Gentlemen's Relish 23 years old

Gentlemen's Relish

The career of the once successful classical portraitist, Kingdom Swann, has hit bad times. When a leading gallery rejects his work, he seems at the point of giving up. It is only the support of his housekeeper, Violet Askey, that keeps him going and it is she who encourages him to switch to photography. Soon Swann has developed a healthy (and respectable) business with portraits of naked women in classical and exotic settings. However, the nature of Swann's new work is open to misinterpretation and he finds himself at the centre of a scandal involving the misuse of his pictures by a SOHO pornographer, and the focus of a campaign by suffragettes against the expoitation of women. At the same time, he loses the support of the loyal Violet, who leaps to the wrong conclusion about Swann's relationship with one of his models. When Violet then becomes involved in the suffragette and amti-pornography movements, it seems all may be lost for Swann - both professionally...and personally.

Credits

Gentlemen's Relish Cast

Name Character
Billy Connolly He was 58, now 81 years old as Kingdom Swann
Simon Chandler He was 48, now 71 years old as Prestwick
Douglas Henshall He was 35, now 58 years old as Cromwell Marsh
Tony Maudsley He was 32, now 56 years old as Job Agency Manager
Sarah Lancashire She was 36, now 59 years old as Violtet Askey
Dominic Mafham He was 32, now 56 years old as Lord Thornycroft

Gentlemen's Relish Crew

Name Department
David Nobbs as Writer. He was 65 (now 89) years old Writing
Martn Auty as Writer. Writing
Douglas Mackinnon as Director. He was 100 (now 123) years old Directing
Miles Gibson as Writer. He was 54 (now 77) years old Writing
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Gentlemen's Relish (23 years)

  • Release day: Monday, January 01, 2001
  • Runtime: 90 minutes