Margery & Gladys [DVD] [Import]

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In Gladys's car, the two women decide to try to reach Margery's son Graham in Milton Keynes, hoping he'll give them shelter and money, but the trip turns into a comedy of disasters. June Brown has had a long stint as chain-smoking whinger Dot Cotton on 'EastEnders': unlike Ms Keith, in real life June Brown *is* a great deal like her most well-known role. Penelope is truly a British treasure and should be given Damehood for her contributions to television comedy.

The proliferation of channels has led to fragmentation of the audience and a general shortage of money for quality programs. It was subsequently repeated on ITV3 on 6 March 2016, its first repeat in the United Kingdom since its original broadcast in 2003. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Haughty, recently-widowed Margery Heywood and her cleaner Gladys Gladwell go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar, holding up a post office for Gladys' money, and giving petty crook Terry Mason a lift, they are pursued by the police. After all, a neighborhood watch meeting recently warned home owners that British laws do not favor them when they defend their homes and lives.

Penelope is perfectly cast as Margery, the snobbish wealthy Kent widow, and June Brown as Gladys, her cleaning lady. What follows is a comedy of misunderstandings in which these two very different, mature ladies are led on an unfortunate series of incidents which snowballs into a crime spree. The humour is based around having a a female middle class snob and a very working class woman in the same car when things start to go wrong. For those who know Penelope Keith only as Margo or Audrey from TV, her dramatic moments in this film will be a real eye-opener. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

While she meets the locals and even starts a new romance, she has to learn to let the life she planned for give way to a love she never could have imagined, and finds this festive small town is hiding one big holiday secret.Trinians, of course the many Carry Ons and the numerous TV series' movie outings from the 1970s onwards. The George Formby impersonators in Blackpool sing Formby's hit "Leaning on a Lamp Post" several times and also during the closing credits along with his "My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The plot (what gets them on the move) is outright implausible, but the neighbourwatch-theme is quite good, I think.

Although Penelope Keith mentions "the George Formbys," his soundtracks are not used and he gets no screen credit. Marge tells her, that she hasn't actually read Bridget Jones' diary, HF replies that it's perfectly OK, as long as they all bought a copy, then leaps out the door in a wild police chase (on foot) in fast-motion accompanied by the music from Benny Hills ditto chases.

Luna is a former dancer, who left that dream behind for a grounded life managing her familyâ€s construction business and gets the opportunity to transform a gymnasium into a studio for aerials.

Recently widowed Margery Heywood ( Penelope Keith) and her cleaning woman Gladys Gladwell ( June Brown) disturb a would-be burglar breaking into Margery's house in Kent. The unusual chemistry between Margery and Gladys uncovers a trail of mistrust, lies, deceit and extra-marital affairs. As the police net tightens around them, the two very different, mature ladies are propelled on a shared voyage of self-discovery as skeletons fall from the closets forcing both women to reflect on their past lives. Believing themselves unintentional killers, the two flee in Gladys's old wreck of a car, commencing a journey of comedic misunderstandings in which these two very different ladies embark on a shared voyage of self-discovery.

A bit slapstick, a bit naughty, a bit far fetched but above all, led by protagonists that you can actually relate too. As a person over 60 with UK background, I was delighted by the snatches of George Formby songs towards the end. A neglected housewife makes an unexpected friend at a nursing home, where she hears a true tale about an independent woman in 1920s Alabama, who ran the town diner, served food to people of color and protected her sister-in-law from an abusive spouse. There are some bizarre incidents, as the two women must commit other crimes to obtain funds and medications. While her cleaning lady (June Brown) is working one day, they catch a punk in the midst of robbing the house.