Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
Mike Leigh
Simon Channing Williams
Jim Broadbent
Dick Pope
Carl Davis
Jim Broadbent
23rd Earl of Leete
Stephen Bill
Giddy
Belinda Bradley
The Earl's daughter
Edward Bradley
The Earl's son
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There's something distinctly Churchillian about Jim Broadbent's rather engaging performance as the 23rd Earl of Leete. His rather grand exposé of their country estate (in front of an instantly recognisable Highcere) begins with the traditional "held in trust" kind of monologue, then the peer gradual...
A Sense of History (Mike Leigh, 1992)
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Channel 4 Television