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A Bunch of Amateurs

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

British comedy. A fading Hollywood action hero is drawn to England to play the title role in King Lear. While he believes he will be performing in a prestigious production in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of the Bard, he arrives to find that he has been tricked by his agent, and is in fact starring with an amateur dramatic company in the tiny Suffolk village of Stratford St John. Show less

Contributors

Jefferson Steel:
Burt Reynolds
Dorothy Nettle:
Samantha Bond
Nigel Dewberry:
Derek Jacobi
Jane Jarvis:
Lorraine Ashbourne
Verity Nettle:
Gemma Lawrence
Charlie Rosenberg:
Charles Durning
Amanda Blacke:
Camilla Arfwedson
Mike Bell:
Peter Wight
Lauren Bell:
Kelly Price
Rupert Twist:
Alistair Petrie
Director:
Andy Cadiff
Writer:
John Ross
Writer:
Ian Hislop

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