To celebrate the 80th birthday today of - Dame Anna Neagle , BBC2 continues its season of her films with this much-loved actress in one of her most famous roles starring Cedric Hardwicke with Miles Malleson
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The rise of Nell Gwyn from selling oranges in Cheapside, through success on the Drury Lane stage, to the position of Charles U 's favourite mistress is told in this atmospheric portrayal of Restoration England. Anna Neagle is a spirited Nell and Cedric Hardwicke a suitably rakish monarch in Herbert Wilcox 's fetching romantic comedy. Screenplay by miles MALLESON Produced and directed by HERBERT WILCOX
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(Sixty Glorious Years the final film in the Anna Neagle Season is on Mon at 5.30)