Torvill & Dean (2018)
Our life on ice—the autobiography.
Biopic of the British ice dancers and British, European, Olympic and World champions, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
- Date of release
- 2018-12-25
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Director
- Gillies MacKinnon
Casting
- Poppy Lee Friar — Jayne Torvill
- Will Tudor — Christopher Dean
- Stephen Tompkinson — George Torvill
- Jo Hartley — Betty Torvill
- Christine Bottomley — Mavis Dean
- Dean Andrews — Colin Dean
- Jaime Winstone — Janet Sawbridge
- Mark Benton — Ted
- Annabelle Apsion — Betty Callaway
- Anita Dobson — Miss Perry
- Susan Earl — Betty Dawson
- Joe Docherty — Brian Dawson
Interesting facts
Torvill & Dean is a British television biopic written by William Ivory, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, and broadcast on ITV on Christmas Day 2018. It is about the early life and careers of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the Nottinghamshire ice dancers who went on to record a perfect score and win the Olympic gold medal in Sarajevo at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Production
British Olympic ice skaters Nick Buckland and Penny Coomes joined the cast as stunt doubles, and acted as consultants. Torvill and Dean were interviewed extensively by Nottinghamshire-born writer William Ivory and gave their blessing to the biopic. Cassie Bradley performed her own ice skating for the role of Leanne, having grown up in Nottingham and attended school with friends Buckland and Coomes.
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