Gangsta Granny

Gangsta Granny (2013)

A young boy is bored spending time with his dull grandma until he discovers she's an international Jewel thief.

Date of release
2013-12-26
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (34)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
TV Movie, Comedy, Family
Director
Matt Lipsey
Collection
Gangsta Granny Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Gangsta Granny is a British crime comedy television film based on David Walliams' 2011 children's comedy fiction book of the same name. The adaptation is by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley. The first broadcast was on BBC One on 26 December 2013 at 6.05 PM. A sequel was released in December 2022, with an almost entirely different cast.

Production

On 26 April 2013, the BBC announced that it had commissioned the adaptation for BBC One. It was commissioned by Danny Cohen, controller of BBC One, and Shane Allen, controller of comedy commissioning. Allen said, "The story delivers on David’s penchant for being outrageously funny, yet poignant and tender as well.

Gangsta Granny began filming on 28 October 2013. David Walliams said: "I am thrilled that we have such a stellar cast of comedy legends for Gangsta Granny. I can only apologise that I am in it too!" Mark Freeland, the controller of BBC comedy production for the BBC, said: "David asked us not to muck up his massively popular book on TV. So we cast him and then added some of the most-loved and wonderful comedy actors in the country.

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