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Royal Celebration (1993)

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Film details

Featuring

Gaye Brown Kenneth Cranham Minnie Driver
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1993
Genre

Drama
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A street party is held in a suburban London Square to mark the 1981 royal wedding of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer. After two years of the Thatcher administration there is a recession and unrest. While the ceremonial is playing on every television in the square the inhabitants are pre-occupied with their own personal problems and petty squabbles. The films uses extracts from the television coverage and commentary from the royal wedding.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Anita
    
    Gaye Brown
  - Douglas
    
    Kenneth Cranham
  - Sally
    
    Minnie Driver
  - Mandy
    
    Caroline Goodall
  - Neil
    
    Rupert Graves
  - Jim
    
    Peter Howitt
  - Johnny
    
    Leslie Phillips
  - Mrs Maynard
    
    Rosalind Knight
  - Jackie
    
    Catherine Humble
  - Penny
    
    Sadie Miller
  - Angela
    
    Keira Knightley
  - Sandie
    
    Abby Ford
  - Andrew
    
    Paul Bigley
  - cast member
    
    Una Brandon-Jones
  - cast member
    
    Mandy Cheshire
  - cast member
    
    Michael Gaunt
  - cast member
    
    Gordon Salkilld
  - cast member
    
    Sarah Nash
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ferdinand Fairfax
  - ©
    
    BBC
  - Production Company
    
    BBC Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard Broke
  - Producer
    
    Jacinta Peel
  - Associate Producer
    
    Gillian McNeill
  - Production Manager
    
    Tim Stevenson
  - Production Assistant
    
    Pauline Bullock-Webster
  - 1st Assistant Director
    
    David Mason
  - 2nd Assistant Director
    
    P.J. Simpson
  - 2nd Assistant Director
    
    Melanie Panario
  - Casting Adviser
    
    Celestia Fox
  - Script Editor
    
    Lis Steele
  - Written by
    
    William Humble
  - Photography
    
    Alec Curtis
  - Focus Puller
    
    Paul Langridge
  - Lighting Gaffer
    
    Paul Evemy
  - Key Grip
    
    Ian Buckley
  - Editor
    
    Mark Day
  - Production Designer
    
    Anthony Ainsworth
  - Properties Buyer
    
    Pauline Seager
  - Construction Manager
    
    Bill Freer
  - Costume Designer
    
    Colin Lavers
  - Make-up Designer
    
    Jane Walker
  - Music Composed by
    
    Anne Dudley
  - Ballet Choreography
    
    Allison Allen
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Derek Norman
  - Dubbing Mixer
    
    Colin Martin
  - Dubbing Editor
    
    Francesca Zeeman
  - Dubbing Editor
    
    Mark Gravil

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