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Wednesday, 21:00 on BBC Four
Synopsis
Ruth Jones takes on the role of the larger-than-life Carry On actress, Hattie Jacques, revealing how her home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star, John Le Mesurier.
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Photo: Carry On Cabby
The drama features scenes that recreate the filming, in 1963, of the seventh Carry On film, Carry On Cabby, in which Hattie Jacques starred as the manager of an all-female minicab firm called GlamCabs.
Photo: Hattie and John
At the centre of the drama is the story of Hattie Jacques' affair with her driver, John Schofield, played by Aidan Turner.
Photo: This Is Your Life
In 1963, Hattie Jacques was the recipient of the 'big red book', as Eamonn Andrews surprised her for an edition of This Is Your Life. From left to right: Robert Bathurst as Hattie's husband, actor John Le Mesurier; Lewis Macleod as Eamonn Andrews; Ruth Jones as Hattie Jacques.
Music played
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Tony Bennett
— The Good Life -
George Shearing & Nat King Cole — Let There Be Love
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Chuck Berry
— Run Rudolph Run -
Betty Carter — This Is Always
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Ella Fitzgerald
— Love Me or Leave Me -
Julie London
— Call Me Irresponsible -
Colin Frechter & Bob Barratt — Grand Hotel Waltz
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Eric Rogers — Carry On Cabby
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Sammy Davis Jr.
— Hey There -
Julie London
— You Stepped Out of a Dream
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Nina Simone
— A Little Sugar In My Bowl -
Shirley Bassey
— Somebody Like Me -
The Shirelles
— Dedicated to the One I Love -
Dinah Washington
— September in the Rain -
Laurie Johnson — This Is Your Life
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong — Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
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Kenny Burrell — Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
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Chamber Domaine, Thomas Kemp & Stephen De Pledge — Spiegel Im Spiegel
Credits
- Hattie Jacques
- Ruth Jones
- John Le Mesurier
- Robert Bathurst
- John Schofield
- Aidan Turner
- Joan Malin
- Jeany Spark
- Bruce
- Jay Simpson
- Eric Sykes
- Graham Fellows
- Esma Cannon
- Marcia Warren
- Gerald Thomas
- Stephen Critchlow
- Young Actress
- Susy Kane
- Eamonn Andrews
- Lewis Macleod
- Ron
- Brian Pettifer
- Reg
- James Martin
- Robin Le Mesurier
- John Bell
- Kim Le Mesurier
- John Reader
- Director
- Dan Zeff
- Producer
- Richard Osborne
- Producer
- Seb Barwell
- Writer
- Stephen Russell
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