Hattie (2011)
Reveals how the home life of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacque was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier.
Casting
- Ruth Jones — Hattie Jacques
- Robert Bathurst — John Le Mesurier
- Aidan Turner — John Schofield
- Jeany Spark — Joan Malin
- Graham Fellows — Eric Sykes
- Marcia Warren — Esma Cannon
- Stephen Critchlow — Gerald Thomas
- Lewis Macleod — Eamonn Andrews
- John Bell — Robin Le Mesurier
- John Reader — Kim Le Mesurier
- Jay Simpson — Bruce
- Brian Pettifer — Ron
Interesting facts
Hattie is a television film about the life of British comic actress Hattie Jacques, played by Ruth Jones, her marriage to John Le Mesurier and her affair with their lodger John Schofield. First broadcast in January 2011, it became the most watched programme on BBC Four ever and outdid biopic The Curse of Steptoe, which had held the record since 2008. Jacques' son Robin Le Mesurier later described Jones' performance as "(having) captured my mother perfectly".
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