Tony Maudsley
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Nick Stringer

Edward Shelburne

Nick Stringer
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Chris Middleton

Lanky Parsons

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Rebecca Johnson

Sarah Rossetti

Rebecca Johnson
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Katie Blake

Charlotte Crisp

Katie Blake

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